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Shift At Midnight is out now on Steam and Xbox Game Pass — co-op detective horror for 1–3 players. Very Positive (~94% of 3,800+ English reviews), $9.99, August 21 customer patch, pets, 13-shift story, FAQs.

Browse every Shift At Midnight guide: beginners, 13-shift walkthrough, customers, endings, Marionette, pets, achievements, networking, doppelgangers, traps, Story & Endless, and more.

Step-by-step start for Shift At Midnight: downloading the demo, first shift loop, spotting odd customers early, and what changes when you own the Steam version.

Launch-day checklist for Shift At Midnight: 3pm UTC unlock, Game Pass day one, Steam vs Xbox matchmaking, $9.99 pricing, and first-shift routine.

Advanced Shift At Midnight tips: computer-first detection, five-question rationing, checkout-then-execute trap, Anomaly Lens, True Ending money after price equalization, bus checks, and August 21 QoL.

Fix Shift At Midnight voice: Steam mic permissions, Windows mic privacy, per-player volume sliders (August 21), push-to-talk, mute controls, and crossplay audio.

Nine UI languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese. How to switch on Steam and Xbox.

Forecourt duties: refueling, car inspection, last bus routine, Rake nights, and the Fast Red Creature on fake buses. Endless Rakes entered with the July 29 patch.

Keyboard rebinding, gamepad presets for different contexts, Steam Deck community layouts, and 40 FPS performance cap. Some Deck buttons only work through Steam Input.

Auto-save only at shift end. LocalLow path, Steam Cloud toggle (August 21), Shift 12 ending backups, and Deck / Linux transfer.

September 1, 2026 update (Build 25057748) added security cameras: monitor station, camera angles, Hunt-phase usage, and how they pair with the Patience Metre.

September 1, 2026 added the Patience Metre: customer wait tolerance, queue pressure, how it affects doppelganger detection pacing, and its link to security cameras.

First week after the July 22, 2026 launch: Steam Very Positive reviews, the July 29 launch sale (now ended), achievements, bundles, updated PC specs, and bug-report habits.

Fix Shift At Midnight lobby join failures: network-issues-patch beta branch, Russia lobby fix, six-player cap, and co-op matchmaking pools after the July 22 launch.

Fix Shift At Midnight crashes on launch, black screens, freezing, and post-crash UI lock. Verify Steam files, force DirectX 11, disable overlays, and when to use the networking beta.

Master ID checks, customer tells, workstation cross-references, and team callouts before Shift At Midnight's monsters escalate from shady shoppers to storefront invaders.

Shift At Midnight customer guide: how names flip between human and doppelganger, September 1 30-new-customer patch, August 21 15-customer patch, Clyde, Louisa, Norbert, Tofu, and forecourt drivers.

Story Mode night-by-night notes for Shift At Midnight: a common 13-shift seed, Shift 9 music box, Shift 12 Clyde call, Shift 13 Dentist, plus why procedural nights still differ.

How the Emotiscope and Anomaly Lens work in Shift At Midnight: unlock timing, stress spikes, invisible fakes, and pairing with ID checks.

Tune retail momentum with monster hunting: quotas, restocks, August 21 equalized prices for True Ending money, and when to stop selling and start shooting.

Bar doors with purpose, place traps thoughtfully, memorize hiding pockets, panic meter habits, monster audio tells, comparing solo pacing with co-op recoveries.

Survive Shift At Midnight Hunts: Entity, Dentist finale, Demented, Marionette, Shrieking Dolls, Endless Rakes, Phantom, Gnome, Demon, Fake Bus Driver and Fast Red Creature.

Squad roles for one to three detectives: voice etiquette, scripted callouts for customer screening, syncing panic resets, juggling fuel desk duty with investigators.

Shift At Midnight pet guide: cat, husky, puppy, or goose; $20 / $40 / $250 medical bills; why personal funds matter for True Ending, Grave Decision, and Empty Home.

Story Mode runs 13 shifts with three endings; Endless unlocks after completion. August 21 added 15 customers; July 29 added Rakes. Q4 free Endless update still planned.

How to unlock every Shift At Midnight ending: True Ending, Grave Decision, and Empty Home. Clyde call after Shift 12, $250 pet surgery funds, and Dentist finale tips.

Find the Jack-in-the-Box from Shift 9, rewind to skip the Marionette or fail it three songs for Last Performance, and kill the floating puppet with guns — not ground traps.

Shift At Midnight trap guide: Chainsaw (Sep 1, required for LOCKED AND LOADED), Bear Trap, Stun Mine, Flame Trap costs and uses; store-hour second gun (July 29); September 1 two extra Bear Traps and two planks for first shift.

September 1, 2026 added the Chainsaw as a purchasable melee weapon required for LOCKED AND LOADED. How to buy, when to use it, and how it compares to other melee options.

Shift At Midnight is out now on Steam and Xbox Game Pass (Jul 22, 2026). Very Positive (~94% of 3,800+ English reviews), $9.99, Xbox crossplay, Steam isolated, August 21 customer patch.

Every Shift At Midnight achievement: First Blood, Still Breathing, Silenced, Freed, Relentless, Last Performance, Locked And Loaded, plus hidden True Ending, Grave Decision, and Empty Home.

Official post-launch roadmap: major Q3 2026 content patch (September 1), Steam server browser, Q4 Endless expansion, performance updates, and future crossplay goals.

Platforms, pricing, horror intensity, itch.io demo quirks, headphone etiquette, spoilers, patching, and storefront shortcuts for Shift At Midnight.

Shift At Midnight update timeline: July 22 launch, July 23 six-player lobbies, July 29 Rakes, August 21 fifteen-customer drop, and the September 1 thirty-customer patch.

The Shift At Midnight + Dead by Daylight bundle launched August 28, 2026 with a 43% discount. Both games are cross-compatible in tone and co-op horror; this page covers what the bundle includes and who benefits most.