{"aliases":[],"category":"Getting started","confidence":"high","description":"The demo listing confirms three starting scenarios and a hardcore mode. It also names several shop backgrounds for the wider game; the listing does not confirm that every background is playable in this demo.","facts":[{"key":"demo-count","label":"What the demo listing confirms","section":"Demo choices","source":{"pointer":"About This Demo / Demo Content","reader":"Official Steam demo listing"},"status":"verified","value":"The official demo section lists three starting scenarios plus a hardcore mode. It does not name the three scenarios in that section."},{"key":"shop-backgrounds","label":"Shop backgrounds named for the wider game","section":"Wider game description","source":{"pointer":"About This Demo / shop background description","reader":"Official Steam demo listing"},"status":"verified","value":"The wider description names a gunsmith, chemist, water merchant, fence, farmer, and a start from absolute rock bottom. Treat these as backgrounds described for the game overall; their demo availability is not confirmed by this list."},{"key":"water-merchant","label":"Water Merchant starting kit","section":"Water Merchant","source":{"pointer":"About This Demo / Demo Content","reader":"Official Steam demo listing"},"status":"verified","value":"For the demo, the listing specifically confirms that the Water Merchant starts with a water testing and purification kit."}],"game_id":"starting-scenarios","id":"starting-scenarios","indexable":1,"kind":"guide","name":"Starting scenarios and shop types","relationships":[{"metadata":{},"quantity":null,"ref":"Getting Started","relation":"related pages","source":{"reader":"Related article"},"status":"resolved","target":"getting-started"},{"metadata":{},"quantity":null,"ref":"Water testing and treatment","relation":"related pages","source":{"reader":"Related article"},"status":"resolved","target":"water-testing"},{"metadata":{},"quantity":null,"ref":"Shop tools, records, and machines","relation":"related pages","source":{"reader":"Related article"},"status":"resolved","target":"shop-tools"}],"slug":"starting-scenarios","source":{"build":"Steam demo build 26017150","note":"The installed demo provides item and faction names. Broader systems below are attributed to the official listing; its full-game description may include content not present in the demo.","official_url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/4349200/Probably_Stolen_Demo/","reader":"Installed demo assets + official Steam demo listing","source_type":"cross_checked"},"sources":[{"kind":"official product page","title":"Official Probably Stolen Demo listing","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/4349200/Probably_Stolen_Demo/"}],"status":"verified","tables":[{"columns":[{"key":"choice","label":"Choice or mode"},{"key":"scope","label":"What is confirmed"}],"rows":[{"choice":"Three starting scenarios","scope":"Confirmed as included in the demo; names are not supplied in the demo-content list."},{"choice":"Hardcore mode","scope":"Confirmed as included in the demo."},{"choice":"Gunsmith, chemist, water merchant, fence, farmer, rock-bottom start","scope":"Named as wider-game shop backgrounds. The list does not establish which are available in the demo."}],"title":"Scenario details available from the official listing"}],"updated_at":"2026-10-22"}