# Card Thief — Solitaire Stealth Heist Cards

> Solitaire stealth heist card game with roguelike replayability. (iPhone/iPad app by Arnold Rauers.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-thief/id1186226470 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Arnold Rauers](https://appshunter.io/developer/538013421)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Board, Card
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 967 App Store ratings · 476 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 161 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany), Japanese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2017-03-19
- Data updated: 2026-09-05
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-thief/id1186226470/reviews.md

## What is Card Thief?

Card Thief is a solitaire-style stealth card game that transforms your deck into a shadowy world of cunning heists and daring escapes.

Sneak through the darkness as a master thief. Extinguish torches, pickpocket guards, and steal precious treasure without getting caught. Every card you flip is a calculated risk. Every move could be your last.

From the makers of Card Crawl, the hit indie card dungeon crawler, Card Thief distills the tension of classic stealth games into a sleek, strategic card game you can play in minutes. Easy to learn, endlessly deep.

Plan. Steal. Escape. Repeat.

With a rich layer of tactical decision-making, risk/reward choices, and roguelike replayability, Card Thief is the perfect pick-up-and-play strategy card game for fans of stealth, puzzle games, and solo card games alike.

Features

- Solitaire-style stealth gameplay with no internet required
- 4 unique heists with distinct enemies, traps, and obstacles
- 12 unlockable and upgradable equipment cards with unique abilities
- Hire 10 thieves, each with special gameplay rules
- Mini deck-building mechanics for deep strategic customization
- Daily Heist mode with global leaderboards
- Roguelike replayability so every run plays differently
- Perfect session length of 2 to 3 minutes per game
- Offline play, great for travel

## Key features

- Solitaire-style stealth gameplay
- 4 unique heists
- Unlockable equipment cards
- Hireable thieves with special rules
- Mini deck-building mechanics
- Daily Heist mode with leaderboards
- Roguelike replayability
- Offline play

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock Card Thief | $4.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Card Thief?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Fun and unique stealth mechanics
- 👍 Very fun for offline gaming
- 👍 New favorite card game
- 👍 Creative and addictive game
- 👍 Gorgeous and clever
- 👍 Fantastic
- 👍 Excellent game!
- 👍 Beautiful game
- 👍 Awesome!
- 👍 Brilliant
- 👍 Seriously good game
- 👍 Fantastic
- 👍 100% Original Idea
- 👍 Unique & Polished
- 👍 Excellent game

**Cons**

- ❓ What is the goal?
- 🐛 Issueee
- 🐛 Buggy
- 🐛 Crashes on load
- 🐛 Cannot select path
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🐛 Crashes
- 🐛 Not working
- 🐛 Notch covers game
- 🐛 Caution!
- 🐛 Not working
- 🐛 Crashes every time on iPhone 12
- 🐛 Hasn't worked for a year
- 🐛 Crash
- 🐛 Crashes on load up

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crystals which you can get when playing are useless
- Notch covers game information on iPhone X+
- Ads error prevents chest opening
- Hideout heists have unrealistically high scores
- Can't open hideout, game crashes
- Crashes right after starting on M1 iPad Pro with iPadOS 14.7.1
- Crashes all the time
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices

**Most requested features**

- More enemies or traps to deal with
- More equipment to try out
- 4x4 layout rather than 3x3
- Endless mode
- Multiplayer compatibility
- Sync game data between Android and iOS
- Shop to use crystals
- More levels, incentives, and variations in the Hideout games
- Ability to cash in stolen goods for new tool cards or special cards

## Recent user reviews (10 of 476)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-thief/id1186226470/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Bugs all over the Game

*2026-08-09, version 1.3.14*

The Game itself is good, fun to play but everything is so slow and the most annoying thing is that the game is literally crashing all the time. You win a game - it crashes, you click on something- it crashes. So annoying it ruins the whole experience. BTW it’s the same problem at card brawl…. Would be fantastic if you could fix that, Cheers

### 5/5 — ……

*2026-07-04, version 1.3.14*

this game is so complicated but it’s soooooo good. thing wrong i have no idea how to get the tokens to move on to the next level. y’all probably know soooooooo how do you get those tokens or coins.

### 1/5 — Won’t load

*2026-07-04, version 1.3.14*

The game won’t load

### 5/5 — Well done

*2026-07-01, version 1.3.14*

The art is beautiful. I love the aesthetic design for the menu; it really adds to the feeling of being in a thief guild. The mechanics are brilliant, and the emergent strategies that lead to greater success within the game feel thematically relevant.

### 5/5 — Superbly Built

*2026-06-15, version 1.3.14*

Love it

### 1/5 — Reviews are all AI generated and fake. Game is horrible.

*2026-04-20, version 1.3.14*

All reviews auto context to “stealth game” because that’s what’s mentioned. But it’s not stealth at all. It’s a ridiculous choose the low number game.  Excessively boring and full of AI slop.

### 5/5 — Great

*2026-04-07, version 1.3.14*

Just give it a go, it’s really fun

### 3/5 — Random crashes

*2026-02-25, version 1.3.13*

Love the game and play it daily. The part that frustrates me is that a few times, when I had the best run, the game would crash when returning to the main screen. No saved progress.

On the latest update available at the time when writing this review.

### 5/5 — Игра класс, можно было бы и доразвить

*2026-02-21*

Игра супер, жаль только, что не развивается, непонятно зачем краденые сокровища нужны, нельза персонажа менять, хоть и есть контракты интересные, но не все можно поиграть, было бы интереснее, если бы за награбленное можно было бы персов покупать и улучшать

### 5/5 — To obcecada!!!

*2026-02-09*

Simplesmente viciante, a arte é maravilhosa, tudo perfeito.

## Frequently asked questions about Card Thief

### What kind of game is Card Thief?

Card Thief is a solitaire-style stealth card game. You play as a master thief attempting heists, using cards to navigate obstacles, avoid guards, and steal treasure. It combines elements of stealth, strategy, and roguelike gameplay.

### What are the key features of Card Thief?

Key features include solitaire-style stealth gameplay, four unique heists with distinct challenges, unlockable equipment cards with special abilities, the ability to hire ten different thieves, mini deck-building mechanics for strategic customization, a Daily Heist mode with global leaderboards, and roguelike replayability.

### How much does Card Thief cost?

The application is free to download and play, but it does include in-app purchases and advertisements. Specific costs for in-app purchases are not detailed but are typical for unlocking additional content or features.

### Can I play Card Thief offline?

Yes, Card Thief offers offline play, making it a great option for travel or situations where an internet connection is unavailable. This feature allows you to enjoy the strategic card gameplay anytime, anywhere.

### What makes Card Thief replayable?

The game features roguelike replayability, meaning each playthrough offers a different experience. Combined with the four unique heists, unlockable equipment, hireable thieves, and daily challenges, there's always a new strategic puzzle to solve.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.14 — 2026-03-04

Hello Magpie,

this is another small bug fix update.

May the shadows guide you.

### 1.3.13 — 2026-02-16

Hello,

this is a small maintenance update.

Cheers!

### 1.3.9 — 2025-09-05

Hello Thief,

this is a small maintenance update.
We also added ES, RU, JA and CN localizations.

If you haven't yet please rate and review the game.

May the shadows guide you.

### 1.3.8 — 2024-01-08

Hello,

this is a small maintenance update.

Cheers!

### 1.3.7 — 2022-08-24

Hello Thief,

this is a small bug fix for the iPad layout issues.

May the shadows guide you!

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All apps by Arnold Rauers: https://appshunter.io/developer/538013421

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*