Of Guards And Thieves

Top-down multiplayer stealth shooter pits guards against elusive thieves

Subvert Games, Polygon Moon · Released Jul 16, 2014 · Early Access

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Early Access, no updates for over a year

Reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 5,015
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 2; daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 5 years ago; Jul 7, 2021
Minimum PC: Shader Model 3.0 compatib…; 2 GB RAM · 0.6 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Of Guards And Thieves?

A top-down multiplayer stealth shooter pits armed guards against quick thieves in team-based matches. Players hide, search for opponents, or shoot their way toward objectives, using operators with different weapons and gadgets.

For you if...

+you like stealth matches with opposing player roles
+you enjoy choosing operators with different weapons and gadgets
+you want to organize private matches with friends

Not for you if...

−you prefer playing alone to team-based matches
−you dislike top-down gunfights against other players

What players say

85% of 5,015 reviews are positive

Players praise the guard-versus-thief gameplay, especially when playing with friends. Their most common complaint is that so few people are playing that finding a public match is difficult.

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Of Guards And Thieves system requirements

Minimum: Shader Model 3.0 compatib…, 2 GB RAM, 0.6 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Win 7
Processor: 2Ghz Dual Core
Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 compatible
Memory: 2000 MB RAM
Storage: 600 MB available space

Does Of Guards And Thieves have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online; PvP online; MMO. There is no single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared.

Does Of Guards And Thieves run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
The native resolution is not the default one
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 57
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, In-app purchases
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.

Does Of Guards And Thieves use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam