# Thief Simulator: Sneak & Steal — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of Thief Simulator by PLAYWAY SPOLKA AKCYJNA, rated 4.30/5 from 253 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thief-simulator-sneak-and-steal/id6456607771/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thief-simulator-sneak-and-steal/id6456607771.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 186 · 4★ 23 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 24 ## What do users think of Thief Simulator? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging gameplay mechanics and concept - 📱 Successfully ported from console to mobile - 🏠 Diverse activities like robbing, selling, and exploring - ✨ Fun and entertaining experience for players - 🎯 Good foundation and bones for a mobile game **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and black screen issues - ⏳ Stuck on loading screens preventing game access - 🎮 Confusing lock-picking system and mechanics - 📊 Unclear skill tree and leveling system - 🔋 Poor optimization causing overheating and battery drain - 💰 Pay-to-win elements and graphics glitches - 🎒 Limited inventory space with no hideout storage - 🔊 Missing audio/sound in some instances - 🚔 Broken police AI behavior after updates - 🎮 Repetitive gameplay with limited progression - ❌ Season pass and premium content not claimable - 📍 Specific location (Newland City) completely broken - 🎮 Unclear task explanations and objectives **Commonly reported bugs** - Lock-picking system completely non-functional - Game stuck on loading screen indefinitely - FPS resets to 30 despite 120 setting - Black screen after loading screen - Game crashes after extended play sessions - Doors won't open properly - Unknown model objects appearing in game - Container lids flying during animations - Season pass won't allow claiming premium items - Bag equipment doesn't function after update - Kicked from game when enabling medium graphics - Police AI stuck in one location, won't leave - Newland City houses permanently locked - Unable to sell items (TVs) in some cases - Collectible items stuck in fridge requiring repeated collection - Support team unresponsive to bug reports - Game crashes on startup for some users **Most requested features** - Add police/cop mechanics to increase challenge - Controller and Backbone support for mobile - Offline gameplay mode - Chinese language support - Full version with expanded content beyond demo - Gamepad support for better controls - Improved inventory and hideout storage system - Better explanation of tasks and mechanics ## Newest reviews (15 of 67) ### 3/5 — One small thing *2026-06-21, version 2.2.7* This is genuinely fun and a great game for mobile especially. But one big issue is that the progress I made in the game is reset every time I close the game. Please fix this so the game can be perfect ### 3/5 — Баг *2025-08-18* Не дает пройти даже обучение, после того, как перекидывает в дом, сразу реклама и дальше прогресс первого задания не идет, как играть дальше непонятно ### 3/5 — Season pass won’t claim even tho I paid for it *2025-07-24* Good game but season pass won’t let me claim any premium stuff even tho I purchased it ### 3/5 — Отличная игра но сыро *2025-06-29* Жду обновлений ### 2/5 — Won’t load *2025-06-15* Game does the loading screen then one blue bar and then just the tips but will not load me in ### 2/5 — Game don’t load *2025-06-15, version 2.2.7* The game is not loading. ### 3/5 — Bien mais *2025-04-14* Le jeu est bien mais ram trop au bout de quelques minutes ### 3/5 — Needs multiple updates…. *2025-02-18* Good game overall but….The lock pick system needs to be updated, it’s very confusing and difficult, the developers also need to change the skill tree system as well, I find it quite confusing and I think new players would enjoy a Skill Tree update and there’s quite a few bugs, the game crashes after a while, doors won’t open and I find that annoying, the game is great but several updates need to be made. ### 3/5 — Backbone *2025-02-02* Would be amazing and a lot better if compatible with controllers or back bone! Thank you! ### 2/5 — Help *2024-10-31* The game is good so far other than not having any sound ### 4/5 — PLEASE FIX THIS *2024-10-31* Every time when I play this game, sometimes the game crashes and the screen goes black and I just, go back to my menu of apps. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FIX NOW. ### 4/5 — Why can't I enter the game *2024-10-24* 🥹 ### 2/5 — Good but buggy *2024-09-28* It was good at first but now I’m just confused on what to do and the game keeps crashing whenever I try play ### 3/5 — The police Know!!! Newland city does not work!!!!! *2024-09-25* The newland city does not work i have tried playing but the houses have been locked for a few days. It defeats the purpose there is unidentified objects that i need to collect and i cant. The police know exactly where you are hiding and they dont leave i have been in the trash hiding for over 20 minutes and they dont leave before the update they would walk away and search around now they just stick by and you have to get caught in order to leave. Please fix this!!! I have tried contacting the support team but they dont respond!!! **Developer response:** Hi! With newest update we have fixed many issues with game loading and initializaing. Could you give it a go? ### 3/5 — The police Know!!! *2024-09-01* The police know exactly where you are hiding and they dont leave i have been in the trash hiding for over 20 minutes and they dont leave before the update they would walk away and search around now they just stick by and you have to get caught in order to leave. Please fix this!!! **Developer response:** Hi! With newest update we have fixed many issues with game loading and initializaing. Could you give it a go? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Não consigo passar da fase *2026-05-12* não consigo desbloquear vista verde III, não mostram os requisitos e eu já terminei a fase II completa ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-03-01* Can’t use the simple lock pick at all so I don’t think I can progress at all, and fps always resets to 30 when entering a new area despite it saying 120 in settings ### 1/5 — 日本人はお断り *2026-01-29* 日本語無いのでできませーん。 ### 1/5 — Fixx *2025-09-14, version 2.2.7* Bug loading long time ### 1/5 — Won’t load past the loading screen *2025-09-13* This is so dumb it won’t load🤬😤😩 ### 1/5 — CANT LOAD FM *2025-06-24, version 2.2.7* I spent 5 mins waiting and ✨nothing ✨ ### 1/5 — What? *2025-04-01* It dose not feel at all like theif simulator I think Roblox will make a better mobile version ### 1/5 — Не могу запустить *2025-03-17* Одна очень долгая загрузка и не запускается вообще на айфон 13 ### 1/5 — Awful *2025-02-21* It said locked door I unlocked it and then kept shooting me and broke my phone this is a new phone ### 1/5 — Game doesn't work *2024-07-18* It is stuck at the loading screen and wont go any farther i was excited to play this until this happened will give a 5 star if this is fixed ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 2 years later *2026-07-16* And new land city still don’t work… ### 5/5 — Please 🙏🙏🙏🙏 add cops *2025-08-02* This game is so boring like thay don’t call cops🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 ### 5/5 — Fix it *2024-12-28* It won’t stop crashing the game is fire but it’s crashing not gonna cap gang please fix it ### 5/5 — Umm…not a good game? *2024-11-06* This game is a terrible influence on young people and at first I was like, Queen, this game slays like moneyyyyy, so I showed all the neighbor kids (I’m 24 they’re all like, 6-17) and then they started STEALING FROM ME!!! And so now I have no car, no gingerbread house, no cookies, no snow globe from New Mexico, no dinosaur cardboard cutouts, no farm animal magnets and no statue of my great great great grandfather. I’m like, superrrr annoyed at this point. I played the game and was like ✨slayyyyyy✨ then poof stuff is gone and queen Nuh uh no way I ain’t getting nuthing more stolen so yeah. And I thought I should like, declare victory early…? But I didn’t. So I bought a ✨cupcake✨. Anyway bye queens, see you ✨✨✨laAaAAaaaAAterRRrrrRrRrrRr✨✨✨ ### 5/5 — Hi *2024-09-08, version 2.2.7* It’s a good game ### 5/5 — chinese please！！！！ *2024-09-04, version 2.2.7* we need chinese！！！！ ### 5/5 — Thief simulator *2024-08-31* Y’all should make this game Offline ### 5/5 — AMAZING FR!! *2024-07-31* I really like this game it’s just like the switch version and you can do a lot in the game thank you so much for creating such a great game 🫶 ### 5/5 — e *2024-07-10* 进不去！显示错误代码 ### 5/5 — AMAZING!!🤩 *2024-07-08* I just love this game it’s amazing you could rob into houses while no one’s home, you can sell you best finds and even explore the area. Keep on updating guys I believe in you. ❤️❤️❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👏👏👏👏👏👏🇦🇺📈📈📈📈✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘😘😱😱😱😆😆😆😆👍👍👍👍👍👍 --- *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 2026-09-10.*