Thief Gold (1999) Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-30
- Revolutionary stealth mechanics defined genre
- Innovative sound design core mechanic
- Excellent level design encourages exploration
- Steam version needs patches
- Outdated graphics
- Maze levels disorienting
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 4,149
- Positive
- 3,83292.4%
- Negative
- 3177.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 311,929
- Estimated revenue
- $2,180,384
- Game price
- $7
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 123.14%
- Estimated copies lost
- 902
- Estimated revenue lost
- $6,305
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 123.1% Avg playtime 0.6h | 225.8% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 164.2% Avg playtime 23.8h | 33286.9% Avg playtime 45.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 5.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,749.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
382 total
Organic purchasers33286.9%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations5013.1%
Voted up: 94%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
382 total
First impression0-2h4211.0%
Voted up: 69%
Mid game2-10h6416.8%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h7018.3%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+20653.9%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.7%
Global baseline 92.7%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,149 total.