Thief: The Dark Project is coming back. A remastered version of the 1998 Looking Glass Studios classic launches on PS5 on December 3, 2026, per announcements covered by Gematsu and Push Square — and it's arriving with new content rather than a bare-bones port.

The original Thief is one of the most influential games ever shipped: its light-and-shadow stealth, sound propagation and emphasis on avoidance over combat effectively created the modern stealth genre, with its DNA visible in everything from Dishonored to countless immersive sims. Push Square calls it one of the classics that helped create an entire genre, which undersells it if anything — Garrett's first outing largely was the genre at launch.

Details on exactly what the new content includes weren't spelled out in the announcements, but the remaster treatment suggests more than a resolution bump. For PS5 owners, it's also a rare chance to play a game that has historically lived on PC.

A December 3 date puts the remaster squarely in the holiday window — a quiet, candle-snuffing alternative to the season's louder releases.