The Louvre

Lore & Background

In the narrative of Sly Cooper and the Thieves' Guild, the Thieves' Guild's influence stretches across the globe, and the Louvre becomes one of several high-profile targets the crew must hit to fulfill their contract. The level is presented as a classic stealth heist: the crew must enter the museum, navigate its sprawling galleries, and extract the target painting without triggering an alarm or being cornered by security personnel.

The setting is rendered with a sense of grandeur—the glass pyramid catching moonlight, long corridors of framed canvases, marble floors reflecting the soft glow of gallery lighting. It stands in deliberate contrast to the grittier rooftops and industrial zones found elsewhere in the game, giving the player a moment to move through a space that feels almost reverent, even as they're in the middle of a crime.

Bentley's gadgets play a supporting role, providing tools to bypass obstacles or distract guards, while Murray's brawn is called upon for moments that require brute force. Carmel handles the getaway coordination, and Sly carries the core parkour and stealth mechanics that define the series.

In Their Own Story

The glass pyramid hums faintly under a thin Parisian moon. Sly crouches on the pyramid's apex, one paw on the cold glass, and signals Bentley below. A security guard rounds the colonnade, flashlight cutting a pale wedge through the dark. Sly melts into the shadow of a marble column. Bentley's gadget whirs—a soft, mechanical chirp—and the guard's attention drifts toward a distant corridor. Three seconds. Four. Sly is already inside, boots silent on polished stone, the scent of old varnish and candle-wax hanging in the air. Somewhere ahead, behind glass and velvet rope, the painting waits. It doesn't know yet that it's about to be very, very far from Paris.

Reader's Guide

The level opens at the base of the Louvre's glass pyramid, its geometric facets catching a cold blue moonlight. The interior shifts to warm gallery lighting—long hallways lined with framed paintings on deep red and cream walls, marble floors that reflect the sconces overhead, and the occasional grand staircase or atrium opening into the space above.

The heist objective is to reach the target painting in the deeper galleries and extract it. Along the way, security patrols and camera sight-lines create the primary stealth challenge; you'll need to time your movement, use Bentley's gadgets to redirect attention, and occasionally call on Murray for a heavy-hitting moment. The layout encourages backtracking through different corridors, and the glass pyramid area serves as both the entry point and a vertical parkour space with its angular geometry.

Collectibles are scattered through the galleries: wrenches tucked behind display cases, in the rafters above the atrium, and in tighter alcoves that reward a quick detour. The overall pace is slower and more deliberate than the game's rooftop levels—less sprinting, more reading the guard patterns and threading through the quiet, painted silence of the museum.

Did You Know?

• The Louvre level is set inside the real-world museum in Paris, one of the most visited art institutions on Earth.
• The glass pyramid that anchors the level's visual identity was designed by architect I. M. Pei and completed in 1989.
• The level's hushed, gallery-lit atmosphere contrasts sharply with the neon-lit rooftops and industrial zones found in other stages of Thieves' Guild.
• Sly Cooper and the Thieves' Guild was developed by Sucker Punch Productions, the same studio behind the original Sly Cooper and the ACS.