Trials of the Thief-Taker
Choice of Games · 2017 · Adventure, RPG, Indie, Choose Your Own Adventure, Text-Based
PC
Mixed60% · 10
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About Trials of the Thief-Taker
In London, 1729, before they had police, they had you: thief-takers, hunting criminals for cash! Fire a flintlock and sip gin in the age of powdered wigs. Will you grow rich catching smugglers and highwaymen, show mercy, or become a crime boss yourself?
Trials of the Thief-Taker is a 140,000-word interactive historical adventure novel by Joey Jones, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
As a thief-taker, paid by the court or hired by the victims of crime to recover property and, for an extra price, bring the culprit to justice, you'll stalk your prey across the misty commons and narrow rookeries of 18th-century London. Lead a gang of unwashed ruffians (or stalk the streets alone) as you apprehend highwaymen on lonely roads, and root out crooks and counterfeiters in inns and coffeehouses. Through cunning, force, or suspicious connections, you will find your mark.
You may strike a blow for justice, making a name for yourself and bringing good people to your cause. Or you can create the crimes you intend to solve, stealing the goods you'll be paid to recover, bribing prison guards to let your associates go, building your criminal empire while everyone lauds you as a hero.
Be quick or cautious, proper or disreputable, generous or mercenary...it's all in a day's work for a thief-taker.
Load your flintlock! There are thieves to take.
Trials of the Thief-Taker is a 140,000-word interactive historical adventure novel by Joey Jones, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
As a thief-taker, paid by the court or hired by the victims of crime to recover property and, for an extra price, bring the culprit to justice, you'll stalk your prey across the misty commons and narrow rookeries of 18th-century London. Lead a gang of unwashed ruffians (or stalk the streets alone) as you apprehend highwaymen on lonely roads, and root out crooks and counterfeiters in inns and coffeehouses. Through cunning, force, or suspicious connections, you will find your mark.
You may strike a blow for justice, making a name for yourself and bringing good people to your cause. Or you can create the crimes you intend to solve, stealing the goods you'll be paid to recover, bribing prison guards to let your associates go, building your criminal empire while everyone lauds you as a hero.
Be quick or cautious, proper or disreputable, generous or mercenary...it's all in a day's work for a thief-taker.
Load your flintlock! There are thieves to take.
- Play as male, female, or as a woman disguised as a man; gay or straight.
- Make your way through a world ruled by manners, harsh laws, and lurking treachery.
- Run an empire of crime or establish the first police force...or both at the same time!
- Capture, befriend, or romance corrupt officials, escape artists, courtiers, highwaymen, smugglers and grave-robbers.
- Immerse yourself in Georgian lingo: learn the difference between a cove and a swell, a blue pigeon and an ark ruffian.
- Play the high-stakes dice game Hazard in the gaming houses of Covent Garden.
- Make your way with your silver tongue, a good horse, your street smarts or with two fists flying.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I cannot say I enjoyed this game. The plot was bland, and felt disjointed. It ended suddenly, and one's only romance options were theives, despite there supposedly being the promise of a good path, as well. The skills were well-implemented, but the only characters I felt any connection to were a street urchin and my gang of hooligans, who were barely given any screen-time. I was apparently supposed to feel a connection with the random thief I chased, and a woman who was absolutely vile to most everyone she met, but... Well. It's just not a game I found at all fun.5 found this helpful
I actually really enjoyed this story. I will say though that the ending seemed very rushed. It does have some decent replay value though. I'd give this a 7/10.4 found this helpful
Splendid game! The setting is juicy, the NPCs are great (if a bit exaggerated), and there is lots of replay value. There are not a lot of variant plot options but the way that the scenarios respond to your stats and choices is extremely well thought out. I like the fact that it is short (a couple hours only) and that it is not easy to get exactly what you want. The only problem I had with it was that the one time I tried playing as a woman, the modifications to account for that were patchy and inconsistent.2 found this helpful
A unique setting and an interesting premise. However the characters seem pretty two-dimensional, and the plot short and very disjointed and need some smoothing over. There are certainly worse Choice of Games stories and this one isn't great, but if you like being a 18th century bounty hunter then it'll be for you.2 found this helpful
This is the second Choice of Games title I played after A Study in Steampunk. Because of how much I loved that previous game, and because of the interesting premise for this one, I was really excited to try this. But I'm joining the "this is a big, boring letdown" club."2 found this helpful
Cool setting, neat story, some interesting characters!
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