The Night Shift

The Night Shift is a first-person horror game about a department-store worker trapped at work during a storm. You complete your manager’s tasks with only your wits and a flashlight, while something moves in the dark and the store becomes increasingly nightmarish.

Trapped at work

You arrive for your first shift as a massive storm gathers. After your first night, the storm trips the emergency shutters and leaves you trapped inside. With no sign of help, you must finish your tasks so the store is ready to reopen and you can leave. As each night passes, dirt and decay spread through once-clean spaces, and something unfamiliar creeps into the store’s forgotten corners.

You explore the spacious storefront, claustrophobic service tunnels, employee-only rooms, backrooms and warehouse. Search for tools, keys and other useful items, and investigate cryptic clues, hidden rooms and narrative fragments to uncover the truth about the mannequins and the store.

Watching the mannequins

The mannequins move only when you are not watching. Turn away or look in the wrong direction, and they may be closer than before. No matter where you are in the store, not looking away is your only means of defense.

Shifts and outcomes

Each shift has randomized events and changing pacing. The story branches at its climax, with several possible outcomes depending on how you face the end. A stripped-down interface keeps the focus on the environment as the horror builds gradually and the line between real and unreal begins to dissolve.