The Swindle

Released: 7/27/2015

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.

Critics

Steam

Metacritic

Score Breakdown

68.2

Critic Average

45 reviews

Steam User Score

632 reviews

Metacritic User Score

24 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

+4.0

Metacritic Disparity

+13.2

Combined Disparity

+8.6

Average of both sources

Review Timing

1 early (2%)34 launch window (76%)10 late (22%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 45)

Evan RoweviaSaving Content
Nov 28, 2018Late review
60/100View review
Steam 64.2/100 · -4.2 ptsMetacritic 55/100 · +5.0 pts
Kirstie SummersviaPure Nintendo
Oct 17, 2018Late review
85/100View review
Steam 64.2/100 · +20.8 ptsMetacritic 55/100 · +30.0 pts
Matthew ZawodniakviaNintendoWorldReport
Oct 14, 2018Late review
50/100View review
Steam 64.2/100 · -14.2 ptsMetacritic 55/100 · -5.0 pts
Aaron DanielsviaInvision Community
Oct 14, 2018Late review
60/100View review
Steam 64.2/100 · -4.2 ptsMetacritic 55/100 · +5.0 pts
Derek StaufferviaScreen Rant
Oct 11, 2018Late review
50/100View review
Steam 64.2/100 · -14.2 ptsMetacritic 55/100 · -5.0 pts