Is Safecracker on Steam?

No. Safecracker is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Safecracker on?

Safecracker is available on Intellivision.

When did Safecracker release?

Safecracker was first released on December 31, 1983.

Safecracker

Dec 31, 1983RacingArcadeIntellivision

Safecracker — frequently asked questions

Is Safecracker on Steam?: No. Safecracker is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Safecracker on?: Safecracker is available on Intellivision.
When did Safecracker release?: Safecracker was first released on December 31, 1983.

About Safecracker

Safecracker puts you in the role of one of history's greatest spies as you drive around the streets of a foreign city and abscond with secretive cameras, keys, microfilm, flasks of chemicals, and bars of gold bullion. While cruising around the city, you should avoid crashing into curbs or other cars. You can shoot the cars if you like, but this will bring the Secret Police and their bullets. You should make your way to one of the embassies, where you can learn the combination needed to open the treasury vault. This is also where you can find most of the secretive items. After picking the combination locks of four embassies, you will have both secret numbers needed to open the treasury safe, which contains the gold. The most profitable way to crack a safe is to pick its combination numbers by finding the right number sequences. This involves cycling through various numbers (0 through 99) on your keypad. Pick numbers until there are no more to find. If you find yourself running out of time, you can simply blow up the safe with dynamite. However, you will not score any points, and the Secret Police will respond to an alarm that will automatically be set off.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Intellivision
Developer: Imagic
Publisher: Imagic
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

60/100

Collector value & authenticity

Intellivision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-20

Loose

$12

Complete

$23

Sealed

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How often it sells

Loose: about 6 times a year
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about 3 times a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-20.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $0.99 in Jan 2010, $14.99 five years ago, and $12.32 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$0.99	—
Jan 2011	$30	—
Jan 2012	$10.50	—
Jan 2013	$6.93	—
Jan 2014	$10.61	$23
Jan 2015	$14.99	$16.13
Jan 2016	$1.25	$19.99
Jan 2017	$16.00	$28
Jan 2018	$14.75	$32
Jan 2019	$6.00	$30
Jan 2020	$10.00	$26
Jan 2021	$12.24	$28
Jan 2022	$10.00	$28
Jan 2023	$12.25	$30
Jan 2024	$10.54	$30
Jan 2025	$9.99	$27
Jan 2026	$12.50	$27
Oct 2026	$12.32	$23

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Region: NA
Released: 1983
Controller: Hand controller
Players: 1
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the IntellivisionLow counterfeit risk

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Imagic's cops-and-robbers safe-cracking game, an offbeat real-time adventure.

Imagic released Safecracker in 1983 among its eight new Intellivision games of the first half of that year. You drive around, blow up or evade police, and break into safes. Electronic Fun called it a real-time adventure free of complicated commands, pointing to chase sequences with forward and aft guns, and noted that using dynamite brings the Secret Police.

Electronic Games previewed it as perhaps the most antisocial videogame yet, thanks to blowing up police cars, but it said it was a blast to play.

What the press said at the time

Computer Entertainer Vol. 2 No. 4

July 1983

Graphics ★★★½ · Play-Action ★★★½

“Imagic has done another great job of exploiting the capabilities of the Intellivision system. The graphics offer very good cartoon-like renditions of city streets, buildings and parks, and the cars are quite realistic.”
— Computer Entertainer, July 1983

“Designer Marvin Mednick should feel awfully proud of his creation, which combines gorgeous graphics resolution and an interesting play-mechanic to make a game which is about as good as possible on the Intellivision system.”
— Electronic Games, March 1984

Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — diamonds through early 1987, stars after — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.

Worth knowing

From the Intellivision manual. Three skill levels change traffic and how many red combination numbers open an Embassy safe; Easy has no traffic on your first 3 raids.
From the Intellivision manual. You start with 5 chances and lose one for every crash or hit from Secret Police bullets.
From the Intellivision manual. Replacement keypad covers were sold by mail from Imagic as a set of 2.

Before you buy

Imagic copies came with two keypad overlays. The cartridge is cheap, and a complete copy costs roughly double the loose price, so the box and manual are the main premium.