# Card Thief

> Solitaire Stealth Heist Cards

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1186226470](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1186226470)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1186226470`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Arnold Rauers
- **Category:** Card
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (981 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.14
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-04
- **First published:** 2017-03-19
- **Size:** 161 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/card-thief/id1186226470)
- **Website:** [http://www.card-thief.com](http://www.card-thief.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://tinytouchtales.com/privacypolicy/?app=Card%20Thief](http://tinytouchtales.com/privacypolicy/?app=Card%20Thief)

## Description

Card Thief is a solitaire-style stealth card game that turns your deck into a shadowy world of heists and escapes. Sneak through darkness, extinguish torches, pickpocket guards, and steal treasure with every flip as you weigh risk and reward.

From the makers of Card Crawl, Card Thief distills the tension of classic stealth games into a fast, strategic experience you can play in minutes. It offers offline play, 4 unique heists with varied enemies and traps, 12 upgradeable equipment cards, 10 hireable thieves, mini deck-building for deep customization, a daily heist with global leaderboards, and roguelike replayability so no run is ever the same. Plan, steal, escape, repeat.

## Rankings

- #55,086 — Overall
- #24 — Essential Card Games
- #24 — card

## Review summary

Card Thief is praised for a unique, accessible solitaire-leaning stealth concept with beautiful art and audio, offering addictive, clever gameplay. It’s easy to pick up but still strategic, with strong pacing and atmosphere. Most reviews note no ads or optional ads, contributing to a positive experience. However, common concerns include stability issues and progress loss, cross-device save syncing problems, and requests for more content and features (endless mode, more cards/levels, larger layouts). Monetization concerns include difficulties with purchases or re-downloading. Overall highly regarded, but reliability and content growth need attention.

### Pros

- Unique solitaire stealth concept with stylish art and atmosphere.
- Easy to learn and accessible, yet strategic and brainy.
- Addictive, engaging gameplay with solid puzzle-like depth.
- Beautiful visuals and sound design.
- No ads or optional ads; premium unlock removes ads and offers good value.

### Cons

- Stability and launch issues including crashes, initialization failures, and occasional lost progress.
- Progress/save syncing across devices is unreliable or non-transferable.
- Desire for more content and features (endless mode, more cards/enemies, larger layouts).
- Monetization issues such as difficulties with purchases or re-downloading and progress not carrying over after buying.
- Ads/video ad errors when attempting to watch ads.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1186226470)