Would you pay $5 for a co-op immersive stealth (and thievery) title from the creatives of classics like Thief and Deus Ex? If so, then OtherSide Entertainment’s Thick as Thieves is out now on PC, offering a four-hour “introductory campaign” for its price. Check out the launch trailer below.
Set in a 1900s city known as Kilcairn, players start as a novice thief who works their way up through the hierarchy to become a master thief. They can undertake heists solo or in co-op with six unique gear pieces. While there are two maps and 16 missions, Thick as Thieves’ biggest calling card is randomly generated conditions, which mix up the overall flow and encourage different tactics.
Originally, the plan was to offer a PvEvP gameplay loop, but as the developer noted on Steam, “There were a lot of dead ends we went down and had to backtrack out of – civilians, huge city maps, direct combat. Somewhere along the way, we figured out that the heart of the game, which really made it sing were moments of creative improvisation, when you’re in the world and reacting to the situation with the toolset you have, without thinking about it as a game at all.”
While the team is excited to finally have players get their hands on the title, it noted that the current offering is more of “an appetizer for a much more robust world, where thieves can explore more of the city, its history and more ways of interacting with the world and with each other.” You would assume this means more content, perhaps even additional campaigns that advance the narrative, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Thick as Thieves is also in development for Xbox Series X/S and PS5, with a release date yet to be announced. Stay tuned for updates, hopefully in the coming months.
