Thief Simulator

As a big fan of stealth games, Thief Simulator was a bit of a disappointment for me. While it has some neat ideas (for example, I liked that you can scope out a house before entering to learn its owners' daily routine), none of it feels well-executed. The game is ROUGH - honestly, it seems to be more like the beta version of a game rather than a polished final product. I ended up dropping it after about 4 hours. The gameworld does not feel believable or immersive at all. Throughout my playtime, I was acutely aware that I was playing in an artificially-constructed toybox rather than a world that could possibly actually exist, so I had a really hard time suspending my disbelief. Part of the reason for this is how small the gameworld is: in order to make the most of the game's assets, each house is reused for multiple missions (e.g. one mission will have you stealing a painting from a house, then the next mission will ask you to go back to that house and vandalize it by breaking a window - and yet all the loot in that house will have magically respawned!). This all just makes the gameplay incredibly repetitive. Still, you'll end up doing these repeat missions nonetheless and re-looting the same objects, because equipment upgrades in this game are expensive, and things like lockpicks can break on you, forcing you to repurchase them again. All in all, playing the game feels more like going through a checklist of tasks, than simulating being a sneaky master burglar. Also, the controls for the getaway car that you drive to exit each mission are also extremely finicky, and I dreaded each time I had to get in the car. I wish the game devs luck on their next game though; hopefully they are able to take the lessons learned from this game and make a better one.

Comments such as: "GOG version not up-to-date"; "Abandoned by devs, DO NOT BUY!" etc Just an update on this topic... I have purchased this game the other day, and downloaded version 1.7.1 which according to the changelog thread in the forum of this game on gog: "Standalone installer updated: [Windows] 1.45 ⇒ 1.7.1. Patch 1.7 is LIVE! [April 6, 2023] " Have not played yet, but the game should be up to date as far as I can see. Cannot confirm exactly if it is on par version wise with other stores or not.

..but still no Luxury Homes DLC and second DLC Shopping Center coming soon.

Fun if you enjoy stealthy lurking, I'm 5+ hours in and having a blast. The tutorials and early objectives are smoothly delivered through a series of in-character phonecalls from your buddy, and every little task you need to do (hack a phone to wipe it, pick a lock, etc) comes with it's own minigame (although the jewellery tool task is more just click in a few places to complete than any sort of challenge). The game story doesn't lock you down much. Mostly you are free to do as you like and can just ignore story to explore, test out hiding spots, make some extra cash between objectives and so on, but following the objectives will lead to bigger cash rewards faster as they quickly introduce new tools to steal bigger and better loot, and from houses with better locks and security which you cannot access early on. A bit unpolished in areas, such when it comes to interacting with the environment you may have to move your aim around some and hit buttons a few times to scale that fence or jump out through that window. The game gets it right most of the time, just don't expect a level of fluidity that lets you feel like you're in an action movie. A few important notes: 1) You can throw large items to toss them over fences and out windows for later retrieval. I didn't notice this at first and it helps often. 2) You can't hurt anyone in person and if you hit anyone with your car you will "fail the mission" and have to reload from the last checkpoint (last time you climbed out of your car). 3) Some residents are armed with tasers too (orange outline), 4) Just because the cops are alert doesn't mean you have to leave. I've continued quite a bit of stealing when the cops were on to me. You can outrun and misdirect them, then pause to grab a few more things. 5) Previous burglaries get noticed later. The cops aren't always on the way to your current location just because the sirens are going off. I recommend this game for stealth enthusiasts. Keep those toasters coming!

I have seen Thief Simulator 2 as well and that one is more polished in terms of the system However this game still got more content IMO (But no idea if more content are added to TS2 now) I bought this on 90% off so it's good enough