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Night Shift
Developer Brandon Brizzi
The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift! From the Steam store page
132 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 6, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
67
Fresh
51 positive · 25 negative
95% range 56–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 51 | 25 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
52 of 80 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
67% recommend · 51 yes, 25 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 76 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (76 of 120 positive).
Players describe Night Shift as a driving puzzle game with a retro 80s aesthetic and a cryptic, mysterious atmosphere. [1][2][3] Some players criticize the lack of guidance, obtuse puzzles, and poor controls. [4][5][6]
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- [12]
You're driving your car along an empty road in the dead of night. From out of the ether, a ghost tells you to find the light to bring back the sun. You flash your highbeams to uncover the secret fire in a ring of moths and a kickin' 80s electro-rock riff shreds the truth of your victory in defiance to all the ghosts of lost drivers on this forgotten road. How is this not a Led Zeppelin song? We're talking …
- [6]
Definitely one of the worst games I've ever played on Steam, out of hundreds, and the first that actually made me want to write a review to warn others. This is a "puzzle" game that consists of driving around in a dark desert with no real indication of what you're doing, with the worst car controls I've ever seen in video gaming. It is as bland as you could possibly imagine, and then some. Zero redeeming qualities …
- [1]
A dark road lit up only by the lights of a lone driver's car in the dead of night, the pulsing beat and warm synth of the 80's era radio, all haunted with the actualization of surreal entities and glowing white butterflies before you. Whether they are real or a figment of your driver's sleep deprived imagination is unknown. The world you've cruised into is the essence of 80's obsession with a technological dystopia …
- [4]
I got lost as to what to do, because if you try to light up a small tree it doesn't work if you're right up to it. (Which is what I was doing) Anyways, the music is good when it is playing, I like how the character is driving in a car, and although the story is incomplete it is very interesting. It's actually pretty enjoyable but half the time I drive around with no idea whatsoever as to what I am doing.
- [5]
The game is certainly interesting and very weird. Weird stuff happens. The mechanics are unique and make it fun interacting with the world. Such as using your headlights to blast away evil stuff and lighting up the world! The graphics are certainly retro-styled which make it intriguing and the music is very good. I think a hint system at least is needed when players get stuck; this would be very nice. I found myself …
Summarised from 34 of the 115 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Night Shift talk about great soundtrack and retro aesthetic; those who didn't talk about puzzles are too obscure with no hints. Which matters more to you?
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60 of 132 · most liked firstFirst poster for Puppet Combo's wage-horror slasher 'Night Shift' 🔪 • Adaptation of their video game • Shot on 16mm • Follows a serial killer targeting late night gas station clerks Releasing in theaters this October
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨 A new episode of Game Changer Making of BTS is out now —showing a deep dive into how we created the world of "Night Shift"!
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨There are new items in the Dropout store! This Sam Reich plush talks! Give him a squeeze and hear him say 49 classic Sam-isms. And if you want more Game Changer to go with it, we’ve got a new themed dice set and desk mat. Also check out our Night Shift wardrobe collection!
neutral · AI labelView post →First trailer for Puppet Combo's wage-horror slasher 'Night Shift' 🔪 The video game adaptation hits theaters this October
neutral · AI labelView post →This week on Dropout... 🃏 Monday: Game Changer Behind-The-Scenes ("Night Shift") 👾 Tuesday: Dimension 20: Adventuring Academy (with Aabria Iyengar) 🧛 Wednesday: Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness 👇👇👇
neutral · AI labelView post →You're driving your car along an empty road in the dead of night. From out of the ether, a ghost tells you to find the light to bring back the sun. You flash your highbeams to uncover the secret fire in a ring of moths and a kickin' 80s electro-rock riff shreds the truth of your victory in defiance to all the ghosts of lost drivers on this forgotten road. How is this not a Led Zeppelin song? We're talking air-brushed-on-the-side-of-a-van levels of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥' and righteous in that order. So…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What's your "no one but me remembers" game? Night Shift was a Lucasfilm plate-spinning management game where you were in charge of a chaotic toy factory making Star Wars toys to order.
neutral · AI labelView post →A dark road lit up only by the lights of a lone driver's car in the dead of night, the pulsing beat and warm synth of the 80's era radio, all haunted with the actualization of surreal entities and glowing white butterflies before you. Whether they are real or a figment of your driver's sleep deprived imagination is unknown. The world you've cruised into is the essence of 80's obsession with a technological dystopia and sunless futures, the soundtrack (Dance With the Dead -…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvPkxKJ_rhQ About 15 minutes in I realized that it was puzzle/mystery driving game(What?!) and it began to pull me in. The puzzles that I played were not all that difficult, but they were a lot of fun and gave me a good sense of accomplishment upon completion. The puzzles give you very little guidance, but when you're on the right track, it will give you some indication through the soundtrack gradually getting more complex or some sort of visual display. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FG Remake announces Isaku Remake Art: Ueda Metawo (Gore Screaming Show, Night Shift Nurses) An escape game by elf. You explore a locked, abandoned school and try to avoid Isaku. You win if you haven't seen a single h-scene. Yes, you heard that right December 25
neutral · AI labelView post →Slash into the official trailer for @puppetcombo.bsky.social's NIGHT SHIFT: THE MOVIE, a shot-on-16mm adaptation of the indie company's retro-style video game. Coming to select theaters this October. Get your tickets now:
neutral · AI labelView post →Night Shift is a strange bird. A driving game where your headlights are your means to interact with the environment to achieve something that... well, like a good drive, it's all about finding out on the road. The destination is but an incidental consequence of the journey.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hi 👋 here's my #intro post! - Georgina - 20s - she/her (🏳️🌈) - digital artist ( #pixelart #digitalillustration #3Dart ) - game dev ( #gamedev ) I'm working on my visual novel "Night Shift" which has been recently funded by Screen Australia! More info here: www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...
neutral · AI labelView post →No graphic options on game, no control scheme or even a tutorial on what buttons to press. I had to mash the keyboard to find out what to do. Too hipster for me. This game isn't art.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FANZA announced R18 card battle RPG "Night Shift Nurses Online: New Operation" to release for PC and Android. The game is based on the 1999 visual novel which recently received a remake in 2024. yakin-newope.com #夜勤病棟オンライン #夜勤病棟
neutral · AI labelView post →Every so often, a game comes along that defies everything you know and makes you feel lost. Night Shift is one of those games. I've no doubt that anyone interested will be looking at the screenshots and video available on the store page, and wonder why would they ever play a retro game. The answer is, you won't, the game will play you. It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is October 2027. A new established media setting has been ported to 5e. two of the classes and five of the feats completely shatter the game balance. everyone re-rolls their characters to be Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center Night Shift Nurses.
neutral · AI labelView post →The best feature of this game is that you get to listen to some sweet electro. Problem is, it only plays when you complete an obscure task in an otherwise repetitive and boring playspace. And then it stops and you have to figure out the next inexplicable task. This game needs A LOT of work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got lost as to what to do, because if you try to light up a small tree it doesn't work if you're right up to it. (Which is what I was doing) Anyways, the music is good when it is playing, I like how the character is driving in a car, and although the story is incomplete it is very interesting. It's actually pretty enjoyable but half the time I drive around with no idea whatsoever as to what I am doing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →➡️ Go to Dropout to watch behind-the-scenes of the Game Changer "Night Shift" episode: watch.dropout.tv/videos/behi...
neutral · AI labelView post →batujpg is making Night Shift, a story-driven open world game set in a 1990s alternate Istanbul with a PS2 low-poly look. 🌃 www.reddit.com/r/UnrealEngi... #ue5 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Our long awaited Night Shift Demo is OUT NOW on Game Jolt and Itch, available for Windows and Linux! Game Jolt: gamejolt.com/games/fnafba... Itch: jdbryantdev.itch.io/fnafbag #fnaf #fnaffangame
neutral · AI labelView post →You've seen the wildly successful crowdfunder. I'm joined by the lead brain behind the game Night Shift: Devil Division from @slightlyrecklessgames.com. Why did they use Draw Steel as a base, and what did they change from the base game? And what are ascended techniques? GoblinPoints.com/2620
neutral · AI labelView post →Stoked to show off the game I've been working on with my capstone team as Art Director for the past 9 months, Dreambreaker: Night Shift! DB:NS is a roguelite FPS set in the dreams of a tired gas station clerk working the night shift. You can download the demo now on itch! #indiegames #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Night Shift is a driving puzzle game where you try to save the world. I'm not making that up. Night Shift as stated before is a driving puzzle game. You play as a driver who must save the world with the help of his muscle car. One day the entire world is consumed by the dark and you need to save it. Night Shift consists of you driving around and solving cryptic puzzles. It always ranges from a few different puzzles like destroying cars, turning on lamp posts and looking for butterflies. Your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely one of the worst games I've ever played on Steam, out of hundreds, and the first that actually made me want to write a review to warn others. This is a "puzzle" game that consists of driving around in a dark desert with no real indication of what you're doing, with the worst car controls I've ever seen in video gaming. It is as bland as you could possibly imagine, and then some. Zero redeeming qualities here. The "mystery" of figuring out what's going on falls completely flat and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played Night Shift last night. A game about exotic dancers. Not a particularly great but it has a great sense of humor that made the game fun regardless.
neutral · AI labelView post →Night Shift - This game had some solid jump scares but mostly I just like these two photos
positive · AI labelView post →The road in front of me receded into an empty void. It felt like I had been driving forever. The radio stuttered and crackled, catchy tunes occasionally popping in as I continuously drove, searching for the answers to our mysteriously disappeared sun. Thank Christ I bought one of those fancy electric cars, because I haven’t seen a gas station for miles in this damn game. Only weird electrical trees. Welcome to the world of Night Shift, a currently in-development indie title by Brandon Brizzi…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is certainly interesting and very weird. Weird stuff happens. The mechanics are unique and make it fun interacting with the world. Such as using your headlights to blast away evil stuff and lighting up the world! The graphics are certainly retro-styled which make it intriguing and the music is very good. I think a hint system at least is needed when players get stuck; this would be very nice. I found myself getting stuck for many minutes at a time, and it makes the experience not fun.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →➡️ Go to Dropout to watch behind-the-scenes of the Game Changer "Night Shift" episode: watch.dropout.tv/videos/behi...
neutral · AI labelView post →POV: A vampire doctor is about to give you a blood transfusion. (Isra, character from @gcoxmm.bsky.social’s game “Night Shift) #ArtFight #ArtFight2025 #art #digitalart #procreate
neutral · AI labelView post →✏️ daily sketching - vampire doctor from @gcoxmm.bsky.social’s game “Night Shift” #ArtFight #ArtFight2025 #TeamFossils #art #digitalart #procreate
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy pride everyone!! If you're interested in stories about community building & lesbian vampires, you should check out information for my upcoming game Night Shift: 1999! [ #indiedev #vndev #pixelart ]
neutral · AI labelView post →Night Shift Car Ride In Night Shift you can drive a car in a dark-dark world, but it's not a racing game, or even a driving game. Instead, it is a puzzle game. Controls here are limited only to steering AND flashing lights - this may indicate the simplicity of the game but it's not at all, everything we have to do in this world requires logic and analyzing what's going on. And that's the whole gameplay, you're driving around a looping world looking for a way out and a way forward - once you'll…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It took me a few minutes to figure out what I was doing, but it quickly became entertaining.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/8iQlEaCQBNQ?is=DirJjbAY789THnDs #slowmetalweekend #saturdoom #nowplaying #Conan getting for the #nightshift with this awesome album
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh my god. The Night Shift episode of Game Changer just killed me. It's the WORST and I love it and I hate it!
neutral · AI labelView post →As a small kid I hated racing games. Everytime I went to an arcade I had to try one, but never got to a trophy podium. But this one is a whole different story. Night Shift explores the scenario of "what if Desert Bus was done right". The game about speeding up, but not really— there are more goals to it than just doing laps. For as short as it might be, for me it's still a perfect little game. And the best thing to it is completing a "level" to hear an amazing OST piece.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BAD game. I would not buy again, even if it would cure cancer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Itch] More than a hundred little indie freebies. I don't know if there have just been a load of game jams recently or if everyone's feeling extra spooky for the Halloween sale, but there's a frankly ridiculously large number of games being given away in the next couple of days: * [CREAK](https://ji10-games.itch.io/creak), indie horror * [Snowpine Strangers](https://fenixapple.itch.io/snowpine-strangers-demo), indie horror * [CIVIMAX](https://bolodev.itch.io/civimax), incremental village sim *…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a driving game. Or at least that's what you think when you start to play this game. It quickly became a driving RPG simulator that you need to solve the puzzle and make the sun raise once again. Great concept, exciting music with smooth control. What failed this game is the puzzle and the plot are very well hidden. You get nearly no hints on what you need to do to proceed the game though most part of this game. Since the developer has used infinite loop on many part of the game. That…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summary: Short 1st person driving puzzle game with obtuse puzzles. Proceed with caution. In Night Shift, you play a driver trying to bring the flame back to the sun and light up the world. You play in first-person view from inside the car. The game consists of a series of puzzles that you reward you with pieces of the sun's flame. Puzzle-solving involves the manupilation of light, mostly using the car's headlights. You drive in darkness in loops, till you stumble upon a puzzle. Throughout my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In Night Shift you drive a car in a dark world, but it is not a racing game or even a driving game. Instead, it is a puzzle game. You have your basic movement controls as well as one 'button': flash the lights. This should mean the game is very simple, but the challenge is never in what to do, but where and when to do it. In one level you may be trying to re-light lanterns that have gone out, in another you may be eliminating ghost cars with your lights, and in yet another (or another part of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →what is this "game" I don't even kno interesting puzzle ideas, but annoying/cumbersome controls and eye sore graphics 2deep4me
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no idea what the hell is going on with this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The very last chance to make these dice reality. Get them for your Draw Steel, Crows, Night Shift: Devil Division or Cyberpunk Red game!
neutral · AI labelView post →New YouTube video: This horror game Paranormal Night Shift is basically a scary spot the difference. #gaming youtu.be/2Ehu0-xxbz8
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't like this game...... really 2014? It looks like its from the 90s
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →finally watching the Night Shift episode of Game Changer, and I can confirm that it accurately reflects the night shift experience 🌚
positive · AI labelView post →Now Hiring: Night Shift Janitor. This new indie horror game lets you play as a night shift janitor. - Manage janitorial duties - Ignore visual and audio disturbance - Survive 10 nights of probation Would you sign up for the night shift? #indiehorror #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know how the reviews for this "game" are positive. It's barely a game at all. Just buy the music instead - it's the only redeeming part of this garbage.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In our very first Did Not Finsih review we check out why this game isn't recommended. It has redeeming qualities however there is no way on Steam of putting thumbs up and down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRcCddWUKgk
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a VERRY different type of gameplay than im use to... but i verry much enjoy it, it is definetly worth the money and i reccomend the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finishing up* the five VN demos I haven't finished yet from Fall In Love Fest! Imperial Grace kicks us off, then Bellochia, Siren's Call, Night Shift, and Re.dive! Might be a longun www.twitch.tv/yuzuadagioch #adaginfo *if we get another super long demo, there's an hour cap per game this time :P
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching this week's Challenger matches of Deadlock Night Shift with Mom Oh yeah, she's into this game lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Night Shift Hell | EMPTY GAUGE | Indie Horror Game www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRsM... #CJUGames #EmptyGauge #PlaynovaStudio #HorrorGame #HorrorGames #HorrorGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →here's a gameplay video. if your stuck on something i listed the puzzles in the description and noted the time i started them. p.s. don't watch much of it if you want to figure things out yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTiZvIJa7UE be warned the game is short but if your into games where you have no idea whats going on or what to do you may dig this one. gameplay your driving a car at night and all you have is your headlights and flashing your high beams. you drive around lighting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you hate games where you know what to do? Than this is the game for you! I've got better things to do with my time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve been working on something new. Night Shift is an original game for the Atari 2600, currently in development. I’ve just released the first teaser. Please take a look. gamesbyrich.com/announcing-n... #Atari2600 #Homebrew #RetroGaming
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