# Games like Thief Simulator

> The closest matches to Thief Simulator: Thief Simulator 2, Drug Dealer Simulator, Crime Simulator, American Theft 80s, and Thief. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Thief Simulator 2](https://imho.run/games/1332720/thief-simulator-2) — Also Heist and Crime, like Thief Simulator. 2,373 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332720/)
2. [Drug Dealer Simulator](https://imho.run/games/682990/drug-dealer-simulator) — Also Crime, like Thief Simulator. 9,491 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/682990/)
3. [Crime Simulator](https://imho.run/games/2737070/crime-simulator) — A frequent pick in Thief Simulator players' libraries, and another Action. 1,852 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2737070/)
4. [American Theft 80s](https://imho.run/games/1321450/american-theft-80s) — Also Heist and Crime, like Thief Simulator. 493 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1321450/)
5. [Thief](https://imho.run/games/239160/thief) — Also Heist and Stealth, like Thief Simulator. 7,433 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/239160/)
6. [Prison Simulator](https://imho.run/games/842180/prison-simulator) — Also Crime and Stealth, like Thief Simulator. 705 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/842180/)
7. [HITMAN World of Assassination](https://imho.run/games/1659040/hitman-world-of-assassination) — Also Stealth, like Thief Simulator. 27,894 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659040/)
8. [Teardown](https://imho.run/games/1167630/teardown) — Also Heist, like Thief Simulator. 73,315 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167630/)
9. [Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine](https://imho.run/games/113020/monaco-what-s-yours-is-mine) — Also Heist and Crime, like Thief Simulator. 2,547 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/113020/)
10. [PAYDAY 2](https://imho.run/games/218620/payday-2) — A frequent pick in Thief Simulator players' libraries, and another RPG. 174,145 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/218620/)
11. [theHunter: Call of the Wild™](https://imho.run/games/518790/thehunter-call-of-the-wild) — A frequent pick in Thief Simulator players' libraries, and another Sports. 61,954 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/518790/)
12. [Police Simulator: Patrol Officers](https://imho.run/games/997010/police-simulator-patrol-officers) — A frequent pick in Thief Simulator players' libraries, and another Simulation. 10,093 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/997010/)
13. [The Break-In](https://imho.run/games/1397390/the-break-in) — Also Heist and Crime, like Thief Simulator. 1,680 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1397390/)
14. [The Forest](https://imho.run/games/242760/the-forest) — Same atmospheric mood as Thief Simulator. 175,474 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/)
15. [Shadows of Doubt](https://imho.run/games/986130/shadows-of-doubt) — Also Stealth, like Thief Simulator. 10,639 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/986130/)
16. [Anonymous Hacker Simulator](https://imho.run/games/2487060/anonymous-hacker-simulator) — A frequent pick in Thief Simulator players' libraries, and another Indie. 278 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2487060/)
17. [Grand Theft Auto III](https://imho.run/games/12100/grand-theft-auto-iii) — Also Crime, like Thief Simulator. 4,551 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/12100/)
18. [Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts](https://imho.run/games/973580/sniper-ghost-warrior-contracts) — Also Stealth, like Thief Simulator. 3,560 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/973580/)
19. [Hacker Simulator](https://imho.run/games/1754840/hacker-simulator) — Also Crime, like Thief Simulator. 777 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1754840/)
20. [Watch_Dogs® 2](https://imho.run/games/447040/watch-dogs-2) — Also Crime and Stealth, like Thief Simulator. 24,532 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/447040/)
21. [Bum Simulator](https://imho.run/games/855740/bum-simulator) — A frequent pick in Thief Simulator players' libraries, and another Action. 1,714 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/855740/)
22. [171](https://imho.run/games/1269370/171) — Also Heist and Crime, like Thief Simulator. 411 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269370/)
23. [Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator](https://imho.run/games/605740/flashing-lights-police-firefighting-emergency-services-ems-simulator) — Also Crime, like Thief Simulator. 9,747 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/605740/)
24. [My Summer Car](https://imho.run/games/516750/my-summer-car) — Same atmospheric mood as Thief Simulator. 36,003 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/516750/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=704850&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=704850&n=20&coop=true
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- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=704850
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/704850
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Thief Simulator

Thief Simulator is an action-adventure-simulation hybrid developed by Noble Muffins and published by PlayWay S.A., released in 2018 at $19.99. The game tasks players with executing careful house-robbing operations, requiring pattern-recognition to study target routines, stealth-mission-planning to map escape routes, and tool-utilization to overcome security measures. Players explore open-world environments from a first-person perspective, gathering intel and acquiring equipment to complete varied contracts. Players describe the atmosphere as immersive and reviewers highlight the game's attention-to-detail in house layouts, with tactical positioning mattering significantly across different heists. The title holds an 88% positive rating from over 11,000 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 704850
- **Developer:** Noble Muffins
- **Publisher:** PlayWay S.A.
- **Genres:** Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation
- **Categories:** Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Nov 9, 2018
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/704850/thief-simulator)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=704850&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/704850/)
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