Thick As Thieves news & patch notes

Esteemed Colleagues,

We are excited to release Update 4 to you today! The team has been working hard to increase the dynamism of gameplay and provide new challenges and opportunities in each match. There’s a ton of stuff to talk about, but let’s focus on some key areas:

First up, the Constable’s Guild has improved its training regimen. All guards react more sharply to disturbances and investigate the area more thoroughly when alerted. When KO’d, the Constables will wake with a higher level of alertness and reactivity than before. They stay alert longer too - when recovering from an investigation. These behaviors are responsive to difficulty; on Novice, they calm down a little sooner and stay KO’d longer, but on Master Thief they are more aggressive and don’t stay down as long.

Speaking of difficulties, we’ve also updated the timer to be responsive to difficulty settings. On Novice, we have extended the total match time plus exit time to be much more forgiving and allow Thieves more time to explore and experiment. On Thief difficulty the timer is about the same however the exit timer has been slightly increased . For Master Thieves, we’ve upped the challenge by reducing the exit timer to 4 minutes. When playing for the highest stakes, it will be critical to plan an exit before snapping up the Mission loot. 

Players will now have access to Slithertaps and Car Horns. Slithertaps are interactable valves in the world that produce a short burst of Slithersap, with all the benefits thereof. Have a Constable in hot pursuit? Lure them past a Slithertap and activate it to cool them down. Need to lure any member of the guard force off their post? Try jumping on a car to produce a loud honk! Need a quick way to bypass a lock and willing to deal with loud noises? Break the glass of the display case or a nearby unbarred window by throwing a bottle at it. But be judicious with these shortcuts – guards react strongly to the sound of breaking glass. 

We’ve also rebalanced the Ledger so that we could add more customization options to the Thieves, including some different outfits, more accessories, some oft-requested combinations of the accessories, and a magnificent new calling card. Check out the Black Market to see all the new choices! Dive back in to try your hand against these new changes and challenges! We’re still watching, listening, and planning our next steps - so keep sending us notes on discord or leaving us reviews!

See you in the shadows,

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Changelist

• Pickpocket Fairy ammunition increased from 2 to 3

• Added Slithertaps

• Added alarms on stationary vehicles

• Added breakable glass panes

• Added difficulty-based game and exit timers

  • Novice allows much more match and more exit time, and Master Thief allows less

• Added a bunch of new cosmetic items to the Black Market

• Re-tuned the cost of items in the Black Market

  • Already purchased items will not be affected

• Fixed an issue where Reset to Defaults incorrectly displayed Space as an input

• Fixed an issue where some specialized keys would display in large overlapping text.

  • There are some new icons, and still-missing icons should use an appropriate font for the space.

• Fixed a few more keybinds that didn’t work correctly as certain commands, such as left-alt and enter

• Fixed a few places where collectible items would spawn inside of assets in Elway Manor

• Improved guard VO to better distinguish between visual detections and sound investigations, and added new "vigilant" state VO to communicate their heightened alertness.

• Improved Gramophone music playback with better playlist randomization, additional tracks and styles, rebalanced volume levels, and disabled auto-shutdown in the Thief's Den so players can choose their own background music.

• Improved environmental audio responsiveness, allowing player tools and interactive objects to react more dynamically to environment acoustics, reflections, and reverb.

• Adjusted AI Sound Stim object audio ranges to better align with AI detection behavior and player expectations.

• Added new sound effect suites for interactive and breakable objects, including unique glass break and shard impacts, truck interactions and alarms, and Slither Sap pipe audio.

Known Issues

• Contract 12, the Contract of Oberon, does not show on map or compass

• Many of the new cosmetic items do not yet have localization into other languages

My thiefiest of Thieves,

The team here at Otherside Entertainment is keeping up the pace of updates and I would like to introduce you to my new friend, UPDATE #4 which is expected in the coming days.

This is a big one for guard intelligence, reactions, and other behaviours.  I won’t ruin the surprise by talking about all of the shenanigans that they will get up to now, but I will warn you to be careful as guards will have a big brain upgrade and will react to more things that happen around them and in several new ways.  These changes will make the game feel much more reactive to you and will make the consequences of messing around with the guards more meaningful.  Knock out a guard near them, break glass around them, set off a car alarm?  Watch out!

OH!  Did I mention breaking glass?  Why yes indeed, glass in the world will soon be breakable allowing different access points within the buildings, but also making a loud noise and angering the guards if they find it.

Along with the above, we have a bunch of bug fixes and smaller improvements, like greatly increasing the match timer on Novice so you can hang out in the level for much longer, interactive pipes with some surprising results, and much more.

As always, keep the comments coming, give us a thumbs up review on Steam if you like the game (it really helps!) and keep your eyes open for more from us about the future.  We are working on a roadmap to publish for you all and I will personally keep the communication flowing.

Until next time, keep the noise down and the guards befuddled,

-Jeff and the gang at Otherside

Hey Thieves!

We're LIVE right now on YouTube and Discord:

Tune-in for fire Thick As Thieves beats from our very own audio director being mixed live. After that segment, stick around for a Let's Play between Warren Spector, Jeff Hickman and special guest Dana Nightingale, one of the legendary designers behind Dishonored!

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Hey Thieves!

Since launching one month ago, Thick As Thieves has received a ton of support for which the team are massively grateful. We'd like to thank every player, creator, and journalist who has played or covered the game. Your thoughts and feedback drove the content of our first three updates and continue to keep us improving the experience. To celebrate how far we've come, we put together this trailer

The game is also now on sale at a 20% discount! So it's the perfect time to join the Thieves Guild in Kilcairn or recruit your own brand new thief to play alongside.

If you have played and enjoyed Thick As Thieves but not yet left a review, please consider doing so! Your support, feedback and suggestions have made the game what it is.

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Hey Thieves,

We have another bundle to share! This time, we're partnering with Mazebound by the incredible team from Absam Studios. In each game, mastering the art of stealth is crucial. Take this opportunity to slink into the shadows and learn to move undetected. Pick up this bundle for 10% off both games!

Thick as Thieves

In the shadow-draped streets of Kilcairn, fortune favours the bold. As a member of the Thieves' Guild, you'll undertake daring heists to claim precious heirlooms and uncover arcane secrets hidden within this alternate-history 1910s Scottish city, where magic and early technology have begun to collide.

Mazebound

With boundless sea at your back and a towering gate ahead, you have no choice but to walk into the maze. Hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. In this survival horror, you're not the only one watching. You're not the only one starving.

Special thanks to Absam Studios for the collaboration! If you have already played and enjoyed either Thick As Thieves or Mazebound, we hope you'll consider writing a review! Every recommendation goes a long way to support the games.

If you're reading this post on 19 June, we’ll catch you later today on Discord and YouTube for a unique digital music livestream at 6pm BST / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT! The stream will then switch over to a live let's-play and discussion featuring Warren Spector, Jeff Hickman, and special guest Dana Nightingale, one of the brilliant minds behind Dishonored! See you there!

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

EDIT (22 June): This event has ended. We still hope you'll join the community on Discord and share the game with a friend to play in co-op. Now's the perfect time to join while the game is 20% off on sale.

Hey Thieves!

The Thieves Guild is looking to expand and needs YOUR help to recruit more would-be accomplices to its ranks. If you own a copy of Thick As Thieves, you can claim a free Steam Key to share with a friend. Here's how:

Esteemed Colleagues,

We are excited to confirm that Update 3 is now live! We heard you loud and clear: you want more to do and easier access to what’s there. Chameleon and Master Thief difficulty now unlock a lot earlier than before, we added an entire layer of dynamic variation in security device placement to Novice difficulty, and some additional variation and depth to the Thief difficulty. These changes should add a bit of ✨spice to the missions we currently have, while we work on more substantial additions. We mentioned adding more weather to the game, but ran into technical issues and had to tone that down just a little. For now, you can expect a new storm over Elway Manor. We’re regrouping on the weather front, and hope to have more to share with you soon. 

We also heard folks talking about how tough it can be to track down those pesky small set-collection and contract items, so we added those to the compass and map. Once you discover a clue that tells you the item’s location, the Map will mark it. Once you are within 20m of the object, it will appear on the compass, too. Contracts and Claymur Urns, meet your match.

There are also a host of fixes to improve quality-of-life on the audio and gameplay fronts. See the changelist below!

As always, we are excited for you to be running heists in Kilcairn with us and hope you enjoy these changes. We will continue to listen and learn – and look forward to gathering your thoughts as we look ahead to Update 4.

We’ll catch you in Discord and YouTube for a unique digital music livestream on June 19th! The stream will then switch over to a live let's play and discussion featuring Warren Spector, Jeff Hickman, and special guest Dana Nightingale, one of the brilliant minds behind Dishonored!

See you in the Shadows,

- Samantha & the Thick As Thieves team 

Changelist

• Added markers for Set Collection mission objectives and Contract objectives

  • They will now appear on the map after gathering a clue that reveals their location

  • Revealed items will be visible on the compass when within 20m of them

• Added Stormy weather variant in Elway Manor

• Added security device layouts to both maps in Novice mode

• Added more variety and distinctive security device layouts to both maps in Thief mode

• Chameleon now unlocks after Contract 3

• Master Thief difficulty now unlocks after Level 8

• Added more loot items to the minor and major loot pool

• Fixed an issue that would cause the camera to jitter when Disguised and having higher FOV

• Fixed a handful of return-to-thief's den crashes

• Reduced distance for the Compass to detect items

• Fixed a rare issue where client could become out of sync with matchmaker, preventing matches

• Added some more keyboard icons for remapped keys

• Removed operating-system-provided default language from settings when it is not included in our available supported languages list

• Fixed an issue where sometimes the mission lobby would display an incorrect mission briefing

• Fixed an issue that would allow Constables to become alerted while being taken down

• Fixed an issue where Hauntstable could wander off and not return to his post after being drawn away by an Insult Fairy.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes, the Interact prompt could become unavailable after certain takedowns (The infamous “Hold F” bug)

• The intro cinematic is now affected by volume level settings

• Fixed incorrect character VO when entering main building for the first time

• Fixed an issue where the aerial takedown did not play any takedown related music stingers or VO

• Metal entrance gate to Guildhall now has properly synchronized SFX

• Improved room reverb spatial audio all around to better match room size, wall materials and shape

• Added additional audio emitters for pipes, water and cave related objects in Elway Manor

• Tristan Fairy will now play VO to better lead the player to the next step of a tutorial phase

If you are enjoying Thick As Thieves, please consider leaving a review here on Steam - it makes a huge difference in supporting the game!

Hey Thieves,

We are thrilled to announce that our bundle with Shadows of Doubt by our friends at Fireshine Games is now available! The immersive sim DNA runs deep in these games, both of which you can have for 10% off.

In Shadows of Doubt, you'll take on the role of a private investigator in an immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

Special thanks again for Fireshine Games for the collaboration. If you have already played and enjoyed either Thick As Thieves or Shadows of Doubt, we hope you'll consider writing a review! Every recommendation goes a long way to support the games.

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Hey Thieves!

We just published this video from our very own Audio Director, Matthew Pablo. He breaks down the music and sounds behind Thick As Thieves and how they create the perfect atmosphere for stealth - enjoy!

For more from Matt, we hope you'll join us LIVE in Discord and on YouTube Friday, 19th June at 6pm BST / 10am PDT / 5pm UTC when he'll be streaming, sharing music and chatting about the game. See you there!

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Hey Thieves!

You have been BUSY plundering the Constable Guildhall and Elway Manor. However you've also been nabbed here and there along the way. Here are some player stats from your escapades:

• Total Loot: over ONE BILLION worth (split roughly 800M Major and 400M Minor)

• Almost 650K Guard Takedowns, showing no mercy for the poor fools between you and your prize

• However the guards are getting their own back! Almost toe for toe with thieves, KO-ing 623K players!

• Well over a MILLION locks have been picked, too!

The Guild tip their caps to you as we collectively line our pockets. Excellent work.

P.S. In case you missed it: we recently shared our plans for Update 3!

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

If you have played and enjoyed Thick As Thieves, we hope you'll consider writing a review! Every recommendation goes a long way to support the game. You can also join us on Discord to share your thoughts and feedback!

My fellow Thieves, 

Our cunning plan has always been to get Thick as Thieves into your eager hands so that we can get your feedback and improve the game with your experiences in mind. We are listening attentively to what you have to say, so keep the feedback coming!

With this in mind, I want to give you a few details on Update 3, which we’re plotting to release the week of June 15th. A few key tidbits that we are working on:

• We hear you loud and clear about Missions and Contracts being a little confusing at times. We are going to improve how objectives show up on the map and add them to the compass, so you can more easily track set-collection and contract objective locations once you have found relevant clues.

• We are also investing in the maps we have, striving to make them more dynamic and different each time you play.  We’re adding variations on security around entry points and elsewhere in each map, and added an additional layer of possible security layouts to Novice difficulty.  Thief difficulty will still have the most variations – and higher rewards – so we highly recommend you play on Thief once you are ready.  We have also included new weather variations as well as some surprises within each level. More maps are on the horizon, but this will improve gameplay immediately..

• For Thieves wanting to explore a different approach to each heist, Chameleon will be unlocked earlier.  He will be available after completing Contract 3.

• For Thieves looking for the most challenging heists that require extensive use of their wits and their gear, Master Thief difficulty will be unlocked earlier. After achieving Level 8, Master Thief will be available in the Black Market.  A chance for you to impress the Guildmistress once again!

• We have fixed the bug where HOLD F would sometimes get stuck on your screen.

• Other miscellaneous bug fixes.

We continue to listen and learn from your adventures and we are looking for ways to squeeze in more exciting challenges and gameplay.  Our next target is player-to-world interactions and AI improvements for our next round of updates, and we are eager to collect your thoughts on Master Thief and Chameleon to inform those efforts.

Until next time, may the carpets rise to soften your steps,

Jeff, Game Director | Otherside Entertainment

If you have played and enjoyed Thick As Thieves, we hope you'll consider writing a review! Every recommendation goes a long way to support the game. You can also join us on Discord to share your thoughts and feedback!

Hey Thieves! We saw your reports about the keybinds feature having a few key holes (haha, get it?) in it when we patched it in yesterday. We’re releasing a small patch to address those including the changes below: 

Changelist

• Fixed ladder climbing to use rebound key inputs

• Fixed an issue that prevented the lockpick minigame from using the rebound interact key

• Added glyphs for more mouse keybinds

• Mouse sensitivity will apply to ladder climbing

Known Issues

• If the mouse in question has more than 2 side-buttons, bound side buttons greater than 2 will use text instead of glyphs.

Please note that we’re prioritizing keybinding for gameplay at the moment; most UI navigation will not change. We are evaluating that feature for future patches, alongside all the other stuff we are reviewing. Thanks as always for your feedback, we hope to see you in Kilcairn soon! 

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Hey Thieves,

Our second update is now live! The key element of this one is adding the ability to rebind keys for Keyboard and Mouse players. We heard you about how difficult it was to play on some keyboards, and we hope this will improve the experience dramatically.

We are also doing some other minor updates, like fixing up areas in Elway Manor where players were getting stuck and adding a Mission-countdown timer to the map. See the list below for other changes!

Changelist

• Added remappable keybinding for Keyboard and Mouse

• Updated the intro video to fix compatibility issues

• Fixed some areas of Elway Manor where players were getting stuck

• Once “Thief” difficulty is purchased, it becomes the default difficulty

  • Players can change to Novice (or Master Thief, once unlocked) at the map table before entering the mission lobby

• Added a mission timer to the map

• Reduced the Thief Respawn wait timer from 10 to 5 seconds

• Thieves now play idle animations in the match setup screen and Wardrobe

• Replaced temporary assets on a variant in the Guildhall where a safe was dragged around the location; these should now look better and direct players to the Safe better

• Partially mitigated an issue that would sometimes launch players in to the air while trying to mantle over ledges taller than them. This should occur less often, and be less severe if it does occur

• Fixed an issue that prevented difficulty choice from saving properly

• Many localization fixes across all languages

Known Issues

• There’s a missing glyph for “lean” when using the gamepad in the Tutorial

• Vistara Diamond description is still using Slithersap in languages other than English

We’re continuing to read every review, comment and thread, and build your feedback into our plans for future patches (more on those in the coming week).

Thanks for playing so far! Keep sharing your thoughts, and we’ll see you in the Shadows ~ Samantha, Lead Producer & the Thick As Thieves team!

If you have played and enjoyed Thick As Thieves, we hope you'll consider writing a review! Every recommendation goes a long way to support the game. You can also join us on Discord to share your thoughts and feedback!

Esteemed Colleagues,

It has been a little over a week since the launch of Thick as Thieves.  We have watched you pillage and plunder across Kilcairn with literally billions of pounds in ill gotten gains retrieved so far.  The streams of coop play are hilarious and fun, and your exploits overall continue to confound the Constabulary.  Well done!  Remember that more loot and experience are available if you increase to Thief Difficulty - you will see much more variety in match and security on this difficulty also (more information on difficulty and rewards can be found in our recent post).

On another note - we have seen your feedback about Haunstable behaviour when they encounter a fallen Constable. Please be aware that their patrolling behaviour around their fallen comrades is intended, they simply have a ghostly short memory and will be surprised fairly often when they turn to see the guard still lying on the ground, this behaviour is not intended but sadly, we can’t expect the undead to develop object permanence.

While we are quite pleased with your thieving prowess and how much you are enjoying the game, we also know that there is continued room for improvement and we intend to keep serving that up.  So, here is our plan for Patch #2, which will be out sometime in the middle of next week.

• Keybindings for Keyboard and Mouse will now be able to be changed at will.

• By popular demand, we have put the Mission Timer on the Map.  Hit Tab at any time to see it.  No more wondering how much time you have left in your thievery.

• In the Guildhall, the drag marks from the Constables moving their safe around will be more apparent in the world.

• When a thief is knocked out, we have lowered the Respawn timer to 5 seconds.

• The intro cinematic has been updated so that it shows up more consistently for all players.  If you didn’t get a chance to see the intro video, you can find it here

• Characters now appropriately animate in both the wardrobe and mission lobby.

• The Guild has smoothed off some rough edges along the rooftops of Elway Manor.  This should stop the Zipwire (or YOU) from getting stuck during infiltration.

• LOC fixes across all localized languages.

Until next time, keep to the shadows, stay on the carpets, and steal what you can,

~ Jeff Hickman | Game Director, Thick As Thieves

Hey Thieves!

We need a little maintenance window about three hour from now, at 0900 PT / 1700 BST. This will require about 45 minutes of downtime on the multiplayer servers. Anyone already in a match or playing solo should be unaffected.

Thanks for your patience!

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Hey Thieves,

We recently shared our plans for settings updates and the patch notes for the first update which is already live.

Key rebinding is still a top priority for both ease of use and making the game accessible to players using non-QWERTY keyboard layouts. We understand that playing with keys in the wrong places is pretty much impossible, so we are making it our next focus.

The work needed for this feature is significantly more than the changes we have made so far, so it will take a little more time to fix this up and test it. Our expectation is to have this second update roll out within the next two weeks.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. We’re still listening for other things to address in Update 2, so keep that feedback coming!

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Hey Thieves! 

Since launch on Wednesday, we’ve been paying close attention to what you have been saying about Thick as Thieves - Jeff is reading every comment or thread that he can find - and we want to provide updates as soon as possible. We have picked up some of the most common concerns that we could handle quickly, and are releasing them to you right away. It’s time for Update 1! In this update, we’ve added a Field of View slider as well as toggles for motion blur and reducing camera bounce. We converted the mouse and gamepad sensitivities to a slider, for more control over that setting. We also fixed an issue that should improve how the game looks on 4k monitors and large screens, and added an FPS limiter. Give these settings a whirl and let us know what you think! Please note that alongside this update, we’ve improved error handling in the matchmaking system. You may need to restart the game to access online features. We are still working on Update 2, where we plan to address keybinds and other things drawn from your feedback. We’re reading every review and tuning in to Discord, so please keep sharing your thoughts! Expect the next update within 2 weeks, and we will share more details as they develop. 

Change List:

Settings Menu Changes

• Added a toggle to disable motion blur

• Added a slider to allow moderate FOV adjustment

• Added a toggle to reduce camera bounce

• Added number labels to all slider widgets in settings

• Updated mouse + gamepad sensitivity settings to a slider

  • After this change, please re-set mouse sensitivity

• Added an FPS limiter

• Removed resolution choice from Fullscreen, it will pull directly from your system resolution

  • Use Windowed mode to choose a specific resolution

Other

• Fixed an issue so the game looks better on 4k monitors and large screens

• Improved error handling in the matchmaker

Thank you for joining us in Kilcairn, and providing your feedback so far. Keep it coming, and we’ll see you in the shadows! - Samantha, Lead Producer & The Thick As Thieves team

If you have played and enjoyed Thick As Thieves, we hope you'll consider writing a review! Every recommendation goes a long way to support the game. You can also join us on Discord to share your thoughts and feedback!

Hey, Thieves!

Thank you so much for the support around yesterday's launch. Here's a message from Jeff Hickman, the Game Director at OtherSide Entertainment, in response to what we're seeing in your feedback:

It's been a crazy day since the launch of Thick as Thieves. We have been playing in the shadows alongside and often with you! We have seen your adventures, exploits and escapades, and know that most of you are having a great time with this small slice of Kilcairn.

We also know there is room for improvement. I have personally read every single review to date, both from the press and from you on Steam. I hear you calling out issues, especially about the lack of settings options, and understand the points you are making. I have been very vocal at OtherSide about listening to what you have to say and making the game better based on your feedback, so...

Here is what we plan to do:

Update 1

We will focus our immediate attention on settings including motion blur, head/hands bob toggle, mouse sensitivity improvements, FPS limiters and more. Some things like FOV settings might take a little more time, but we are coding as fast as we can. This first update will come as soon as possible. We expect this to be within a matter of days and will keep you posted.

Update 2

We will then turn our attention to other things we are already hearing from you. Key bindings are critical and we're looking at what we can do quickly. They're more complex than the other changes and will take us a little more time to handle. We will keep analyzing your feedback on what else to include in this second update, which will come within the next two weeks.

Please keep the feedback coming, tell us what you think of Chameleon, test yourself on Master Thief, but most of all enjoy the game.

See you in the Shadows,

Jeff

The gates of Kilcairn have opened, and its riches can finally be claimed by those daring enough to Enter the Shadows. It feels amazing to invite you all to enter this world:

Welcome to Kilcairn, novice thieves.

We started with a simple question: What would make multiplayer stealth gaming compelling?  That has taken us through multiple approaches, competitive and co-operative, multiple configurations of the team, and ultimately to the game you have in front of you.  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.

Empowering players to solve problems their own way is core to our philosophy as a studio.  Whether you’re zipping around the Guildhall as the Spider or walking past the Haunstables in Elway Manor using Disguise as the Chameleon, every session develops differently, rewarding new approaches and problem solving with other tools. Fundamentally, we’re invested in players being caught up in the moment to moment of sneaking through the world and taking its valuables.

We cannot express how exciting it is to finally put the game in your hands after all the hard work the team has done.  We hugely appreciate the community who have shown up for us on Steam, in Discord, and in our playtests. Now, we’re ready to take notes on how everyone experiences the game: how you play, what you like, what you don’t, and importantly - what else you want to see.

This game is a focused version of the landscape that we have been exploring. It’s also 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.

The vaults have been sealed, riches are available to the daring, and we look forward to hearing about your exploits in the Thieves Guild. May the shadows always conceal you and your partners in crime.

Game on.

~ Otherside Entertainment

Hey Thieves!

We enter the shadows of Kilcairn tomorrow and can't wait to see you all climbing the ranks of the Thieves' Guild. To keep you entertained until then, here's another video from OtherSide Entertainment going into detail for both maps: the Constable Guildhall and Elway Manor:

We can't wait to see you enjoying both maps for yourselves! Let us know what you think of the video as well as the game's launch in Discord and our social media channels:

YouTube | TikTok | Twitter

~ The Thick As Thieves Team

Hey Thieves!

With launch coming later this month, now's the perfect time to find out more about what's coming in Thick as Thieves.

We massively appreciate all the support so far and would love if you followed us on YouTube and TikTok to tune into our social content. In return, you'll get to see more content around the game! It means the world to us and helps get the game in front of more potential recruits to the Thieves' Guild.

~ The Thick as Thieves Team

Hey, Thieves!

We're exctied to share our first developer walkthrough voiced by Game Director, Jeff Hickman. We hope you enjoy this introduction to the world of Thick as Thieves. We're also happy to confirm that Thick as Thieves will be available for €4.99 / £4.99 / $4.99 at launch!

Stay tuned for more news ahead of the game's launch on 20 May! This includes a second video we're working on for shortly before launch.

Join us at the hideout on Discord to chat with us directly! You can also stay up to date by following up on YouTube, TikTok and Twitter.

Yours from the Shadows,

The Thick as Thieves Team

Hey, Thieves!

We're thrilled to be included in the Triple-i Initiative's showcase! A huge thanks to everybody who came together for the event. You can catch the full show here and our brand new gameplay trailer below.

It's also time to reveal that Thick as Thieves will be launching on 20th May 2026!

Consider joining and following us on our social channels to stay up to date - we'd massively appreciate the support:

• Discord

• TikTok

• YouTube

• Twitter

We'll be posting regularly from now all the way up to launch!

Yours from the Shadows,

The Thick as Thieves Team

Fellow Thieves,

We’re just under two weeks away from the Triple-I Initiative on 9th April!. At the show, we’ll be lifting the veil on Thick as Thieves’ brand-new gameplay trailer alongside some other well-guarded secrets. But before all that, we want to share an update.

When we first revealed Thick as Thieves we intended to focus on PvPvE gameplay. However, as development progressed and the world of Kilcairn has come to life, we found that we were having more fun with solo and co-op play.

So, we’ve taken a decision we feel is right for the game: Thick as Thieves is now focused on two-player co-op and single player.

This sharpened focus has allowed us to double down on what makes Thick as Thieves truly special – dynamic stealth gameplay. We’re already seeing how this has strengthened the moment-to-moment action, whether you’re playing solo or with a partner in co-op.  We’ve had some fantastic moments while testing the game. Now we’re putting all our energy into making things even better as we build up to launch.

We’re so excited show you more of Thick as Thieves at the Triple-I Initiative. In the meantime, come and chat all things Thick as Thieves with us in our official Discord server.

Your partners in crime,

OtherSide Entertainment

Hey, Thieves!

We're delighted to share that we'll be featured in the upcoming Triple-I Initiative showcase!

You can watch our brand-new trailer live at the event on 9th April at the times shown below on these sites:

• YouTube

• Twitch

• Bilibili

We'll also post new video voiced by Game Director, Jeff Hickman showing off previously unseen gameplay footage!

We'll see you there.

~ The Thick as Thieves Team

Join the conversation on Discord!

Hey Thieves!

This month, Game Informer published an article following an interview with our own Game Director, Jeff Hickman.

OtherSide is incorporating magic and speculative technology into Thick As Thieves, not only to realize a unique aesthetic but also to affect gameplay. Floating, magical sentries spotlight the guarded entrances of Kilcairn’s Scottish Baronial architecture, requiring careful consideration to bypass undetected.

Special thanks go to them for the coverage, you can read the full article here!

Hey Thieves!

We were delighted to be at Summer Game Fest last week and participate in Day of the Devs. In case you missed it, you can catch up on the action in this video from the OtherSide team. You can also find the full Day of the Devs livestream here!

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Catch you later!