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The Swindle
The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I love this game, I keep playing it once in a while since every level changes. It can be a hard game to beat but that makes it more of a challenge and more fun to play. Also great music and steampunk style ♥”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Play addictive & highly enjoyable game as a master criminal who starts off with his own airship but with an inability to hack cash machines or run / jump properly”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“Cool idea, creative aesthetics, conceptually fun. However, it's a high-stakes stealth platformer with unrealiable controls. About a third of my deaths didn't come from a failure of skill, but from jumping or clinging to walls randomly not activating for whatever reason (I have…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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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.
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v1.061 Now Live for Everyone!
HELLO! Thanks to everyone who helped out with the Beta Test of v1.06. Seems the NEW MOVE is hugely appreciated, and working well. I'll be continuing to address feedback as it comes in, but I'm hoping
v1.061 Now Live for Everyone!
HELLO! Thanks to everyone who helped out with the Beta Test of v1.06. Seems the NEW MOVE is hugely appreciated, and working well. I'll be continuing to address feedback as it comes in, but I'm hoping
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Crime · Indie · Action · Stealth · Heist · Steampunk · RPG · Platformer · Action Roguelike · 2D · Rogue-like · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.sizefivegames.com/theswindle/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and up Processor: 2.4Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 8800 equivalent or higher DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: What is this, 1991? Yes a sound card. Onboard is fine. Additional Notes: If playing on a Laptop, please make sure it has a dedicated gfx card; on-board cards will struggle.