Killers and Thieves
Alex Thomas · 2017 · Action, Strategy, Simulation, Indie, RPG
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About Killers and Thieves
Take the city then take your revenge in Killers and Thieves, the guildmaster adventure from the co-creator of the Banner Saga series. 
You are the unseen master of a thieves’ guild in the medieval city of Greypool, taking ragged street rats and forging them into master criminals.
Assemble and train a team of unique burglars, thieves and cutthroats then send them on daring heists across a sprawling city. Select your team carefully - do you want the agile catburglar, the master lockpicker, or the deadly cutthroat? You can’t always take everyone you need, and the city is full of surprises that will force you to redraw your carefully-laid plans at a moment’s notice.
You decide the degree of risk: you could play it safe, but great riches await those bold enough to chase them—but then, so does the hangman’s noose.
Killers and Thieves is the creation of Alex Thomas, co-founder of Stoic and Creative Director on The Banner Saga. He created this thieving adventure as an independent project, and it is being published by the Stoic team. Inspired by the question “What if you ran an entire thieves guild?” Alex has collaborated with a team of talented industry professionals to breathe life into a cruel, dangerous world.
You are the unseen master of a thieves’ guild in the medieval city of Greypool, taking ragged street rats and forging them into master criminals.Assemble and train a team of unique burglars, thieves and cutthroats then send them on daring heists across a sprawling city. Select your team carefully - do you want the agile catburglar, the master lockpicker, or the deadly cutthroat? You can’t always take everyone you need, and the city is full of surprises that will force you to redraw your carefully-laid plans at a moment’s notice.You decide the degree of risk: you could play it safe, but great riches await those bold enough to chase them—but then, so does the hangman’s noose.
- You are the guildmaster. Send your ragged crew out on daring heists to stake out targets, steal precious things, and even perform assassinations.
- Think on your feet. Meticulously-planned operations may fall into chaos as surprising emergent events come together in new and unexpected ways.
- Play your way. Follow a compelling series of story-driven missions, and employ your own initiative to identify high-value targets in a living open world.
- Keep the gold flowing. Wages must be paid, so make sure the money keeps rolling in. If the coffers are empty when payday comes, there could be trouble.
- Manage your thieves. Recruit worthless street rats and forge them into master criminals, but remember the risks: even your best might not come home again.
- An ugly world made beautiful. The sprawling city of Greypool and its seedy residents are brought to life with stunning art and animation inspired by medieval artworks.
- An acclaimed team. Killers and Thieves was created by Alex Thomas, co-creator of the acclaimed Banner Saga series, and a team of award-winning industry professionals.
Killers and Thieves is the creation of Alex Thomas, co-founder of Stoic and Creative Director on The Banner Saga. He created this thieving adventure as an independent project, and it is being published by the Stoic team. Inspired by the question “What if you ran an entire thieves guild?” Alex has collaborated with a team of talented industry professionals to breathe life into a cruel, dangerous world.What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Killers and Thieves, developed by Alex Thomas and published by Stoic, is a unique blend of strategy, management, and stealth that challenges players to build and command their own guild of outlaws in a gritty medieval city. At its core, the game is about control—of people, of plans, and of chaos. It tasks you with forming a band of misfits and criminals and leading them to wealth and infamy through carefully planned heists and risky infiltration missions. The city of Greypool serves as both your playground and your battlefield, a place filled with opportunity, danger, and moral ambiguity. It’s a world that thrives on shadows, where success depends not only on skill and timing but also on patience and resourcefulness. Killers and Thieves takes the familiar thrill of stealth games and blends it with the managerial tension of running an organization that constantly teeters between survival and collapse. The game is divided into two main layers: the strategic guild management phase and the real-time infiltration missions. In the management layer, you recruit new thieves, train them, equip them, and assign them to jobs. Each character comes with distinct traits and skills—some excel at…1 found this helpful
Game is bugged and abandoned - you won't be able even to finish first mission.1 found this helpful
The game has interesting inventory and NPC management, and a gorgeous art style, but doing the actual heists plays very miserably and is what makes me hesitant to play this often. I'd only recommend someone to play this game only for ideas to develop their own fantasy thieves guild management game.
Fun game and love the idea of it. Would be cool if there was a bit more of a tutorial and some on the Menus where streamlined a little.
First off, the game is buggy and a bit clunky. With that out of the way, at its current price point, Killers and Thieves offers more than anyone could ask for. The idea behind it is great, and while the implementation could have been done better, I still greatly enjoyed my time while playing. Too bad there isn't a sequel. Thanks SplatterCatGaming for recommending this game.
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