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Night Shift Nurses
Developer Shiravune
Night Shift Nurses is the North American localization of Yakin Byōtō (夜勤病棟), a Japanese OVA series adapted by Discovery from the visual novel of the same name. It was formerly licensed by Anime 18, and now by Critical Mass Video. The series is particularly notorious for its explicit depictions of rape, necrophilia, sadomasochism, and paraphilia. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
42 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
63
Fresh
20 positive · 12 negative
95% range 45–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 20 | 12 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
24 of 36 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
65% recommend · 20 yes, 11 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 31 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (565 of 674 positive).
Players praise the game's art, voice acting, and animated scenes. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is short without the patch. [4][5][6] Several players find the content uncomfortable or too dark. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
Night Shift Nurses is a cruel game. It's so cruel that maybe a lawyer or an ethicist might question the legitimacy of its existence. I'm not a lawyer or an ethicist. I'm a sicko. Even in my case, this game was really uncomfortable. In Night Shift Nurses you play a sex criminal doctor. A former victim offers you a job at her hospital in which you are expected to perpetrate sex crimes in order to condition more …
- [8]
I have not been more disappointed in my entire life to be honest. I really like visual novels, the dating sims, the horrors, etc. Even as a female viewer, I am aware that visual novels almost always target a male audience, and I'm fine with that really. But I cannot defend this game, it's straight up just not worth your time or money. First, the positives I have are the amazing voice actors and artist who put these …
- [1]
-USA: Dr. House takes drugs to control his pain to cure patients and make them feel better. -Japan: Dr. Ryuji Hirasaka uses drugs on his nurses to control them to give pleasure to his patients and make them feel better. At the end of the day both methods are similar and work! Review ✒️Overview Night Shift Nurses is an eroge visual novel that serves as a remake of Yakin Byoutou, telling a story very similar to the …
- [4]
sense its filter out the US steam, its the lame boring one the game doesnt give the full anime hardcore version, the game only last 30 min so yeah blows the $16 away should be worth $1 for a cutout version... but look for the patch and get the full game but was kinda hoping for part 2 where the detectives investigate the nurses XD maybe they reboot the anime show? LOL but more down for Night shift nurses 2 and Bible …
- [2]
[18+/VN/Sim] A refined game of a legendary popular famous game in JP. Greatly cute beautiful anime artwork, protagonists JP full-voiced, various immoral fetish sexual situations. Ext."full content". [18+]『夜勤病棟リメイク』グローバル版。伝説的ゲームのリメイク版。外部「フルコンテンツ」あり。日本語テキスト無音声有モ有。 For more discernment on the anime games we curated, feel free to check out and follow our …
Summarised from 34 of the 41 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 14, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Night Shift Nurses sits at 63% positive across 32 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
As a result of the unrestrained content of the series, Night Shift Nurses is usually regarded as one of, if not the most graphic hentai ever released. Several minutes of particularly unruly scenes were even banned from North American releases. Industry aggregator Mania.com gave the series an F, citing that although the animation is "clean" and "slick", the quantity of edits made for the American release yields it one that "[...]I in no way [can] recommend."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
42 of 42 · most liked first18+ patch is more GB than the actual game. lmao
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →-USA: Dr. House takes drugs to control his pain to cure patients and make them feel better. -Japan: Dr. Ryuji Hirasaka uses drugs on his nurses to control them to give pleasure to his patients and make them feel better. At the end of the day both methods are similar and work! Review ✒️Overview Night Shift Nurses is an eroge visual novel that serves as a remake of Yakin Byoutou, telling a story very similar to the original, although with important improvements such as a more modern art style,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"How can you say you love this game when you didn't even download the patch?" ~ Ryuji Hirasaka.....probably
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game : 600MB The patch : 3.8GB
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Night Shift Nurses is a cruel game. It's so cruel that maybe a lawyer or an ethicist might question the legitimacy of its existence. I'm not a lawyer or an ethicist. I'm a sicko. Even in my case, this game was really uncomfortable. In Night Shift Nurses you play a sex criminal doctor. A former victim offers you a job at her hospital in which you are expected to perpetrate sex crimes in order to condition more victims to be slaves. This game, although it played with some fetish material…
negative · 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 →While the themes and fetishes of the game are not to my taste, my recommendation against it comes from a genuine concern about its lack of clarity regarding its intentions. Although it lacks the "18+ Patch Content," the implied dialogue and other elements remain quite along the same lines. The game is tagged as "romance," yet it fails to embody that genre in any meaningful way. Additionally, the description does not provide a clear enough picture of the content, and especially without the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Concise Game Reviews: "Night Shift Nurses Remake (夜勤病棟リメイク)" (Scroll down for the longer version) Game Value: ✅ Highly recommended for fans of dark and controversial visual novels. Night Shift Nurses Remake updates the infamous classic with stunning HD visuals, fully animated adult scenes, and a richly detailed story. Players take on the role of Dr. Ryuji Hirasaka, a brilliant yet depraved doctor given a second chance at St. Juliana Hospital under the supervision of Narumi Jinguji, one of…
positive · 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 →How can you say you love her if you can't even eat her poop?
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 →Why put a game on steam if 95% of it is locked behind a patch? Seems pretty stupid to me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is broken. it automatically goes to the last day after 20 mins.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →sense its filter out the US steam, its the lame boring one the game doesnt give the full anime hardcore version, the game only last 30 min so yeah blows the $16 away should be worth $1 for a cutout version... but look for the patch and get the full game but was kinda hoping for part 2 where the detectives investigate the nurses XD maybe they reboot the anime show? LOL but more down for Night shift nurses 2 and Bible Black if they remake as well?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today, i happily accept the award for Least Problematic Night Shift Nurses Enjoyer. I'm also up for the Most Problematic Retro Game Vtuber 2024 award so stay tuned!
positive · AI labelView post →It's great, old school interactive story. Tons of paths to open up if you want to experience every scene and every piece of art. At the end of 4 weeks in game your done so requires some replay to experience everything.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have not been more disappointed in my entire life to be honest. I really like visual novels, the dating sims, the horrors, etc. Even as a female viewer, I am aware that visual novels almost always target a male audience, and I'm fine with that really. But I cannot defend this game, it's straight up just not worth your time or money. First, the positives I have are the amazing voice actors and artist who put these main components together. I really love the artist's work for Remi-san's art.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →another game to hide
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never ask a woman: 1. Her age 2. Her weight 3. Her opinion on the character from Night Shift Nurses that is into humiliation and the events surrounding said character 4. Which Doukyuusei game is better (she will break)
neutral · AI labelView post →Would give it a 9.5 if it not have that mosaic censored , anyway , a solid 9 from me
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game just to short even finish in second if we skip all dialog so dissapointed unless get the Full version
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Assuming mosaic censorship is their version of "uncensored" after applying the patch from their website, not worth the price tag.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you experience crashes when animated CG cutscenes play, go to Windows Settings > Display > Graphics > Advanced graphics settings, and disable "Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling". This worked for me. By the way, I didn't feel comfortable when playing with the patch. It obliterated the line. Giving the thumbs up is just a habit. Extremely NOT RECOMMENDED for people who pursuit pure and voluntary love relationship. Won't play it anymore. I regret, and I did not expect these even after…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →worst mc of all time bruh. at least the girls r cute i js wish this guy could die
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What the hell that I put the patch in then crash every 1st night???
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only night shift nurses loves me
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's been a while since we played an FMV game, how about the prequel to Night Shift Nurses (I think). The Late Shift. www.twitch.tv/crushergerald
neutral · AI labelView post →this game is nastyyyyy omg 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not as good as I expected
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you want to experience like trauma but aroused you should try
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i watched this when i was like 8 on hentaihaven bro to see this ♥♥♥♥ pop up on my recommended was crazy. night shift nurses 2 BRING IT OUT NOW
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Night Shift Nurses is a visual novel developed and published by Shiravune that has earned a reputation as one of the more infamous adult titles to emerge from Japan’s visual novel scene. Originally released decades ago and later reintroduced to modern audiences, the game combines psychological drama, mature storytelling, and controversial themes within a hospital setting. Rather than following the formula of a traditional romance visual novel, it explores corruption, ambition, and manipulation…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In my head this is the guy that greenlighted the original Night Shift Nurses game
neutral · AI labelView post →If you wanna hang out while I play more Night Shift Nurses, I'll be starting around an hour from now. Big content warning, also an announcement that I'm at the start of a blackmail scene so there's gonna be no game audio and you're gonna be staring at Asane for a while at the start lol
neutral · AI labelView post →the nsfw content has been removed , DO NOT BUY !!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 would not recommend(to good clean people). Great remake!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →amazing art, lots of content for only 20 bucks, & its extremely intriguing. narumi best girl btw & the bad ending should be canon then narumi gets with all the other girls after instead of killing herself like she does in the anime i hope that the other vns get remade as well (which is almost definitely not going to happen and if it does its going to be years from now) & if we are feeling extra enthusiastic, the anime too. also, when i first played saya no uta, i was wondering why ryoko felt…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrors might have been too strong a word but I don’t really know how else to describe witnessing Night Shift Nurses and Bondage Game as a 12 year old.
negative · AI labelView post →it's just too darksided for me i fear...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommending this game if you can get the extras from Shiravune. The character art is a massive improvement over the original, Ueda Metawo did an amazing job and I recommend checking out their other works (MinDead Blood, Gore Screaming Show etc.) if you enjoyed the characters in this. The darker scenes...Yeah, I haven't felt that level of nauseous and uncomfortable for a good while, so the game definitely did its job. If you know what you're going into and you reckon you can stomach it, then…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interestingly enough this was suggested to me as one of 3 better with friends options I'd played during the year of this one's release. It's a classic for all the interesting reasons, and most interesting of which is that it is based on a version that lacks some visual matter that some folks desire, but others despise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#NightShiftNurses: Kranke Blu-ray #Anime Review http://dlvr.it/SvqBMN
neutral · AI labelView post →
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