Shift At Midnight

Shift At Midnight

Steam Deck Playable

Bun Muen · Horror · Jul 22, 2026

Yes, worth buying.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $8.99.

88%
Very Positive
8k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 111 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 8k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise30% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
While I'm only around 2 hours into the full game as of writing this review, Including the demo I have well over a dozen hours of playtime in total.
111 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay loop is pretty simple to begin with but gets complicated and makes you actively have to pay attention to minor details as you progress.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Based purely off of watching other people play with friends, I can say that like most "better with friends" games, the singleplayer vs co-op playthroughs are vastley different.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
They made the release of the game delayed for 2 months so I was expecting a lot from it but in my opinion, it feels like the content is lacking and the lags are just insufferable sometimes (you can't even open the game or join a lobby without it crashing).
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The gameplay itself is already fun, and the low-poly art style is also right up my alley.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters111 reviews
Gameplay68 reviews
Co-op32 reviews
Multiplayer28 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty29 reviews
79%
Bugs23 reviews
70%
Combat18 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes12 reviews
33%
Performance6 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

2 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

Crit has not sampled this game’s concurrent players yet.

Achievements
10
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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