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Thief: The Dark Project

Looking Glass Studios · 1998

Thief: The Dark Project is a 1998 stealth game by Looking Glass Studios. It uses light and sound as core mechanics. Players assume the role of Garrett in a first-person, unscripted 3D world. Objectives are discrete—like stealing a specific object—and must be completed to advance. A visibility gem on the HUD indicates detectability. NPCs react to environmental cues. Eidos Interactive published it.

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Thief II

Looking Glass Studios · 2000

Thief II is a foundational immersive sim built on light, sound, and consequence. It asks players to move like a thought — unseen, unheard, deliberate. Its design remains coherent decades later. Its pacing and opacity do not.