Thief: Deadly Shadows

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• first-person shooter

• third-person shooter

• stealth game

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Thief

Engines

• Unreal Engine 2

Localized titles

• Thief: Deadly Shadows

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Full controller support^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• Stealth^*

  Votes · historical

  349^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  147^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  144^*

• Steampunk^*

  Votes · historical

  131^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  120^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  107^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  99^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  92^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  80^*

• Immersive Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  78^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  77^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  76^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  73^*

• Dark Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  65^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  58^*

• Medieval^*

  Votes · historical

  47^*

• Immersive^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  29^*

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  15^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  12^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Requirements

  IBM PC or 100% compatible, Windows 2000 or Windows XP, Intel Pentium IV 1.5 GHz (or AMD Athlon XP equivalent), 256 MB system memory, 64 MB video memory, Direct3D 9.0, and Pixel Shader 1.1, 100% DirectSound 9 compatible sound card, 3,000 MB free hard disk space, Keyboard and mouse^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Intel HD Graphics 3000^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core i7 2.20 GHz^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Requirements

  Intel Pentium IV 2.0 GHz (or AMD Athlon XP equivalent), 512 MB system memory, 128 MB video memory, Direct3D 9.0, and Pixel Shader 1.1 Thief: Deadly Shadows does not support play on laptop computers.^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 128MB^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core i5 1.30 GHz^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  34^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

Developers

• Ion Storm

Publishers

• Eidos Interactive

• Eidos Interactive Corp.^*

• 2004-05-25

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2004-06-11 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2004-06-11^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Mar 29, 2007^*

Detailed specifications