PC All-Time Great Stealth Game Finally Gets Modern Remaster

One of the greatest stealth games of all time has finally been confirmed for a modern remaster, which is music to our ears.

I’ve spoken several times before about my love of the Thief series, and as a certified old gamer, stealth game design really didn’t get any better than the first two games by Looking Glass Studios

While I unfortunately have to break it to you that Thief: The Dark Project is almost 30 years old, the good news is that younger generations will soon be able to play this for the first time via a new remaster coming later this year.

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered was announced during the PC Gaming Show over the weekend, bringing back the 1998 title in all its glory along with the extra content from its 1999 re-release.

The best part? It’s being done by Nightdive Studios, the fabled porting developer behind excellent remasters as 2024’s Doom + Doom II, Heretic + Hexen, and both System Shock remasters.

Generally speaking, if you want your obscure ‘90s abandonware games given a lick of polish, improved controls, and made available on modern platforms, Nightdive is the studio you call.

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Thief: The Dark Project Remastered Includes All Of The Original Content, And Then Some

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered includes all of the content from the original game, as well as the additional levels added in Thief Gold.

It was the first stealth game to use light and sound as dynamic game mechanics, where you need to keep out of light sources and be aware of how you’re moving around to avoid detection by guards.

The levels were big and maze-like, allowing you multiple ways to complete each level, whether that’s all sneaky-beaky like or going in swords blazing.

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered is working on Nightdive’s proprietary KEX Engine, adding a bunch of new improvements such as improved graphics and audio (without compromising on the original vision) that go up to 4K 120fps performance.

There’s also modern gamepad support added, which allows the game to come to multiple platforms outside of PC, with new features including a weapon and gadget wheel, rumble, and motion controls.

There are also a few other quality-of-life features, but none really sound like they’re a cause for concern among purists of the original game.

Nightdive says it’s made “small fixes to the original level design”, which could mean either some minor changes or simply some bug fixes that went under the radar when the game launched all those years ago.

Other new content includes new behind-the-scenes making of features available from the main menu, and achievements support for those who enjoy trophy hunting. There’s also a new mission replay option, something that was left out of the original release.

What’s also worth shouting about, though is the built-in support for custom campaigns. The original Thief games have a large treasure trove of custom maps, campaigns and mods, so it’s great to see this will continue to be supported by the remaster.

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered will release for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Winter 2026.

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