Steal a PC — PC Tier List

Your pen is the engine of Steal a PC. Every successful steal that becomes a placed PC prints cash while you train Speed, chase Zone Guardians, or even sit offline. This tier list ranks what belongs in those slots, when to sell, and how Secret, Divine, and mutated units change the mid-game after Grass and Forest stop being the bottleneck.

Steal a PC (vaultstudio, Place 135402322419238) released around 6 October 2026 with ~7M visits and servers capped at 6 players. The loop never changes: steal boxes → Safe Zone → unbox → place → upgrade → push the next of 30 zones. PCs are how steals become permanent economy.

Ranking criteria

We weight:

1. Income per slot while placed in the pen.
2. Rarity / replaceability — how painful it is to lose after a bad sell or full-pen scramble.
3. Zone of origin — deeper biomes (Desert, Cosmic, Prehistoric, winter lanes) drop stronger baselines.
4. Mutation / special flags — sticky power beyond plain rarity text.
5. Synergy with offline income — units that keep printing while you are away climb a rank.

Cash from codes and the free Community Pc (DISCORDGIFT) count as real units. Rank them by performance, not by how you obtained them.

Tier overview

S-Tier — Secret, Divine, and top mutations

Secret and Divine PCs from deeper zone boxes are the chase unboxes. They anchor endgame pens and justify risky Guardian runs past Desert-level Speed gates (~650K). Strong mutations that multiply income or special effects sit here even if the base rarity label looks merely high-epic.

Play pattern: never impulse-sell S-tier to “make space.” Buy the pen upgrade instead—Lv7→8 costs about $24M for +1 slot; Lv8→9 about $320M. If you are still on early pen ranks, park S-tier and sell commons ruthlessly.

Hunting guide: Secret & Divine PCs.

A-Tier — High-zone stables and Community Pc spikes

Strong unboxes from Mushroom (~67.5K Speed) and Desert, plus a well-rolled Community Pc, live in A-Tier. They fund treadmill spikes (Lv2→3 ~$770K, Lv3→4 ~$2M) and the first serious trails without needing a Divine drop.

Keep a balanced A-Tier row while you grind Cosmic / Prehistoric / winter boxes. Use Equip Best when you are unsure which mid units to show; then manually lock anything with a mutation you are studying.

B-Tier — Solid mid fillers

Forest (~1.5K Speed) and early Mushroom PCs that still beat Grass trash. B-Tier units pay for Cloud Puff ($500, 1.2x) and Lime Streak ($25k, 1.5x) but should be sold the moment an A-Tier arrives and slots are tight.

If offline income feels weak, you are probably running too many B-Tier leftovers. Clear them after each focused steal session.

C-Tier — Early unboxes and temporary code cash converters

Grass-tier PCs (~Speed 5 entry) exist to teach placement and to soak first code windfalls. Place them, learn the pen UI, then rotate out. Do not upgrade pen solely to museum C-Tier skins.

D-Tier — Vendor fodder

Duplicates with no mutation, broken experimental drops after a patch, or units you only held to test Equip Best. Sell for cash, push treadmill, move on.

Pen management rules

1. Empty slots earn zero. After redeeming 3MVISITS or 1MVISITS, place something immediately.
2. Equip Best is a helper, not a brain. It can demote a mutation you care about; glance before confirming.
3. Night box resets change what is available on the map—plan S-tier hunts around reset windows when possible.
4. Diamonds from steals feed the Gem Shop. Some players undervalue diamond yield PCs; if Gem Shop rotation is strong that week, bias keep rules toward diamond-friendly steals.
5. Six-player contention means contested Guardians. A slower player with better pen income still wins the session if your S-tier stays placed while they die on return trips.

Income vs Speed — do not confuse the ladders

PCs print cash. Trails and treadmill print Speed. Cash without Speed strands you in Forest forever; Speed without cash leaves your pen empty when Mushroom finally opens. Alternate investments:

• Weak pen → invest steals into better PCs / slots (Upgrades).
• Strong pen, failed chases → treadmill and trails.
• Both strong → hunt Secret/Divine routes (zones guide).

Zone-to-tier expectations

Zone gate (approx.)	Expected PC quality
Grass (Speed ~5)	C–B fillers
Forest (~1.5K)	B staples
Mushroom (~67.5K)	B–A
Desert (~650K)	A, rare Secret teases
Cosmic / Prehistoric / winter	A–S hunting grounds

Exact box tables shift after biome updates. Re-evaluate A/S borders when vaultstudio retunes drops.

Selling decision tree

1. Is it Secret, Divine, or a prized mutation? Keep (buy slots).
2. Is it better than your weakest placed unit by income? Swap.
3. Are you saving for treadmill Lv3→4 or pen Lv8→9? Sell B/C duplicates first.
4. Does Gem Shop need diamonds more than raw cash this hour? Prefer steals that feed diamonds even if the PC is mid.

Cross-links

• Trails Tier List — spend cash without wrecking Speed plan.
• Trails Guide — shop order and LIMITED Lightning notes.
• Upgrades — pen and treadmill costs.
• Tools — Speed checklist before you enter a zone undergeared.

Keep S-Tier locked, rotate B/C aggressively, and let Equip Best clean the obvious mistakes while you watch mutations manually. That is the entire PC meta.