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Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story

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27%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics
38% User Score Based on 24 reviews

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Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story is a single player role playing game with horror, mystery and thriller themes. It was developed by Buff Cat Games and was released on November 10, 2025. It received negative reviews from players.

Experience "a night of overtime you’ve grown accustomed to" in this ultra-short horror game. But unlike the usual grind, the entire office tonight feels…off, ominous and Strange. Your coworkers are nowhere to be found. The lights are dim. And something — or someone — unknown is lurking. Can you make it until the end of your shift? Overtime Syndrome – A Night Shift Story is a free, ul…

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38%Audience ScoreBased on 24 reviews
humor2 positive mentions
stability4 negative mentions
  • The game has a solid and interesting concept that resonates with themes of exhaustion and hallucination.
  • It offers a fun, quick play experience with some enjoyable spooky vibes and jump scares.
  • There is good attention to detail in puzzles and environmental changes, making the gameplay creative at times.
  • The game is plagued by numerous bugs, including softlocks, game overs that force restarting from the beginning, and unskippable slow cutscenes.
  • Poor grammar and confusing dialogue diminish the storytelling and immersion.
  • Enemy design and mechanics are frustrating, such as enemies making no noise and critical items or notes falling through the environment, causing progression issues.

  • stability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from numerous small glitches and bugs that disrupt gameplay, causing frustration and restarts. While it has some enjoyable moments, the stability issues significantly detract from the overall experience.

    • “Buggy and game feels like made by AI.”
    • “There's just a lot of small glitches that make the game not so fun.”
    • “Couple good scares but too many glitches that had me restart from the beginning.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's humor is intentionally goofy and often funny, enhanced by amusing glitches that add a playful touch. However, some issues with its tone and execution can make parts tedious, and certain critical elements of the humor fall flat. Overall, it delivers laughs but struggles to hit the mark consistently.

    • “It's goofy and not scary (part of that on purpose I think) but was still funny.”
    • “I noticed a funny glitch (I'm not sure if it's intentional or not) where when the picture of the monster/creature comes out of the printer in the meeting room, standing on it makes you start spinning around. My stream thought that was really funny and so did I.”

  • graphics

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally good and visually appealing, though they lack a scary or intense atmosphere. Overall, the visual quality is satisfactory and effective.

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The grinding in the game is intentionally goofy and somewhat humorous, but it suffers from three main issues, including one that makes the process tedious and another critical flaw that impacts the overall experience.

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story of the game is modest and somewhat engaging, though it is not particularly compelling or scary. Despite some bugs, the narrative is decent and adds some value to the experience.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant optimization problems, including frequent softlocks, unexpected game over screens, and overall poor performance.

    • “A bunch of softlocks, random game over screens, and mainly performance issues.”
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Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story is a role playing game with horror, mystery and thriller themes. Common tags for Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story include free to play, first-person, 3D, indie, linear and others.

Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story is available on PC and Windows.

Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story was released on November 10, 2025.

Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story was developed by Buff Cat Games.

Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story for its humor but disliked it for its stability.

Overtime Syndrome - A Late Night Shift Story is a single player game.

Similar games include The Survey, The Fridge is Red, Supernormal, The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me, Reminiscence and others.