Release date, platforms & where to play

Kwalee locked the retail price at $9.99 USD. Steam’s 10% introductory offer ran through July 29, 2026 at $8.99 USD and has ended — the storefront is back at base price unless a new sale appears. Xbox and Steam may show regional equivalents — wishlist both if your crew splits platforms.

Publisher bundles pair Shift At Midnight with YAPYAP, Escape the Backrooms, Phasmophobia, or Happy’s Humble Burger Cult for stacked savings. Steam Family Sharing applies on PC. Game Pass subscribers on Xbox console, Xbox on PC, or Cloud play at no extra cost beyond their subscription tier.

After May and June 2026 slips, Kwalee and Bun Muen locked Wednesday, July 22, 2026 with a global unlock at 15:00 UTC. The July 10 GameTrailers trailer reconfirmed co-op interrogations, trap phases, and forecourt chaos.

Delays bought time for pets, outdoor shifts, widescreen support, save-file continuity, and expanded monster rosters shown in developer updates since the demo.

• Steam (PC) — full game plus a separate multiplayer demo (app 4050060).
• Xbox Series X|S — retail and Game Pass.
• Xbox on PC & Cloud Gaming — via Game Pass as announced in the May 28 trailer.
• Xbox ecosystem crossplay — Xbox Series, Xbox on PC, and Cloud Game Pass populations play together per official Steam announcements.
• Steam stays isolated — PC Steam owners cannot join Xbox or Game Pass lobbies; invite friends on the same storefront.

itch.io still hosts an earlier demo footprint, but Steam is the primary PC channel for festival builds and wishlist rewards.

The Steam multiplayer demo holds Overwhelmingly Positive ratings at times and includes three scripted shifts with a limited weapon set. It remains the best zero-cost onboarding path — pair it with our beginner guide before buying the full thirteen-shift story.

Demo localizations cover English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, German, French, and Brazilian Portuguese — matching this wiki’s language set.

• Story Mode — 13 randomly generated shifts.
• Endless Mode (beta) unlock after story completion — major Q4 2026 expansion free.
• Single-player supported alongside 1–3 player online co-op.
• Steam Family Sharing eligible on PC.
• Online co-op for 1–3 players with proximity chat.
• Character customization, gas-station management, pet adoption arc.
• Widescreen & ultrawide FOV options.
• 10 Steam achievements at launch.
• Steam public server browsing at or shortly after launch.

Steam reviews hit Very Positive within the first launch week — see our launch week guide for discount timing and review context. A major content patch arrives a few weeks later with additional customers, weapons, and enemies — see Story & Endless and the changelog.

Microsoft’s July 21 Xbox Wire Wave 2 confirms day-one Game Pass availability on console, PC, and Cloud. The store lists Xbox Play Anywhere (buy once, play console and PC), cloud saves, achievements, Series X|S optimization, and 4K Ultra HD support. Cross-platform co-op spans Xbox console, Xbox on PC, and Cloud — separate from the Steam PC pool.

Install via the Xbox store page or open the Game Pass library app.

Bun Muen’s July 10 Steam announcement laid out three beats beyond the launch window — useful for crews planning long-term without spoiling story branches.

1. Launch week (Jul 22, 2026) — Story Mode (13 nights, multiple endings), Endless unlock (beta), pets, forecourt work, 1–3 co-op with proximity chat, Steam server browser on or shortly after day one.
2. Weeks after launch — Major free patch expanding Story and Endless with new customers, weapons, and enemy types.
3. Q4 2026 — Another major Endless-focused update with exclusive customers, traps, detection tools, and monsters per the Steam store page.

Report bugs through Steam discussions or the official Discord — Kwalee iterates quickly after festivals.

The full game and demo ship UI text in nine languages matching this wiki. Steam’s language table now lists interface, full audio, and subtitles for English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Storefront specs updated after launch — roughly 3 GB install, Windows 10/11 64-bit, Core i5-10400F or equivalent, 8 GB RAM, and GTX 1050 Ti class GPU with DirectX 11. Recommended targets Windows 11, Core i5-10400 / Ryzen 7 5800X, 16 GB RAM, and GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB) with DirectX 12.

Broadband internet is mandatory for online co-op. Proximity chat uses your microphone — budget headset bandwidth alongside GPU headroom.