A stealth landmark gets a date
The reason to pay attention to Thief: The Dark Project Remastered isn’t the 1998 game. It’s the extra campaign Nightdive has bolted on. Nightdive Studios, Eidos-Montréal and Atari announced on 2 November (US time) that the remaster launches on 3 December, and that it ships with The Tarnished Mirror, a new self-contained story from the creators of the fan expansion Thief: The Black Parade.
Four missions from the Black Parade crew
According to the publisher’s release, The Tarnished Mirror is designed to bridge Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age, adding new factions, new environments and Lovecraftian horror. The plot starts with “a seemingly straightforward theft” that spirals into imprisonment, uneasy alliances and “a descent into a drowned, R’lyeh-like necropolis.” Steam’s store page puts the campaign at four missions, set after the events of the original game.
The release also calls the arrangement “a rare industry moment”, with Nightdive and Eidos-Montréal welcoming a community creation directly into official canon. We think that’s the smartest thing about this package: a mod team that already knows how far an old engine can bend, now working with the rights holder’s blessing.
The base game is the part you may know already. Nightdive says it includes Thief: The Dark Project plus the missions, content and updates from the 1999 Thief Gold re-release, rebuilt on its KEX Engine. Steam lists 12 missions in the original and three more from Thief Gold, up to 4K 120FPS visuals, a weapon and item wheel, a mission selector and built-in support for custom campaigns. The release adds that the remaster is compatible with player-created mods, including The Black Parade. Atari’s page says custom campaign support is PC only.
Atari describes the 1998 original as a “first-person sneaker” that challenged norms with non-confrontational play at a time when most first-person games prioritised combat. It also says Thief was the first PC stealth game to use light and sound as game mechanics, which is Atari’s claim, not one we’re settling here.
Editions, prices and platforms
The Standard Digital Edition is $29.99 and the Deluxe Digital Edition is $34.99. Per the release, the Deluxe adds an art book, the official soundtrack and an excerpt of an upcoming novelization of Thief: The Dark Project. Atari’s own product page words that bonus differently, listing a graphic novel instead, so check the store listing for your platform before paying the extra five dollars. Steam currently lists the standard edition at $29.99 (checked 3 November 2026).
Physical editions for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 are up for pre-order: Standard at $29.99, a Steelbook Edition at $39.99 (game, Steelbook and printed manual) and a $69.99 Deluxe Trapezoid Edition that adds a Remaster Diary and recreates the trapezoid-shaped “big-box” packaging of the 1998 release. All physical versions for the Nintendo Switch 2 are playable on the original Nintendo Switch.
The game launches on 3 December for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Play Anywhere, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG, in addition to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. The release says Nintendo Switch owners can upgrade to the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition for free. GOG already has a pre-order post up; for the other end of its old-games effort, see GOG’s Preservation Program adding Mortal Kombat 4.
Remasters carry a risk, and the recent reminder is Sega pulling Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition from sale. We haven’t played Thief’s remaster, so we’d wait for hands-on reports before pre-ordering. But a $29.99 base price, a new official campaign and mod support are a better opening hand than most remasters get. The real test on 3 December is whether The Tarnished Mirror holds its own next to the original.
