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American Theft 80s
From the THIEF SIMULATOR developers. It's the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, classic cars, and if you get caught, outrun the police!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I wouldn't say this massively screams 80s (besides the odd items you steal) however I've enjoyed the thief sims and didn't know about this one. If you enjoy those and have a crime spree itch. This is worth a go. When on offer that is!”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Great, addictive game. Similar to Thief Simulator in many ways.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“My review is entirely based on having played Thief Simulator and the being tempted to buy this, albeit in the sale. This adds nothing to the experience. The mechanics are just as clunky and the 80's setting is novelty at best. I tried to be interested enough to follow the…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:03 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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American Theft 80s is out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S! 🥳
American Theft 80s is out on consoles! Every house, bank, shop and museum can be robbed with the right tools, you just have to know how to do it. Earn your way up in a county full of corruption and cr
Thief Simulator 3 with CO-OP announced! 🥳
Thief Simulator 3 is on the way - and it's bringing the long awaited CO-OP mode! You asked, we listened. Play solo or team up with a friend to plan perfect hits, pull off daring thefts, and make maste
Patch 1.2 is up!
Hi, It's been a while. We were working hard to bring you patch 1.2. Changes: -new houses added -slow opening system added -throwing big items added -jumping is rebalanced -ai rebalance -sneaking cloth
Save the Innocence released
Our friends at FreeMind have been working on a new game that has just been released. As we are all part of one big developer family, we would like to spread this exciting news for a really deserving a
The Rich neighborhood update 1.1 is out now!
Dear thieves, We are proud to finally deliver the new and improved American Theft 80s. It took us a lot of time but the amount of features added is worth it. New neighborhood Let’s start with the bigg
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Action · Stealth · Adventure · Heist · Action-Adventure · 1980s · 3D · Third Person · Immersive Sim · Crime · Parkour · Conversation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://americantheft80s.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Storage: 12 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Additional Notes: SSD drive or better