Thief™ Gold

Still a fantastic and hugely atmospheric game. Looking Glass managed to create a mysterious world where most of what you learn about it comes from taking in the levels and overhearing conversations. It creates this awesome sense of a nighttime world, where a this strange otherness is bleeding into a medieval society. Levels are large and multifaceted, which makes exploring and figuring them out feel really rewarding. Each level is also distinct from the last, where one might be burgling wealthy burger's mansion, another infiltrating a prison that's been built into a mountain, or where you're ripping off a college of magic (which I'm not going to spoil a whit of, but man that whole level has so much awesome high concept one-off elements). I even enjoyed the much-maligned tomb raiding level, which captures entering and exploring a forbidden place of the dead so perfectly. That aside, the gameplay is still the best stealth game I've played. The AI is smart, the way light and shadow are used and rendered creates an excellent sense of place and possibility, and the player's arsenal of tools is perfect. You're given stuff that is eminently helpful, but in such a limited quantity that you need to be careful about how and when they decide to use them. The overall effect is a persistent tension as you knock out lights and thread the needle between patrols, going deeper and deeper into some place you aren't supposed to be, and have little besides your legs to get you out of things if they go sideways.

Childhood Game. Loved it then, love it now!

This game has always been a favorite and still holds up to this day. Always worth a yearly play through.

This game is widely considered one of the first stealth games ever made. Despite its very outdated graphics, it stands the test of time as a really great game.

I remember playing this game to death when I was 12 or 13 years old. Its still great. Levels can be short or long depending on what you want to do. All you really need is the blackjack but there's loads of interesting arrows if thats your preference