Thief: The Dark Project Remastered release date is December 3, 2026: new The Tarnished Mirror campaign, $29.99 price, editions and platforms
Nightdive Studios, Eidos-Montréal and Atari announced on November 2, 2026 that Thief: The Dark Project Remastered launches December 3 on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and Switch, with Thief Gold content and an all-new four-mission campaign, The Tarnished Mirror. Editions, prices, features, PC requirements and what is still unknown.
Nightdive Studios, Eidos-Montréal and Atari announced on November 2, 2026 that Thief: The Dark Project Remastered, a modern recreation of Looking Glass Studios' 1998 stealth game, will be released on December 3, 2026 on PC and consoles. The remaster includes the Thief Gold content from 1999 and, at launch, an all-new self-contained campaign called The Tarnished Mirror, made by the creators of the fan expansion Thief: The Black Parade. Physical editions are now up for pre-order on PS5 and Switch 2. Here is what is confirmed, what each edition costs and what has not been announced."Thief: The Dark Project Remastered | The Tarnished Mirror Reveal Trailer and Physical Announcement", official Atari YouTube channel, November 2, 2026 (1 min 14 s) Release date and platforms Release date: December 3, 2026, according to the press release and the Steam page. No launch time was given in the press release. Consoles: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S (with Xbox Play Anywhere), Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. PC: Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG. The Steam page lists Windows only. Nintendo Switch owners can upgrade to the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition for free, and all Switch 2 physical versions are playable on the original Switch, according to the press release. Editions and prices Standard Digital Edition: $29.99. On Steam France, the pre-purchase price shown on November 9 was €29.99. Deluxe Digital Edition: $34.99, with an art book, the official soundtrack and an excerpt of an upcoming novelization of Thief: The Dark Project. Physical editions (PS5 and Switch 2): Standard at $29.99; Steelbook Edition at $39.99 with a Steelbook and a printed manual; Deluxe Trapezoid Edition at $69.99 with the printed manual, the Steelbook and a Remaster Diary, in a recreation of the trapezoid-shaped "big-box" packaging of the 1998 release. Prices are the US dollar prices from the press release; local prices may differ. What the remaster includes The 12 missions of Thief: The Dark Project and the Thief Gold content: 3 new missions and five new types of enemies, according to the Steam page. Remastered with Nightdive's KEX Engine: improved textures, models and animations, small fixes to the original level design, and visuals up to 4K at 120 FPS. Modern controls: a weapon and item wheel, rumble and motion/gyro controls, plus a mission selector to replay completed missions. Each mission keeps 3 difficulty settings with different objectives. Support for custom campaigns and player-created mods, including The Black Parade, and a Vault with behind-the-scenes material. The Tarnished Mirror: a new official campaign The Tarnished Mirror is a four-mission story campaign set after the events of Thief: The Dark Project, described as a bridge between the first game and Thief II: The Metal Age. Story: after the Trickster's defeat, Garrett is back to small-time jobs when a seemingly simple theft of a Precursor hand-mirror draws him into a conspiracy. The press release promises imprisonment, uneasy alliances and a descent into a drowned, R'lyeh-like necropolis, with Lovecraftian horror and an expanded enemy roster. It is made by the creators of Thief: The Black Parade, one of the best-known fan-made expansions for PC. According to the press release, Nightdive and Eidos-Montréal are welcoming this community creation directly into official canon. PC requirements and languages Minimum: Windows 10 64-bit, Intel or AMD dual-core at 2.0 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, a GPU with DirectX 11 or Vulkan 1.1 support and 5 GB of storage. Recommended: Windows 10 64-bit, Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz, 4 GB of RAM, a GPU with DirectX 11 or Vulkan 1.1 support and 5 GB of storage. Steam lists full controller support, Steam Cloud and achievements. Languages on Steam: English, French and German with full audio; Italian, Spanish (Spain), Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese for the interface and subtitles. What we still do not know The exact launch time on December 3 has not been confirmed by the publisher. Whether console versions offer the same languages and French voices as Steam. Performance targets (resolution and frame rate) for each console. Local prices of the physical editions outside the US. Sources (checked November 9, 2026)
"Nightdive Studios, Eidos-Montréal And Atari's Thief: The Dark Project Remastered Launching Across Platforms On December 3", press release on Games Press (November 2, 2026): https://www.gamespress.com/Nightdive-Studios-Eidos-Montreal-And-Ataris-Thief-The-Dark-Project-Rem Thief: The Dark Project Remastered, Steam page (release date, price, features, The Tarnished Mirror, requirements, languages): https://store.steampowered.com/app/4200960/Thief_The_Dark_Project_Remastered/ "Thief: The Dark Project Remastered | The Tarnished Mirror Reveal Trailer and Physical Announcement", official Atari YouTube channel (November 2, 2026): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58V1rtLugU Official product page (Atari): https://atari.com/products/thief-the-dark-project-remastered Image: official Thief: The Dark Project Remastered screenshot from the Steam page, © Nightdive Studios / Atari / Eidos Interactive.
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