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It Steals
AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
29 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“Worth the ten dollors. Scary and fun. A good all round horror game.”
9 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“incredible game, took me just over 3 hours to beat every mode. graphics are amazing, has difficulty ranging from "just enough to be interesting" to "coughing player vs supersonic checkerboard" and can run on a toaster…”
“Very fun! It's difficult, but it's just the right amount to make it fun. The different game modes give's it a nice variety once you complete each level, especially the harder variations if you've already beaten…”
9 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“Quite literally the most perfect and simplistic indie horror game that doesn't really need that big of an explanation. You have to collect orbs, survive the monster with the given mechanic in a certain game mode, that's…”
“this game better update zeekers :].anyways the game is SO GOOD AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS FREAKING AWESOME!!!!”
“I love this game. It's exactly for me. It might not be everyone's cup of tea or something that even scares someone, but it's so perfect with its execution, aesthetic, sound design and gameplay that I personally enjoy it…”
6 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“its a good fast paced game and its cool that there's challenges to come back to”
“Very fun! It's difficult, but it's just the right amount to make it fun. The different game modes give's it a nice variety once you complete each level, especially the harder variations if you've already beaten…”
“This is the best horror game ever made! The art style is really really good, and the whole atmosphere is very scary, there is so much challenges and modes to replay on. It made me get scared a lot throughout the game so…”
4 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“I love this game. It's exactly for me. It might not be everyone's cup of tea or something that even scares someone, but it's so perfect with its execution, aesthetic, sound design and gameplay that I personally enjoy it…”
6 of the 93 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Not worth the price. There could be more to it, but what I played was essentially 'Slender: The Eight Pages' in a maze...”
“man ♥♥♥♥ the phantom but it was really good and scary otherwise”
“hide and seek mode still makes me alt + f4”
5 of the 93 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Ive refund this game too fricken scary and its impossible to complete level even monster chases u down”
“Very hard, can piss you off”
“it was alright for the first hour or so, but then it just got kinda boring and easy.”
5 of the 93 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Quite literally the most perfect and simplistic indie horror game that doesn't really need that big of an explanation. You have to collect orbs, survive the monster with the given mechanic in a certain game mode, that's…”
“Not worth the price. There could be more to it, but what I played was essentially 'Slender: The Eight Pages' in a maze...”
“I wish there was more.”
3 of the 93 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Quite literally the most perfect and simplistic indie horror game that doesn't really need that big of an explanation. You have to collect orbs, survive the monster with the given mechanic in a certain game mode, that's…”
Counted across 93 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 98.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Wow, this is really well done! I hate horror games normally, they are always filled to the brim with boring mechanics, but use the "horror" label to justify it, and by horror they usually just mean they added a few jumpscares. But this game is not that at all!! This is…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Essentially 4 different games in 1. The fear of being watched, hunted, and pursued all in a disorienting yet simple game.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Try only if you’re brave enough. İm scared to the point where i cant even play the damn game. İts very, very scary.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Version 12.4
Hello! I thought just recently that I had moved on from this game for good and wouldn't be making any more patches. But the nature of this project has always been to keep coming back after I think it'
My new game is coming out soon!
Hello! It's been a while. I've been surprised by the reaction It Steals has gotten, and I'm really happy people seem to enjoy it. Since then I released another tiny horror experience early in 2021--fo
My new (FREE) game! Dead Seater
Hello! I'm just here to spread the news about Dead Seater, a new horror game I'm releasing for free. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1570080/Dead_Seater/ I'm super proud of it and would be happy if
Patch - Version 12.3c
Hi! I can't believe it's almost been one year since the first version of It Steals was released for free and then slowly grew into a full thing. Anyway I'm here for a quick update to improve the exper
Patch - Version 12.3b
Hello again! This is an addition to Version 12.3 that finally gets to many small things I've procrastinated about fixing or adding for a while now.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Survival Horror · Horror · FPS · Perma Death · First-Person · Arcade · 3D · Psychological Horror · Pixel Graphics · Action · Stealth · Demons (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 11 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5-8250U @ 1.60GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 650 MB available space