The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief

'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story…

69 27 June 2013

Adventure Point-and-click Fantasy Historical Mystery Thriller

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is an adventure developed by KING Art, released 27 June 2013 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is an adventure game developed by KING Art and released in 2013. It was published by Nordic Games Publishing. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Paris, 1960. Europe is in the grip of the gentleman master thief The Raven. His burglaries are spectacular and he always emerges unscathed. Young hotshot investigator Nicolas Legrand stuns the public when he confronts the master thief and fatally wounds him. London, 1964. An ancient ruby – one of the legendary 'Eyes of the Sphinx' – is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the Raven's footsteps? – Legrand is back on the case. At the same time in Zurich a phone rings. Constable Anton Jakob Zellner looks up from behind a mountain of files. He has no idea what lies hidden in a bank vault, just a few hundred meters away from him. As…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 9c compatible graphic card with 256 MB RAM and PixelShader 3.0. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief launched on 27 June 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Dota 2, Rogue Legacy and Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Dota 2, Rogue Legacy, Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief gameplay screenshot

Dlc

The Raven Remastered

13 March 2018

Remasters

The Raven Remastered

13 March 2018

Quick answers

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief — frequently asked questions

When did The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief come out?

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief was released on 27 June 2013 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief?

At minimum, The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief needs 2.0 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, DirectX 9c compatible graphic card with 256 MB RAM and PixelShader 3.0 graphics.

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