Our Thief: The Dark Project Remastered game hub collects the essentials; here is everything confirmed so far.
What is Thief: The Dark Project Remastered?
Thief: The Dark Project Remastered is Nightdive Studios’ remaster of Looking Glass Studios’ 1998 first-person stealth game, published by Atari. Players control Garrett, an orphan trained by the secretive Keepers to become a master thief.
Release date and platforms
Thief: The Dark Project Remastered releases on 3 December 2026 for Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC, with Xbox Play Anywhere support, according to the official Xbox Store listing. The Xbox Store listing indicates it runs on Xbox One as well as Xbox Series X|S.
Is it on Game Pass?
It is not listed in the Xbox Game Pass catalogue or the Game Pass coming-soon list, and no day-one subscription release has been announced.
Gameplay
The game uses light and sound as core mechanics, with maze-like levels, NPCs that can hear, speak and raise alarms, and three difficulty settings per mission with different objectives. Garrett relies on a blackjack, a sword and a range of special arrows. Built on Nightdive’s KEX Engine, the remaster includes the Thief Gold missions and content, improved textures, models and animations, a weapons and items wheel and a mission selector, plus The Tarnished Mirror, a new four-mission campaign.
Editions
The Xbox version supports Xbox Play Anywhere and is rated PEGI 18. It is not in the Game Pass catalogue.
Who is making it?
It is developed by Nightdive Studios and published by Atari.
Source: Xbox Store.
