Operator: Observation

Operator: Observation casts you as Colin Nox, a new employee of House Safety Incorporated transferred to a facility deep underground. As the Observer, you watch security monitors, identify anomalies, report them and assign taskforces to respond. The anomalies grow stronger with every shift, while Colin’s days continue to pass.

Watch the facility

Across three night shifts, you switch between rooms on camera and look for changes, such as a moved chair or an altered picture. Some anomalies can only be heard. Each night, the layout changes, with 5 to 9 rooms and 5 to 9 anomaly types to find. Anomalies range from changes in light to shapeshifters, and your work is tied to the safety of the civilians who depend on you.

Beyond the monitors

When a shift ends at 8 AM, Colin goes home. At first, home offers a place to escape and breathe, but anomalies follow him and grow stronger, turning it into another place to survive. The game also takes you into the Dreamworld, a place deep in Colin’s mind where things stop making sense and the anomalies have already settled in. There, he faces something more personal than a shifting chair or flickering light, as the story moves through the facility, houses, home and his mind.

Follow your instructor

From Colin’s first shift, an Instructor’s voice guides him. The Instructor is professional and distant, and expects Colin to follow instructions, do his job and avoid asking too many questions.

Find an ending

The line between good and bad is not always clear. Your choices lead to one of 8 possible endings.