{"id":1874307,"date":"2026-04-09T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1874307"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:12:20","slug":"legendary-designer-warren-spectors-stealthy-thick-as-thieves-ditches-pvp-for-solo-and-co-op-as-may-release-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1874307","title":{"rendered":"Legendary designer Warren Spector&#8217;s stealthy Thick as Thieves ditches PvP for solo and co-op as May release revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/thick-as-thieves\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Thick as Thieves<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Legendary designer Warren Spector&#8217;s stealthy Thick as Thieves ditches PvP for solo and co-op as May release revealed<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Slipping onto PC, PlayStaton, and Xbox.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/thick-as-thieves-header.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Thick as Thieves composite image showing a character superimposed over a shadowy outdoor scene of a thief confronting a guard at night.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"thick-as-thieves-header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/OtherSide Entertainment<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-04-09T16:12:20+00:00\">April 9, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/thick-of-thieves-ditches-pvp-for-solo-and-co-op-as-may-release-revealed?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          8 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"4cf14944-8453-4cbd-9ada-c692bfee0642\" data-name=\"Thick as Thieves\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Thick as Thieves\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Thick as Thieves\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Thick as Thieves\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Thick as Thieves\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Thick as Thieves\" title=\"Follow Thick as Thieves\"><br \/>\n  Follow Thick as Thieves<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>\nPerhaps you have fond memories of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/deus-ex\">Deus Ex<\/a> designer Warren Spector&#8217;s legendary stealth game Thief: A Dark Project, or perhaps your sneaker of choice is Arkane Studios&#8217; more recent immersive sim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dishonored\">Dishonored<\/a>. Either way, you might be intrigued to hear Spector&#8217;s latest effort, Thick as Thieves &#8211; which has been reimagined as solo and co-op game following its original PvPvE reveal &#8211; is launching on 20th May.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnnounced back in 2024, Thick of Thieves unfolds in an alternate-history 1910s Scottish metropolis known as Kilcairn. It&#8217;s a city of rain-slicked streets and soot-stained rooftops &#8220;steeped in intrigue and rich in opportunity&#8221;; where technology and magic combine, where portly guards patrol the night, and where imaginative ne&#8217;er-do-wells can do all sorts of looting with a bit of a plan.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Thick as Thieves - Release Date Trailer | The Triple-i Initiative\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/go-dwmrGRHc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/go-dwmrGRHc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Thick as Thieves &#8211; Release Date Trailer | The Triple-i Initiative<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Thick as Thieves release date trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=go-dwmrGRHc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nThick of Thieves was, you might recall, originally conceived as a game of immersive-sim-inspired competitive infiltration, which is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/warren-spectors-thick-as-thieves-is-an-intriguing-multiplayer-immersive-sim-with-dishonored-vibes\">version I saw at the tail-end of 2024<\/a>. But it turns out Spector&#8217;s studio OtherSide Entertainment has shifted away from that initial vision as work has continued, and it&#8217;s now focused on single-player and two-player co-op sneakery.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;As development progressed and the world of Kilcairn has come to life,&#8221; it <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/3341000\/view\/519742851965256606?l=english\">explained on Steam earlier this week<\/a>, &#8220;we found that we were having more fun with solo and co-op play&#8221;. So if all that initial talk of PvPvE was putting you off a little, then your interest might now be re-enflamed. It sounds like the mission-based core is still in tact though, with Thick of Thieves being explicitly designed for short play sessions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEven I, the PvP-avoidant sort I usually am, was intrigued by Thick of Thieves in its earlier guise, so I&#8217;m curious to see how it plays now, given its change in direction. And with its 20th May release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X\/S rapidly approaching, all will be revealed soon.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? 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Either way, you might be intrigued to hear Spector&#8217;s latest effort, Thick as Thieves &#8211; which has been reimagined as solo and co-op game following its original PvPvE reveal &#8211; is launching on 20th May.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnnounced back in 2024, Thick of Thieves unfolds in an alternate-history 1910s Scottish metropolis known as Kilcairn. It&#8217;s a city of rain-slicked streets and soot-stained rooftops &#8220;steeped in intrigue and rich in opportunity&#8221;; where technology and magic combine, where portly guards patrol the night, and where imaginative ne&#8217;er-do-wells can do all sorts of looting with a bit of a plan.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Thick as Thieves - Release Date Trailer | The Triple-i Initiative\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/go-dwmrGRHc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/go-dwmrGRHc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Thick as Thieves &#8211; Release Date Trailer | The Triple-i Initiative<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Thick as Thieves release date trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=go-dwmrGRHc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nThick of Thieves was, you might recall, originally conceived as a game of immersive-sim-inspired competitive infiltration, which is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/warren-spectors-thick-as-thieves-is-an-intriguing-multiplayer-immersive-sim-with-dishonored-vibes\">version I saw at the tail-end of 2024<\/a>. But it turns out Spector&#8217;s studio OtherSide Entertainment has shifted away from that initial vision as work has continued, and it&#8217;s now focused on single-player and two-player co-op sneakery.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;As development progressed and the world of Kilcairn has come to life,&#8221; it <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/3341000\/view\/519742851965256606?l=english\">explained on Steam earlier this week<\/a>, &#8220;we found that we were having more fun with solo and co-op play&#8221;. So if all that initial talk of PvPvE was putting you off a little, then your interest might now be re-enflamed. It sounds like the mission-based core is still in tact though, with Thick of Thieves being explicitly designed for short play sessions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEven I, the PvP-avoidant sort I usually am, was intrigued by Thick of Thieves in its earlier guise, so I&#8217;m curious to see how it plays now, given its change in direction. And with its 20th May release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X\/S rapidly approaching, all will be revealed soon.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Thick as Thieves Legendary designer Warren Spector&#8217;s stealthy Thick as Thieves ditches PvP for solo and co-op as May release revealed Slipping onto PC, PlayStaton, and Xbox. 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