All Shift At Midnight guides
Desktop navigation shows the eight most-used guides; this index lists every long-form page — including endings, Marionette fights, launch-week tips, and specialty topics. Pick a card or jump straight to FAQs and changelog updates.
Complete guide list
- 🎮 Beginner's Guide — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- ✅ Day-one checklist — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🗓️ Launch week — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🌐 Networking & lobbies — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🎙️ Voice chat — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🈳 Languages — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🔧 PC troubleshooting — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 👁️ Doppelgangers — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 📹 Security cameras — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- ⏱️ Patience metre — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🎛️ Controls & Steam Deck — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 💾 Saves & Steam Cloud — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 📡 Emotion detector — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🏪 Store & quota — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 💡 Advanced tips — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🧾 Customers & NPCs — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- ⛽ Forecourt & vehicles — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 👾 Monsters & Hunt — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🌃 13-shift walkthrough — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🩸 Survival — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 👥 Co-op — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🐾 Pets — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🌙 Story & Endless — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🎬 All endings — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🎭 Marionette & music box — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🔫 Weapons & traps — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🪚 Chainsaw & achievements — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🚀 Release & platforms — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🏆 Achievements — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 🗺️ 2026 roadmap — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
- 💀 DbD Bundle — dedicated walkthrough and reference.
Also see FAQs for quick answers and the changelog for demo-to-live update beats.
Suggested reading order for new crews
- Beginner's guide — controls, demo setup, first shift loop.
- Day-one checklist — July 22 launch prep, matchmaking, first session routine.
- Launch week guide — Steam reviews, discount window, hotfixes.
- Networking & lobbies — join failures, beta branch, six-player cap.
- Voice chat & mic troubleshooting — proximity chat, Steam microphone permissions, per-player volume sliders.
- Languages & localization — nine UI languages, switching language on Steam and Xbox, accessibility filters.
- PC troubleshooting — crashes, -dx11, verify files, overlays.
- Controls & Steam Deck — keybinds, gamepad profiles, Deck layouts, 40 FPS cap.
- Saves & Steam Cloud — LocalLow path, Cloud toggle, Shift 12 ending backups.
- Doppelganger detection — ID checks, tells, question economy.
- Emotion detector — scanner readings and tiebreaker workflows.
- Advanced tips — computer-first habits, money, Hunt, August 21 QoL.
- Store & quota — sales targets without missing red flags.
- Co-op communication — roles, proximity chat etiquette.
- Survival & traps — when the night breaks open.
- Pets — vet bills and ending stakes.
- Forecourt, pumps & vehicles — driver tells, last bus, Rakes, Fast Red Creature.
- Story & Endless — thirteen-shift arc and marathon mode.
- 13-shift walkthrough — night pacing, Shift 9 box, Shift 13 Dentist.
- Customers & NPCs — named roster and August 21 faces.
- Monsters & Hunt — Entity, Dentist, Rakes, bus.
- All endings — True Ending, Grave Decision, Empty Home.
- Marionette & music box — Jack-in-the-Box and Last Performance.
- Weapons & traps — Bear Trap roster, second gun, forecourt.
- Release & platforms — July 22, 2026 launch details.
- Achievements — all ten Steam badges.
- 2026 roadmap — free content patch, Q4 Endless, crossplay goals.