Thief Simulator 2 – How to Play the Game on Steam Deck

Guide to play Thief Simulator 2 with Stream Deck.

Guide to Play the Game on Steam Deck

Intro

Based on American 80’s Thief Simulator.

I completed A80sTS solely on Steamdeck, so created a layout similar to that.

Differences between game controls

A80sTS removed

• Zoom (no zoom but steam magnifier helps)
• Sprint toggle (lock) (so you need to hold sprint button)

TS2 addition/changes

• PIP Map min/larger
• Drone
• Night-vision

Controller Layout

• Import controller layout.
• Game library page to the right = controller icon (next to settings gear icon).
• Community layouts
• SteamDeck Thief-Sim2 (TomK) Keyboard (WASD) and Mouse

In-Game Control Menu Setting

• Launch game first menu select: Settings>
• ‘GEAR’ icon to right of screen
• [Enable Controller] set to OFF (unselected)

Seems to have no real effect but using SteamDeck controller as Keyboard mouse.

• Car handling: (0.3)
• Car camera sensitivity (20) ?
• Create/load game to get in-game menu.

Note: move mouse : right pad/stick : select : right shoulder.

General Controls

Thief Sim 2

• Move-vertical-up: Left-stick-y
• Move-vertical-back: Left-stick-y
• Learn habits (mark): Left-stick-click

• Look-vertical: Right-stick-y
• Look-horizontal: Right-stick-x
• Sneak: Right-stick-click

• Jump: A
• Interact: B (pick up items)
• Use-tool: X
• Map: Y

• Select (use item): Shoulder-Right
• Peek: Shoulder-Left

• Toggle-camera: D-pad-right
• Tutorials: D-pad-left
• Phone: D-pad-up
• Flashlight: D-pad-down

• Quick Select tool menu Left-Trackpad
• Deck-magnification Right-Trackpad-push

• Sprint (Run): L4 Back-Grip
• Night-vision: R4 Back-Grip
• Drone launch: L5 Back-Grip

• Open Inventory: menu-L
• Quick-save: menu-R

Driving

I found driving with default left stick difficult.

So set similar to 80’s sim:

• Left trigger: Reverse
• Right trigger: Forward
• Left stick: Steer left / right
• A button: Brake

Lock Picking

• Enter/Exit lock picking: B

Level 1

• Left stick: rotate lock
• Right stick/pad: lock pick

Level 2

• Left Trigger: hit pin with pick
• Right shoulder: lock pin in place
• Left stick: move pick to next pin

Glass cutter

• Right shoulder: engage cutter
• Right stick/pad: rotate cutter
• Exit: B

Safe

• Left stick: left/right
• Exit: B

Pickpocket

• Right shoulder: engage slider (hand (keep hand on green))

Phone

• Phone: D-pad-up
• Left: A + D-pad-left
• Right: A + D-pad-right (also R5 back-pad-button)
• Select: B
• Close: Left shoulder

Mouse Menus

Computer, notes, tasks

• Right stick/pad: move mouse icon
• Right Shoulder: Select

• Left menu button: will fast exit computer.

Equipment Use

• Equipment menu: left track pad (no need to click)

also

• Equipment next: R5 back-pad-button

Drone

• L5 [right back button]: launch/recall drone

• A :: Up
• L4 [right back button] :: Down

• Left stick-push/click :: Mark (learn tenants routine, has to be line of sight)

• Left shoulder :: Tenant time plan mode (does not have to line of sight, works through walls)

• X :: Disable camera (R appears, note has to be on camera not the pole, can work from distance better at times than too close)

Tips & Other Stuff

To read text better on SteamDeck, in all games I assign:

• Right Track pad click: Steam Magnifier.

Note in game the magnifier is not movable (but still useful), it is fully functional in menu options, non video screens.

Save

• Quick Save: using Right Steam menu button
• Before doing a job and every time return to house always do a save-game to slot.
• As sometimes the game will auto save which overwrites the quick save.
• So always full save before going on a job also outside a house before going in.
• When you bring items out to the car you can quick save, that way won’t have to repeat if caught.

??

There is a keybind for:

• Flashlight mode (Z): I do not know what it’s for yet so did not assign (but if find need, could assign to :: A + D-pad-down).
• FPS counter (=): did not assign.