Game update14 Jan 2025Patch: 1.0.0.9Hello Thieves! This update contains a small fix to loot phase checkpoints. Fixes · Using "Restart from last checkpoint" during loot phase restarts from the start of loot phase instead of the start of scout phase. Xec rune state is also correctly kept. Thank you for reading!
Welcome back Thieves! We're thrilled to announce that Spirited Thief will be participating in the TurnBasedThursday Fest from April 4-8th. This event is a five-day online festival celebrating turn-based video games. Thank you for reading! You can follow the game on Twitter and join the Discord community !
Hello Thieves! This update focus on abilities, with a new unique abilities for each of your companions! But there's also buffs to existing abilities that were a little undertuned. Unlockable abilities in the shop are not meant to replace the starting ones - and are often more specialized - but they still need to relevant! Abilities · One new loyalty ability for Besk, Iwie and Sunyang · Pet rat:…
Hello Thieves! A lot of difficulty tweaks are added in this patch, but also quality of life changes and bug fixes! The ritual level has also been entirely redone to give it a little extra oomph. Difficulty · Added new difficulty option that reduce the number of guards and simplify puzzles, which is active by default on story mode · Story mode now has 14 turns between danger level increase (from…
Hello Thieves! Today, we are extremely happy to announce Spirited Thief is now Verified on Steam Deck ! We've got the green check, so you could enjoy your missions from the comfort of your couch, bed or favourite means of transport. A new update has been also released, take a look at the patch right here: Enjoy Spirited Thief and thank you for reading! You can follow the game on Twitter and joi…
Hello Thieves! New bug fixes and changes for the 1.0.0.6 update, as well as the verified status for Steam Deck! Steam Deck · Default resolution on Steam deck is now 1280x800. · Button icons in controls in settings have been redrawn/modified to make the font bigger. · Keyboard/mouse glyphs are only shown on mouse click or keyboard press event. · Added a virtual keyboard to input text for twitch…
Hello Thieves and welcome to our world! Today, we are excited to announce the launch of a new bundle with three of our games, allowing all players to get them at a lower price thanks to a 15% discount ! Ishtar Games Bundle: Enjoy our games! We wish you the best of luck to make the best couples and kill all the monsters you will face. Feel free to share your feedback once you've played them, we…
Hello Spirits and Thieves! The 1.0.0.5 update brings bug fixes and a new way to check your looting progress during a level! Changes · In-game menu now also shows a summary of all loot in the level, to let you quickly check your progress for both scouting and collecting every available loot. · Smoother enemies' vision cone when they are moving · Ravens: Sunyang leaves after the player starts mov…
Hello Thieves, we hope you're liking Spirited Thief! For Steam Deck players, we're very happy to confirm that the game is fully playable on Steam Deck! So, if you haven't tried it already, you can play the game from anywhere you want!
Greetings Guild members! As you may be already exploring Spirited Thief's multiple levels and stealing all the treasures alongside Trin, we would love to hear about your experience with the game! If you're among the players enjoying Spirited Thief so far, please consider taking a moment to write a review, it is truly valuable for Koi Snowman Games who solo-developed this game. Thank you for rea…
Greetings Guild members! Is your gear ready? Your skills are set? Scouting and sneaking all mapped out in your mind? Because Trin and Elaj are both eager to start their new missions together since... Spirited Thief is officially OUT! Explore multiple levels, steal all the treasures you can take, make a mistake, rewind, fail, try again, find new ways to succeed, change your skillset or adjust th…
Greetings Guild members! Spirited Thief is a game mixing up tactic and stealth , where you have two objectives: remain undetected by the guards and steal the protected treasures. To do so, you can count on Trin and Elaj : one is a spirit capable of scouting the place and teleport on a short range, the other is a thief with a particular set of skills, perfect to steal keys and navigate between t…
Hello Thieves! We're very excited to finally announce the release date for Spirited Thief! After more than 2 years of development, our little game is ready! Spirited Thief will be released on September 19th, so just a month left to wait to follow the adventures of Elaj and Trin. For the occasion, we made a brand new trailer! And if you haven't already, don't forget to wishlist the game on Steam…
Hello everyone, We are pleased to announce Spirited Thief is featured in the Tiny Teams' festival! Visit the page of the festival: Spirited Thief's demo is also playable on Steam Deck. Thank you for reading! You can wishlist Spirited Thief, follow the game on Twitter and join the Discord community !
Hello everyone, The 0.44 update brings French & German localization to Spirited Thief AND full gamepad support! Spirited Thief will now try to use your system's language by default. Of course, you can change your preferred language at any time in the options menu. We did a lot of under-the-hood changes to provide proper support to gamepad. Some of the new features will also benefits mouse and k…
Hello everyone, My name is Simon Nowak and I am the solo developer on Spirited Thief , a game I have been working on for about two years and a half. It's been quite an adventure and I got to learn lots of new things along the way! First, allow me to introduce you to Spirited Thief, a tactical stealth game where you need to steal treasures by playing a Spirit and a Thief (thus the name!). The fi…
Greetings Guild members! The development of Spirited Thief is going very well, and several things have changed now. Allow us to describe what's new in the game, we are going to detail them just below! Portraits update First, we'll talk about the visual rework of Trin and Elaj . They are both the main characters of the game (one being a Spirit and the other a Thief) and since we wanted them to t…
Greetings Guild members, Spirited Thief will participate in the upcoming Steam Next Fest (starting February 6th), and we will also be playing the game live on February 8th at 17:00 CET : make sure to tune in! The live will be on Ishtar Games Twitch channel , and you can already give a follow to the studio! Twitter Discord
Members of the Guild, we've got two big news for you! First, we have an Announcement Trailer for Spirited Thief: it's shiny, beautiful and filled with traps for Trin & Elaj to avoid. Spirited Thief will be featured in the Steam Next Fest starting February 6th ! This is a giant opportunity for the game to be seen and played by a lot of new players. We will see you there! Twitter Discord
Koi Snowman Games is joining forces with Ishtar Games Publishing to release Spirited Thief in Summer 2023! Ishtar Games is known for working on the games Dead in Vinland, The Last Spell and Lakeburg Legacies. They launched their indie publishing label earlier this year. Ishtar Games Publishing will help me improve the game’s quality and support the funding, distribution & marketing of Spirited…
Miscellaneous · "Knock knock!" and "Weighted Punch" are now Tier 1 abilities and are thus available in the demo · Emerald: intro dialog is shorter. · Dream: added/tweaked dialogs. · Topaz: add new dialog for a specific way of finishing the mission. Fixes · Player's keyring was not supporting rewind (and thus kept the same after a rewind/restart) · Dream: fix critical bug that would prevent from…
Zoomed out view · Adjustment to the fully zoomed out view so that's it's easier to see the important info. · Walls are slightly highlighted to have a better sight of the rooms' layout. · Fog of war hints (items, sleeping guards, obstacles) are displayed in the player field of view to better highlight these critical information. · Bubbles/floating items are hidden as they are too small when full…
New Victory UI · Some objectives now award gold · Added a summary of all loot, objectives, and interactions with guards · Party members/NPCs will sometime comment on the success of the heist New level: ??? · Replaces topaz part 1 · New setting and dedicated music theme · Still a tutorial level for multiple thieves' control · No spoilers ;) · Topaz part 2 is modified to be a standalone level Mis…
Shop Rework · Shop now have ability tiers that unlock as campaign progresses (only tier 1 is available in the demo) · New abilities · Unlockable shop tab for Besk · New music theme · Reworked ability cost so they are more consistent and give more choices · Removed "Entangle" ability: it is replaced by "Dirk" which serves a similar purpose (get rid of a guard but leave evidence). Guards · New "s…
I (Koi Snowman) will be live-streaming a play-through of the Spirited Thief demo for the Steam Next Fest! Unfortunately, my spoken English is not great, so I won't be talking. ːsteamsadː Watch me fail miserably with all difficulty options set to the max! ːsteamhappyː
Misc · Improved Elaj's portrait · Added pop-up for Trin's first respawn, and for all danger level events. · Player log is now hidden during dialogs · Added "Start loot phase" objective during the scouting phase when all other objectives are complete. · "Scout phase" -> "Scouting phase" · Emerald music theme: Added a 3rd level of intensity (triggered when seen by a guard). · Maximum danger level…
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