Customers, NPCs & the named doppelganger roster

Story Mode is procedural. Community night-by-night lists (TheGamer, Discord, Steam discussions) describe one common seed, not a locked script. Two rules hold across seeds:

• Execute before checkout. Charging a doppelganger then shooting them still counts as a miss — they return as a Hunt threat the same night.
• Re-check every visit. Clyde Dawson, Andal Khan, Natasha Lin, Martha Collins, and many Drivers flip between human and doppelganger across nights. Memory of last shift is a trap.

You still only get five scripted questions per visitor. Spend them on contradictions, not small talk, once the computer or Anomaly Lens already looks wrong.

Bun Muen's Steam post 30 NEW CUSTOMERS + MORE (Build 25057748) is the single largest content drop since launch — more than doubling the August 21 roster in one patch:

• Thirty new customers added to both Story Mode and Endless Mode.
• Added Chainsaw (required for LOCKED AND LOADED achievement).
• Added Security Cameras in Endless Mode.
• Added Patience metre in Story Mode.
• Added purchasable pet in Endless Mode.

Community catalogues were still identifying individual faces within days of the September 1 patch — the full roster grows with each player's field notes. The September 1 customer expansion builds on the August 21 foundation (which added Cara Hastings, Dave Buster, Elise Hart, Grace Harper, Judith Calhoun, Kelechi Okafor, and others).

This patch also added two Bear Traps and two planks for the first shift, giving Story Mode players more early Hunt setup options.

Use the five-question loop to work through the expanded roster — the larger customer pool means longer shifts and more opportunities for false negatives if you skip verification steps.

Bun Muen's Steam post 15 CUSTOMERS + BUG FIXES added fifteen new customers to both Story Mode and Endless Mode. TheGamer's August 20–21 catalogue pass had identified about ten of those faces by the next morning; the rest were still being logged in Discord and Steam discussions.

Newly circulating names (human, doppelganger, or both depending on tools unlocked) include faces such as Cara Hastings, Dave Buster, Elise Hart, Grace Harper, Judith Calhoun, Kelechi Okafor, Oswald Snoot, Ren Takahashi, Rimple Urkel, Toby Finch, Travis Dunn, Wade Callahan, and Youssef Morad. Do not treat that list as complete — the patch description is "15 new," and community IDs were still catching up within days of release.

Same patch also equalized product prices so the True Ending $250 is less of a shop-RNG lottery, added Steam Cloud saves, and per-player volume sliders. See the changelog.

1. Laminated ID + N.E.T. computer — occupation, age, living/deceased flags, height, distinguishing marks. Database beats vibes.
2. Five questions — name, job, family, "where were you just now," and one follow-up on whatever the screen already contradicts.
3. Emotion detector / Emotiscope — stress vs calm, plus rare flags such as time-displacement headaches or "craving human flesh." Full workflow: emotion detector.
4. Anomaly Lens — later unlock. Some visitors (Amelia Kramer, Aria Romero, Evan Walker, Kevin Larson, Vivien Marrow, Yasmin Carvalho) look human until the lens shows a missing body, a dancing fake, a face parasite, or vanishing gold jewelry.
5. Notice board — Joe's Diner fire, obituaries, bridge closures, Europe travel bans, wanted posters. Brandon Keller's diner uniform is a classic newspaper tell.

Visitor	What usually gives them away
Nathan Calloway	Computer lists the real Nathan as deceased; some fakes levitate and talk about enlightenment.
Agnes Wells	File age is three; the person at the counter is an old woman.
Julietta Granger	Real job is plumber; the fake wears a flight-attendant uniform and talks routes.
Natasha Lin	Claims she has been working since morning — she bartends at a bar that only opens at night.
Norbert	Floating gnome, fake ID, not in the database. Shooting him a few times clears the annoyance; he does not usually summon the Entity.
Herbert	Talking bear. Community reports he cannot be killed and does not trigger the Hunt if he runs off.
Louisa Mari	Human: slightly uneven legs, manager called ahead. Doppelganger: one leg stretched far past human.
Clyde Dawson	Human Clyde remembers you after Night 1. A doppelganger re-introduces himself as if you have never met. Night 9 often hosts a fake sheriff — confirm before you shoot.
Andal Khan	Name badge reads correctly, or reads "Adnal" and he does not notice.
Martha Collins	Human names kids Leo and Ben. Fake says Lee and Ken.
Tofu	The shop dog. Safe. Not a customer to execute.

Process beats trivia. If a tell is not on this table, fall back to ID vs computer vs lens. Night-by-night pacing: 13-shift walkthrough. Crew habits: advanced tips. Longer interrogation theory: doppelganger detection.

Community catalogues (TheGamer, August 20–21 pass; EncampedWeevil, September 3, 2026) disagree on exact counts because nights are procedural. This is a field notebook, not a spoiler lock. The September 1 patch added 30 faces on top of the August 15 — community databases are actively growing.

Visitor	Tell worth a question
Anita Varma	Fake is missing a hand that spurts blood and claims she was born that way.
Barry Aoki	Fake is tall vs short on file; "magic beans" growth story.
Baron Dean	Fake has hair vs bald photo; "human photosynthesis."
Brandon Keller	Joe's Diner uniform after the notice-board fire article.
Cara Hastings	Fake preparing for a 30th birthday; file age is 23.
Corey Bishop	Fake lanyard shows someone else's face.
Daniel Flores	Fake is blind in both eyes; file says left eye only.
Danielle Bennett	File: cannot speak. If Emotiscope lets her answer, she is fake.
Dave Buster	Mentions airport checks "since September 11th" in a 1993 setting; time-displacement headaches.
David Kennedy	Fake's sister obituary is on the notice board.
Elise Hart	Going to the beach "on this sunny day" at midnight.
Emilia Carter	Studying at a library the newspaper says closed last night.
Grace Harper	West Bridge "speed limits" vs notice board: bridge closed.
Harold Brant	Fake claims 40 years in pest control but is 39.
Isaac Warren	Upside-down crucifix, missing eyes.
Judith Calhoun	Fake mentions a husband; file lists her as a widow.
Keith Hargreaves	Train conductor on file; fake talks city bus routes.
Maya Davila	Date with husband who matches the missing-person clipping.
Ramona Delgado	Emotiscope: craving human flesh.
Rudnick Wex	Contorts like a wheel; real Rudnick is deceased on file.
Tyler Brackett	Fake admits he is a doppelganger — letting that one live reportedly does not summon the Entity.
Youssef Morad	Hair does not match photo ID.

Drivers get their own flashlight loop on the forecourt section below. Hao Chen can buy beer with a fake ID and still be human.

• Sheriff Clyde Dawson — story hinge after Shift 12. Keep the real Clyde alive if you want True Ending or Empty Home; calling him pays the surgery and routes Grave Decision. Full routing: endings.
• Bonnie McCree — early human regular. Ask about the reading glasses; community runs have not logged a reliable doppel version yet.
• Louisa Mari — the manager's friend. Both human and fake versions exist; the elongated-leg tell is the loud one.
• Vanessa McCree — treated as always human in current catalogues. Do not over-interrogate and waste prompts.
• Victor Hale — can attack on sight; killing in self-defence is not a mistaken-execution penalty.
• Raymond Kessler — wanted dead or alive on the notice board; a $20 bounty kill does not summon the Entity.

Outdoor fuel visitors use the same human / fake split. Check the cabin with a flashlight, match names on passenger-seat IDs and passports against N.E.T., and read trunks (guitars, stolen cash, framed portraits that are not the driver).

• The first car of a shift is often a safe blue station wagon — still glance, do not skip the habit.
• Flesh-warped interiors, missing engines, deceased names on goodbye notes, and "I just came from a wedding" invites dated a decade ago are execute tells.
• End-of-shift bus driver is a separate check: empty seat is usually safe; someone behind the wheel is a trap. Details on the monsters & Hunt page (Fake Bus / Fast Red Creature).

Many first-shift reports open with Clyde (human), Bonnie (human), Nathan Calloway (fake), Julietta Granger (fake), and Kevin Larson (human until the Anomaly Lens exists). Night 2 often adds Natasha Lin, Emilia Carter, and Norbert. Use that as a tutorial memory aid, then distrust it on New Game+ — August 21's 15 and September 1's 30 additional faces can appear in Story and Endless alike.