Pet Heist: sneak in, steal a pet, build your vault

Pet Heist is a free stealth heist game for Android phones and the web browser. You sneak into a vault, slip past guard dogs, cameras and laser beams, pick the lock and get out with a pet. Then you build your own trap vault, and other players try to rob it while you are away.

What kind of game is Pet Heist?

It is a short-session stealth game with a strategy half. Every raid takes a minute or two: you start at the door of a vault seen from above, and you need to reach a pet on its pedestal without being spotted. Running is fast but noisy. Sneaking is slow but silent. Guards patrol fixed routes, cameras sweep their cones back and forth, lasers blink on and off, and pressure plates go off if you run over them. If the alarm rings you still have a short escape timer to grab what you can and reach the exit.

The other half happens at home. The pets you steal earn coins every hour while they sit on display in your vault, and anything on display can be stolen by someone else. So you draw walls, place doors and locks, add lasers, cameras and guards, and prove the vault can be beaten by clearing it yourself once. After that it goes live, and real players raid it. You can watch the replay of every raid on your vault and take revenge on the thief.

How to play

1. Move. On a phone, drag anywhere on the left side of the screen. A small tilt of the stick makes your thief sneak. On a computer use WASD or the arrow keys and hold Space or Shift to sneak.
2. Stay out of sight. Vision cones are drawn on the floor. Stay out of them, or use a gadget: the smoke bomb blinds cameras and dogs, and later you unlock a drill, a squeak toy, an EMP and more.
3. Pick the lock. Doors and the vault have locks with three to five pins. Tap when the pin sits in the green zone. A miss makes noise.
4. Grab and run. Take the coins and a pet, then head for the exit. A clean raid with no alarm earns all three stars.
5. Build and defend. Back home, put your pets on pedestals, design your trap vault and run it once to publish it.

New players start with five short training vaults and then the story campaign. The full beginner's guide walks through the first hour step by step.

What you can do in Pet Heist

• Story campaign: 34 hand-made vaults in six chapters, from the Suburbs to The Summit, each chapter closed by a boss vault.
• Player vaults: raid vaults built by real players, matched to your trophy range.
• Six pet species in four rarities: cat, bunny, penguin, panda, chick and beaver, from Common to Legendary. See the pet rarity guide.
• Trap vault builder: walls, steel walls, doors, locked doors, lasers, cameras, owls, guard dogs, guard cats, robot vacuums and pressure plates. The trap vault guide explains each one.
• Thief progression: 30 thief levels, eight gadgets, a skill tree with three branches and three playable thieves: the Fox, the Raccoon and the Cat burglar.
• Leagues: win trophies and climb from Bronze to Legend in 28-day seasons.
• Friends: invite friends for shared rewards, send a rescue link when a pet is stolen, or call the revenge squad.

Where can I play?

Android: Pet Heist is on Google Play as "Pet Heist: Steal a Pet". The app is free, and it can alert you when someone raids your vault. Browser: the same game runs at petheist.com on phones, tablets and computers, with no download and no sign-up. Your progress lives in a guest account that you can link to Google or email at any time, so you can move between the browser and the app. iPhone and iPad: an iOS version is in the works but not released yet; until then iPhone players can use the browser version.

The game is translated into 13 languages, including Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, German, Polish and Indonesian.

Is Pet Heist free?

Yes. Every vault, pet, gadget and league is reachable without paying. There are optional purchases: a starter pack, a monthly Thief Pass and cosmetic looks for your thief and vault. Pets and chests are never sold. Read the tips and FAQ for more answers, or see every free reward the game gives out.