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Thief: The Dark Project

1998 78 / 100 Adventure Simulator

Thief is a first-person stealth game that likes the dark. You sneak through the ruins of haunted cathedrals, subterranean ruins, and forbidding prisons, in a dark and sinister city - heavily inspired by Steampunk and the Dark Ages. Garrett finds an ally in the shadows, as he steals for money and uncovers the hidden agendas of allies and enemies. The story that unravels is one of deception and revenge.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayStealth Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused

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Thief is a first-person stealth game that likes the dark. You sneak through the ruins of haunted cathedrals, subterranean ruins, and forbidding prisons, in a dark and sinister city - heavily inspired by Steampunk and the Dark Ages. Garrett finds an ally in the shadows, as he steals for money and uncovers the hidden agendas of allies and enemies. The story that unravels is one of deception and revenge.

GameplayStealth Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused GenreAdventure GenreSimulator ThemeAction ThemeFantasy ThemeStealth Traitaction-adventure Traitassassin Traitbasketball Traitbetrayal Traitblackjack Traitbow and arrow Traitbread Traitcrime Traitdarkness Traitdifficulty level Traitghosts Traitimmersive Traitinstant kill Traitinvisibility Traitmagic Traitmale protagonist Traitmedieval Traitmelee Traitmoving bodies Traitmurder Traitpacifist playthrough Traitparticle system Traitpickpocketing Traitplot twist Traitpolygonal 3d Traitpotion Traitreal-time combat Traitreluctant hero Traitretail games with steam activation Traitshadow stealth Traitsingle-player only Traitstealth kill Traitsteampunk Traitswimming Traitswordplay Traittheft Traitthief Traittomb raiding Traitvoice acting

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Looking Glass Studios
Publisher
Eidos Interactive, Activision Value
Franchise
Standalone
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Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Stealth
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Nov 30, 1998
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Dec 04, 1998

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