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The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.

The Swindle is a crime, indie and action game developed and published by Size Five Games.
Released on July 28th 2015 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 613 reviews of which 390 were positive and 223 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified The Swindle into these genres:

Crime Indie Action Stealth Heist Steampunk RPG Platformer Action Roguelike 2D Rogue-like Procedural Generation Rogue-lite Great Soundtrack Cyberpunk

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 and up
  • Processor: 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 8800 equivalent or higher
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: What is this, 1991? Yes a sound card. Onboard is fine.
  • Additional Notes: If playing on a Laptop, please make sure it has a dedicated gfx card; on-board cards will struggle.
MacOS
  • OS: 10.8
  • Processor: Intel "Core i3" or above
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: If your Mac meets minimum specs and doesn't run well, PLEASE let me know so I can edit this!

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Jan. 2026
The game is addictive. Even, when you played it through, you start again, because the buildings are random generated. Always new challenges. One technical problem: When you play it with Steamdeck and an external controller and the external controller shuts down, because it went to standby, or the battery was empty, it is not possible to reconnect the controller with the game. You are stuck. You have to restart the game.
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Nov. 2025
Kinda a shit game mechanically but gameplay loop is super addicting.
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Nov. 2025
Replaying The Swindle here on Steam after playing it years ago on the Wii U (yes I played it on the Wii U which had an terribly instable performance), really changed my mind. Now I am an basolute fan of it. It's actually a very good stealth game with a rogue like mechanic that actually gives you the fear of getting caught. No checkpoints, no retries and 100 days (tries) if you want to get to the good ending. The houses are randomly generated, so you really need to improvise, if you got a bad generated building. It's all challenging but if you are open for that, you gonna have a great time, also because this game has one of the best soundtracks I have ever listened. They not only sound nice, but also every track has two versions: The undetected and the alerted one. So every mission start with a more calm theme but then gets crazy if you get detected. So you adrenalin not only goes up because you want to steal as much as possible before the police arrives, but also because the music kicks in like it wants to say: "Get the hell out of here as soon as possible!". Still on this day the soundtrack gives me goosebumps. Besides that I actually like the aesthetic of the game. Thanks to it's simple design, it looks until this day great and it has some sort of a unique setting with the mix of steampunk, cyber-war and British style. So if you like playing a stealth games with a challenge, The Swindle really is a must play.
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Nov. 2025
this is secretly a rage game. do not expect a calm experience. you die for no reason quite often. fun though
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Sept. 2025
A really compelling core, a game that demands that you get better at it and rewards you for doing so. When it works, it really is something special. It is marred by bugs - you absolutely will die because your input didn't register or something saw you through a wall. But I found the core of the game to be so strong that I was able to look past that.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Swindle is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Swindle is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

The Swindle received 390 positive votes out of a total of 613 achieving a rating of 6.16.
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The Swindle was developed and published by Size Five Games.

The Swindle is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Swindle is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Swindle is not playable on Linux.

The Swindle is a single-player game.

The Swindle does not currently offer any DLC.

The Swindle does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Swindle supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

The Swindle is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Swindle.

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The Swindle
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Developer
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Publisher
Size Five Games
Release 28 Jul 2015
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