Shift At Midnight turns out to be a delightful surprise, full of personality, capable of taking the anxieties of working with the public and transforming them into a fascinating nightmare. The idea of blending the routine of a management sim with a detective investigation works wonders, creating an anxiety-inducing gameplay loop that reaches its peak...
Shift at Midnight2026
Shift at Midnight
2026 Kwalee81Great
Playtime
ShortTypically 6 hours
Playable on
- Steam DeckPlayable
- Steam MachinePlayable
Available on
- $9.99
Game modes
- 2–3 players
- 2–5 players
Details
- Launch
- July 22, 2026
- Developer
- -
- Publisher
- Kwalee
- Themes
Overview
An online co-op horror for 1–3 players. Be wary: some of your customers are only pretending to be human. Question them. Check their paperwork. Don’t let them trick you; make one mistake, and you’d better board up, set traps, and hide.
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Reception
Players94
ExcellentShift at Midnight is a creative and tightly paced co-op horror experience that combines Papers, Please-style identity checks with absurd humor, clever doppelganger encounters, and a surprisingly engaging story campaign. Its chaotic combat, weaker endless mode, and brief runtime hold it back slightly, but the game remains an inventive and highly entertaining...
While perhaps lacking in its multiplayer promises, there is plenty of potential and a good few hours of spooky fun to be had, even for solo players, and it has plenty of fun for fans of…less elevated horror.