Venomous Ambition sets the player on a discreet mission to a rival gang leader’s mansion, with the goal of averting a potentially consequential assassination attempt - and a golden opportunity to take care of some side business and grab a bit of nice loot along the way.

As usual with Ripped_Phreak’s work, the visuals are top-notch. The brushw...

The Darkstone Gem chapter 1 feels like a missed potential case. We’ve got a talented author, who’s capable of decent brushwork, but the campaign as a whole lacks momentum and fails to keep things interesting.

The writing across the series could use some better work, but the lack of it is most detrimental to the experience in the first mission...

The Mystery Man is a solid mansion mystery mission centered around uncovering secrets and following the trail of an elusive, cryptic homeowner.

Somewhat out of the ordinary for the time period, The Mystery Man involves a complex set of more than a dozen of keys and special items you'll have to locate and carry around the level to find their u...

Play a little sabotage at a Mechanist facility, mess with the machinery, set timed bombs which literally tick and explode before your eyes – this FM has it all, as well as some clever progression and the novel gas mask mechanic.

While it hasn’t aged particularly well visually, Gas Station uses some effects which would probably be much appreci...

It’s easy to see why a 20+ year-old FM like this might fly under the radar—but for fans of old-school missions, there’s solid fun to be had here.

While I'd always recommend playing the series in its entirety, this installment is actually where the "gem mine" part of its title really takes off. You’re tossed into an abandoned mine/temple compl...

At its core it's an early city mission based on exploration, with a mix of positive and negative quirks.

You get your usual selection of locations strewn around, and visiting them feels rather rewarding, so your interest is sustained until the end. There are several ideas laid out that seem awesome for 2000. I'm thinking quips, conversations,...

A very solid intro mission to the more known "Inverted Manse."

You start off a bit flustered as you discover that the options at the three difficulty levels are : start without a blackjack and a sword; a "kill everyone" objective; or a "steal 100% loot objective." Looks like standard gameplay wasn't on the menu. What's worse, initial areas l...

This mission tasks you with investigating the disappearance of Lady Agutt’s husband, who vanished after visiting a befriended family’s mansion. The house itself won’t impress you unless you’re particularly fond of cosy and compact spaces, but it hides several secrets waiting to be uncovered, along with a nice stack of loot to collect.

The unu...

Look, I’ve never been a fan of puzzle-driven missions in Thief. It’s not how I envision optimal Thief gameplay, nor the flow that makes for a great FM. That said, this is the best puzzle mission I’ve played, and it’s friggin’ awesome.

Okay, let’s get the trash out of the way. HHHH suffers from the same issue as most puzzle missions – there’s ...

A really good early mission that has Garrett seeking revenge on Sammy, known from selling him out in "Ambush". As the night unfolds, our hero finds himself thrust into a plot bigger than thieves settling a score.

It features an hour and a half of mostly satisfying mansion-thief den hybrid gameplay. It has some quite decent city architecture (...

Twilights Over Driftstone has a lot of peculiarities. It feels like a project from 2010-2015 in that it doesn't adhere to many conventions that have become staples of most city/city-mansion missions in recent years. And I absolutely loved it.

I thought the overall balance of playable areas was perfect. There’s the slum area and there’s the wa...

This is a representative of the dozens of missions from new authors who emerged during the Great FM Boom of Mid-Late 00s™.

This one sets you in a medium-sized city district without pretty much any equipment or information. You will visit all the usual secondary locations and witness a peculiar Hammer-Mechanist liaison.

Straight from the be...

This mission from nicked brings you to a mage keep and academy on a sabotage job that you’re supposed to pull off with the help of an associate. Naturally, things get complicated, and there are a couple of twists in store to spice things up.

Visually it’s what you’d expect from a nicked mission. It’s very clean and polished. There are plenty ...

"Underground" must be the word of the year so far for FMs, as it's been the feature of so many of them.

This particular one gets you around two main locations - a big hidden Hammer factory and a portion of an underground city/necropolis. The latter one is the clear winner for me, featuring some nice big spaces and interesting options of movin...