Red Thread: World Thief Chase

A master thief is crossing the world with a priceless treasure. Follow the clues city to city, pin the evidence and make the arrest before the trail goes cold.

You are Agent Dani Ortiz

On your first day at ATLAS, a tiny art-crime unit in Lisbon, the Crown of Saint Clara vanishes. Behind it are the Magpies: sixteen specialist thieves run by a mastermind called the Curator. And every calling card is written in the handwriting of your old mentor, Inspector Vera Lund, who died three years ago. Or did she?

How a case works

• Question witnesses at the market, the museum, the train station and more. Every visit costs time.
• Two witnesses point to the thief's next city: the currency they paid with, the language they practiced, the landmark they asked about, the food they craved, the nickname of their destination.
• One witness describes the thief: hair, scarf, hobby or the vehicle they want.
• Pin the description on your evidence board, narrow sixteen suspects down to one and issue a warrant.
• Pick the right flight from four departures. A wrong city costs hours.
• Find the thief in the last city and make the arrest before the deadline.

40 real cities on 6 continents

From Tokyo, Cairo and Paris to Rio, Reykjavík and Cusco, every city has its own pixel-art street and real facts. Learn world geography without even trying, and collect every city in your Atlas.

Endless cases

• Generated cases that are different every time
• A Daily Case with a bonus bounty
• A weekly Most Wanted case for experienced agents
• Rise from Rookie to Director and unlock gadgets like the Drone and the Fast Pass
• Catch all 16 Magpies to unmask the Curator
• English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Plays offline, no account.

Controls (PC)

• Mouse: click places to question witnesses, click traits on the evidence board, click a flight to fly.
• Esc: back / pause.

The itch.io version

• No ads. No in-app purchases. The full game, once.
• Tip-off, lab result and overtime are free buttons, once per case each.
• A 540x960 portrait window that can be resized.

Credits

City art: Asset Megapack world themes (owned). Characters: LimeZu Character Generator 2.0 (owned). Fonts: Inter, Oswald (SIL OFL 1.1), Special Elite (Apache 2.0). Made with Godot (MIT). Crash reports by Sentry (MIT).