Reviews

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  Caesar

  Jun 14, 2016

  [h1][b]Mini Thief Review[/b][/h1] The good thing is, the game has enormous potential. Why do I say that? Well, I'm glad you probably didn't ask, here are all the things that make the game [b]POTENTIALLY[/b] one of the best stealth games on Steam: [list] [*] [b]Online Multiplayer[/b] - [i]Owner vs Player[/i] (Which is coming up in a couple of months.) [*] [b]Coop Mode[/b] - [i]CPU Owner vs A Group of Crooked Thieves[/i] [*] [b]Enormous Maps[/b] - [i]HQs of rich buisness companies and such[/i] [*] [b]Strategic Points and Careful Planning[/b] - [i]Getting to know what you're going against is a good idea, don't you think?[/i] [*] [b]More Tools[/b] - [i]A lot... lot... lot of tools to use in your attempt to become the meanest asshole in Thieville[/i] [*] [b]Player-Made Maps*[/b] - [i]Steam Workshop all day long baby.[/i] [*] [b][i]And much, much more...[/i][/b] [/list] Note that I'm not paid by anyone guys. I'm serious. * Highly insecurity of it coming Well that's it folks, buy the damn game. [b][i]Edit[/i][/b] [i]The developers are really giving 105% of them in the progress of the game. Really. They listen to all of our concerns, notes and they just cherish us. If that's not enough to trust them, I don't know what is. [b]GG[/b][/i]
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  ClothTiger

  Jun 15, 2016

  tl;dr: utterly useless. - Grind grind grind the same level until you can get a safe to put stuff in. Otherwise you lose it all, because for some reason it makes sense to the developer that a thief would keep everything he's stolen on his person instead of leaving it at home, a warehouse, under his mom's bed. How about the cops take what's on you and say a random % of your other stuff, because you didn't have time to stash it in a safe place yet. Think of something! Just having the player lose everything is incredibly lazy, as if the developer just couldn't be bothered putting his thinking cap on. Better to just get the game out there faster, I guess. - It doesn't tell you how much money you have unless you enter the pawn shop. Would it kill you to put it on the screen next to your tools or something? There's so much useless dead space on the screen; put some info there. - What do the creak noises and trip wires do? It doesn't seem like they do anything, on the first levels at least. At first I thought at least the trip wires made the owner come home faster, but it seems you have pretty much the same time to finish a level no matter what you do. - It doesn't tell you what traps/stuff are coming up in the next level. That makes sense in theory, but not when (as far as I could see) you can't just leave through the front door (the same frickin' way I assume you came in) once you've started the level. [spoiler]On level 3, with the dog: if you can't escape through another room than the kitchen, where the dog is, and you don't have a way to distract the dog...How are you getting out of there?[/spoiler] - Often hard to search stuff, you have to stand on a very specific spot. Even tho the game tells you you can search there. - Stupid progression system. [spoiler]Having to crack a safe to progress to the next level makes...no sense. Is there a secret map to the next house in there or something? How about a super simple story where you've joined a gang and doing tryouts for them. Or something. Anything.[/spoiler] - Zero story. Who am I? Why am doing this? The only thing you're told is that you're broke and decides to go out and rob the same house every day for a year, because the owner apparently isn't smart enough to hide his safe key in another place than one of his 10 drawers. - The bathroom door is locked from the outside. It's possible that some of my concerns are alleviated as the "story" progresses, but I have zero interest in finding out. And the game doesn't bother telling me anything. + It's marginally more entertaining than watching paint dry. Yeah yeah yeah, it's EA, bla bla bla. Doesn't make what I've said any less true. And from I've gathered, this is pretty much what the finished game will look like. Just some more levels and pointless achivements.
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  bLac2(scumbag)¾drunk

  Jun 16, 2016

  Great game! If you're a fan of The Escapists, you'll like this one. A great amount of potential in this title. The multiplayer hopefully will be a reminiscent view of the Spy vs Spy games. Overall 10/10, looking forward to the progression. Price point is... On point.
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  Anjucco

  Oct 5, 2016

  Very fun, spent hours on it already and still keep coming back. For a $3.99 price tag this is much more than I expected. And in early access? This game is my favorite at the moment! Please don't listen to the bad reviews complaining about losing items, if you kept everything even after being busted what would be the point or the challenge!?!? Sometimes I have fun trying to loot and escape with no items navigating houses while setting off multiple alarms. This game is fanastic some bugs still, more so it seems in the multiplayer. But again it's in early access so you are warned. Right now I am up to the City Bank. A hefty amount of levels for early access, I would be content if this was the cap. But I know we'll probably see more. Already well worth the money!! Great graphics, great amount of items, good soundtrack! Only thing again is that multiplayer, my controls don't work for keyboard. I know this is one of the things currently being addressed so no worries! GET THIS GAME!!!
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  st0ne : .

  Nov 16, 2016

  THIS IS A VERY FUN LITTLE SMILE PUTTING PLAYABLE HITTING LICKS robbing house game... This game has a very gameboy pokie mon zelda feel to it but all about boosting from houses. and it has a smart trying to plan ahead feel to it.. And with the low price of this its almost stupid to pass it up.. I REALLY FEEL IF YOUR ON THIS PAGE ALREADY LOOKING AT THIS THEN THIS GAME IS ALREADY FOR YOU. AND A MARK OF MY WORDS YOU WILL REALLY ENJOY THIS GAME AFTER ONLY A COUPLE MMINS. WHEN U HAVE THE BASICS OF THE GAME PLAY LEARNED..."so enjoy this game, which I know you already will.. -AND BUY THIS COCK SUCKER NOW!!!!!!" know and flex your rights"this has been a msg part of your local anti police teamship....
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  1984

  Nov 19, 2016

  It's a fun game. We need chinese,please.
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  NIPPAR

  Jan 14, 2017

  [b]Mini Thief is a simple yet fun little indie game. [/b] [list] [*]Its cheap [*]Fun (for a time) [*]and come on, its cheap just buy it and play [/list]
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  Dave Microwave

  Jan 28, 2017

  This game is really fun and addictive, and honestly I didn't even expect it to be this good. You basicly have to go to each house/building, stealing goods, finding the key, find the safe, open it, get the treasure, and escape through a window. It's simple but really fun. I'm gonna keep playing this game while I wait for The Very Organized Thief to come out. Pros: The gameplay is fun and addictive, has a lot of levels for it's current state, and the game gets harder the farther you get. It's good/bad, and you'll see why. Cons: It gets a little too difficult the farther you go. You have to be lucky to find the key in the beginning of the house/building so you can have enough time to explore, collect goods, and find the safe before the owner arrives. If you don't find it in the beginning, you're most probably screwed because once you find the key, the owner will arrive. Forcing you to find the safe while the owner is walking around his house, get the treasure and hope that you can get to the exit without him spotting you. That's all the cons I can think of... Overall I think it's a really fun stealth game and I think you should give it a try. So I think I'll give Mini Thief a 4/5.
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  JohnaldWhonald

  Apr 21, 2017

  This is a very good game with a lot of levels, although one thing I wish that the game didn't do is taking away all of your money and items when you lose. Even with the insurance item, it is still very hard for some levels to die less than twice, and it is very tedious to get all of the items that I had back. Plus, your money gets taken away, even with the insurance item, making it even more unnecesarrily difficult to progress throughout the game.
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  JohnnyNewtonia

  May 10, 2017

  Sneaking is impossible in this game. I have my flashlight turned off, I am holding down the sneak button, yet somehow the person I am robbing still knows I am in his house. Do not recommend yet.
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  Dark_Assassin91

  Jun 2, 2017

  In this game you will assume the role of a thief that is behind on his rent and resorts to doing what he does best; whilst doing this you will be able to purchase equipment to help advance with each level but be warned that if you get caught, you could lose all of your equipment. I had a great deal of fun with this game and whilst it might not be a long game, one level in particular had me stuck for at least a couple of hours. There are a total of 12 stages that need to be completed 3 times each in order to progress to the next stage. As you can imagine the final round of each stage is the hardest and my prediction is that stage 11 round 3 (The one that took me the most time) will most likely be the one that determines if you will finish the game or not. There are some fun Easter eggs, the story is not great but the gameplay makes up for it. Also when you finish the Story; there are options for level creation which I only looked at briefly but it seems like it could work well. Also there is an experimental multiplayer mode but there was no one else online when I tried hosting a session. With all that in mind I definitely recommend this game if you are a fan of retro gaming styles, are the kind of player that likes playing stealth games or if you are just looking for a cheap, relatively short but fun game to play between (or perhaps as a break during) big AAA titles or life consuming RPG's.
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  Heavy Metal

  Jun 16, 2017

  This game is a retro-house robbin' simulator.... It's very nice very funny but also really tuff or even challenging some times It also need a lot of stradegy so if you like strategy games I recommend it to ya m8. XDDDDDDDDD TIP: Remember to kill the lights with the bolt-cutter , turn off your flashlight and turn on the night vision glasses....Really helps....
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  Mr. Midlife Crisis

  Sep 17, 2017

  It seemed really fun but it looks like it's been abandoned. Over five months since they've updated anything. Another grab and go EA title it looks like. For what it is, it's fun, but there is hardly enough there to keep you occupied.
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  GermanPlasma

  Oct 8, 2017

  Good stealth mechanics and will soon have a working workshop, I'd say it does make fun and I do like the concept behind it. I recommend it :) p.s. whilst the first few level do allow you to rush through the house and steal stuff (as it would be in reality if no one is home), it will get significantly more tricky in the following levels, where sometimes the building is already occupied whilst you visit ;)
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  Silvaplex256

  Oct 25, 2017

  I bought this game on a sale for 49 cents when my steam wallet was down to less than $1 and I didn't feel like adding more funds to it. Gameplay is repetitive and gets old very fast. Within 15 minutes I had been exposed to 95% of the content in the game and I was already tired of it. The pseudo-retro graphics are very well done and refined however; that coupled with a pretty nice chiptune soundtrack makes it a relatively well-put-together game. The stealth idea is alright, but the levels seem to be for the most part hard-coded and there is very little randomness to the game other than the location of loot and the key. If you get caught, you lose all of your money and things and are forced to start over again (Not 'forced' per se; all of the levels you have unlocked remain unlocked under the condition that you lose the equipment required to complete the level. For instance, if you get caught during Level 3 [which contains a dog and laser tripwires], you've now lost your lockpick and dog decoy causing you to have to repeat levels 1 and 2 to earn enough money to buy another lockpick/decoy). There are better flash games than this, but if you buy it on sale it's probably not that bad.
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  TigerTrix

  Feb 25, 2019

  I liked the concept, but didn't enjoy the game. Controls and graphics are fine. But I found the darkness too limiting. I wish you had an option to keep dim lights on or something, and maybe require flashlight to find things. Instead I got a headache. And I also felt the levels too limiting, and no clear direction on how to progress. [2/5 stars]
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  Batprince

  Nov 14, 2019

  Retro pixel house burgling. Steal some money to buy some tools to be able to break into bigger houses and steal more money. But don't get caught. You can steal stuff with a friend too! https://youtu.be/Qj9-QUlkwmA
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  MonkeyDudes

  Feb 2, 2020

  Its really on the boarder with this one. It's a mix between having great gameplay elements and bad ones. Like it's neat to have a pawn shop and get upgrades. It's NOT neat to be so close to the end, get caught, then they take all your money and stuff and you have to start all over again. It's not fun when you have to play through levels again that have no replayability. The graphics are really cool. The controls are smooth. But there are also a few glitches that I don't think have been solved since the beginning. One being I had to reinstall the game in order for the game to keep the money looted and be able to access the pawn shop. Its worth a dollar, but I can't be bothered to replay something this uneventful to gain back all the money and items lost.
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  Erzengel Tyrael1982

  Jul 30, 2020

  I only recommend that game when its on sale for 1 Euro Steal stuff from pple and buy items to become a better robber. Dont get caught
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  Giu

  Nov 8, 2020

  Really lame. You explore the same layout over and over again with few changes. Just a few more obstacles where you need to buy items to get around but don't warn you which ones. And when you fail you loose all your items and have to buy them again. Just not fun at all.