Status TheChampionTiger Nov 2, 2025
Very fun to replay this game. Excellent platformer.
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (2002)
3.82 from 1064 ratings
2165 members have it in their collection · 39 playing now · 363 backlogged · 262 wish listed
How long? Main story 6h · with extras 5h · 100% 10h (from 9 logged playthroughs)
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is a stealth-platformer developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, the game follows Sly Cooper, a skilled raccoon thief, as he and his gang attempt to recover the Thievius Raccoonus, a book containing the secrets of his family's thieving legacy. The gameplay combines …
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Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is a stealth-platformer developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, the game follows Sly Cooper, a skilled raccoon thief, as he and his gang attempt to recover the Thievius Raccoonus, a book containing the secrets of his family's thieving legacy. The gameplay combines stealth, platforming, puzzle-solving, and light combat, and is noted for its cel-shaded visuals and humorous narrative.
This game is divided into five worlds, each themed around a particular part of the world and the villain headquartered there. Most worlds are structured as a central hub with entrances to numerous individual levels. Each of the levels has a primary goals which earns the player a key. You must collect all the keys in the world to fight the world's boss.
Many of the levels have a platformer structure. The objective of these worlds is to reach the location of the key. There are substantial stealth elements here as the player must dodge searchlights and trips lasers which set off alarms and avoid alerting guards. In addition to the main objective, there are clue bottles to find. Finding all the clues in a level allows you to open a safe with a page from the Thievius Raccoonus which grants a new ability of some sort. After getting this, there is also a master thief sprint where the player must get from the start of a level to the exit within a time limit.
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Details
- Developers
- Sucker Punch Productions
- Publishers
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Platform
- Themes
- Action, Comedy, Stealth
- Franchises
- Sly Cooper
- Series
- Sly Cooper
- Event
- SCEA E3 2002 Press Conference
Release dates
- Sep 23, 2002 (North_America) PlayStation 2
- Jan 17, 2003 (Europe) PlayStation 2
Also available on
- Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (2010) · PS3, VITA
- Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (2024) · PS4, PS5
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Rating distribution
5 stars
223
4 stars
488
3 stars
300
2 stars
41
1 star
11
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status AlfredoSalza Nov 5, 2021
Completed on emulator with savestates. A decent game with a few cool moments, but the terrible camera ruins an otherwise fun experience.
I don't think I'll be playing the sequels anytime soon, to be honest.
Status Jusfei Jan 8, 2021
Finished story and reached credits
Final thoughts: All I originally knew about this series was it's essentially one of the major gateway titles that turn people into furries, though I've personally never played this game in my childhood. XD
Overall it's an easy but solid platformer where the platforming is floaty but precise for the most part. However, there have …
Finished story and reached credits
Final thoughts: All I originally knew about this series was it's essentially one of the major gateway titles that turn people into furries, though I've personally never played this game in my childhood. XD
Overall it's an easy but solid platformer where the platforming is floaty but precise for the most part. However, there have been times when the hook swing + pole leaping segments did not register leading to instadeath. Also, I found some of the minigames to be rather frustrating due to the difficulty, and they are abundant that they start messing with the flow to me.
The comic book style, especially for the cutscenes, is flashy and the environments still hold up well. The character models do the job but are a bit simplistic.
As a debut title, Sly 1 has great ideas but it does feel a bit unrefined occasionally. I look forward to the next two games as that's where I hear Sly shines the brightest.
Status desiccatedveins Feb 13, 2014
YES. So good. The first 2/3 of the final boss battle gave me SERIOUS Panzer Dragoon Orta flashbacks. Damn, this is a great game. Get a copy of this if you haven't played it, definitely a must-play.
Status desiccatedveins Feb 10, 2014
50% completed, halfway through the 4th member of the Fiendish Five's area. I'm loving it, such a worthwhile purchase.