Thief Puzzle

Phone / tablet

Touch and hold to extend the thief's hand, drag it along the path to the target, and let go to pull back.

Desktop

Click and hold the left mouse button to guide the hand toward the target; release to retract.

Levels

Numbered levels, one scene each; I don't have a total, but people ask about levels in the 200s, so there's a long run of them.

Progress

Progress is saved the way YouTube Playables saves it; sign in to the same YouTube account on phone and desktop and your level follows you.

The hand stretches only where you drag it, so the level is really about the path you take, not the grab at the end.

1. Drag slower than you want to. Most fails are the hand clipping something at speed. A slow drag along the edge of an obstacle gets through where a flick doesn't.
2. Find what moves, then wait. Fans, dogs and heads turn on a cycle. Watch one full loop before you reach; the window is usually longer than it looks.
3. Try the wrong thing on purpose. When the obvious path is blocked, the level wants something silly: grab a different object first, or come in from the other side.
4. Keep your finger off the tip. Drag from below the hand so you can see where it's going. On a phone this alone fixed half my stuck levels.
5. Reset fast, don't nurse a bad path. If the hand is halfway and clearly in trouble, let go and start again. Rescuing a bad line costs more than a restart.

The closest well-known relative is Brain Test, or Brain Out: short scenes, one trick each, and a solution that's sometimes logical and sometimes a joke at your expense. Thief Puzzle narrows that to one verb. Every level is reach and grab, which gives it a consistency Brain Test lacks and a physical feel those games don't have; you're dragging an actual arm around actual obstacles. It has fewer pure riddles and more timing. If you liked Brain Test for the groan-out-loud answers, you'll get some of that here. If you liked it for the variety, this is narrower but more satisfying to play.

I'm not going to write out solutions here, partly because a walkthrough for one build may not match another, and partly because the fix is usually the same. Watch the level once without touching it and note what moves. Then drag slowly, along the edge of whatever's blocking you, and if the direct path is impossible, assume the level wants you to grab something else first or come in from another side. On a phone, drag from below the hand so you can see the tip. Those four things got me through every level that stalled me.

The YouTube version runs inside youtube.com, so it usually opens on school networks that filter games sites, including the MSN and PlayHop copies. If YouTube itself is blocked, nothing helps. There's nothing to download; tap Play and the first purse is waiting. It's Famobi's own build, the same one on CrazyGames, not a remake.