r/Thief

The first Thief game I played was Thief (2014) on PS4, but I recently picked up Thief Gold, and I’m really, really liking it so far.

I honestly didn’t expect a game from the late ’90s to feel this polished. It still feels rewarding and fair, and I really like how much the game expects you to figure things out for yourself and use the environment as a tool to complete the level.

What Thief game do you have the strongest connection with and why?

Am I the only one?

I really, really love Thief 1: the atmosphere, the engine, the sound, the level design, the exploration. Everything. I'm 33 years old and I played it only in 2025, and Thief became probably my fav game ever with Super Metroid, and I played a lot of games that usually don't give me anything.

But dunno why Thief 2 really lack the claustrophobic, esoteric, hard and satisfying exploration of Thief Gold, and to be honest I found it just boring. Everyone else have my same feeling about it? Also couse seems that the majority consider the 2 above 1.

Hey!

Looking for fan missions that have a cozy, chill atmosphere with bunch of NPCs around similar to the Very Thiefy Christmas.

Bonus points if it has:

1. An open environment. (as in city streets rather than catacombs)
2. Festival feel to it.

https://preview.redd.it/279fph8nq7th1.jpg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c27bfd82cca623245b121d1f3bc0f82c290a8c68

Despite this game being mostly a GZDoom shooter, the atmosphere, level design and progression logic is very Thief-like. Huge non-linear levels, tons of secret passages, the sounds. It even has some references to the Hammerites. Average level takes around 40 mins.

P.S. As a bonus, some of the music is written by the mighty Alexander Brandon!

What horror-themed FM is your favorite? Any particular recommendations or anything you're planning to play in these times of frights?

I really enjoyed this Unreal Tournament mod back in the day. I was absolutely terrible at it, but I found it was a great multiplayer version of Thief. I wonder if there will ever be anything to replicate that experience in today's gaming market. It does seem like the masses want 100 hour long RPG's that take an age to learn rather than a sneaky game, and loads of work must have gone into Thievery to make it what it was.

My Oculus Rift S just arrived today, is it possible to play Thief 1 in VR?