- January 29, 2025
- Bird Box Games
The Closing Shift
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About The Closing Shift
The Closing Shift is a single player simulation game with horror, mystery and thriller themes. It was developed by Bird Box Games and was released on January 29, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.
A short story about you working a closing shift at the restaurant when there is an unexpected occurance with the killer lurking in the town. But while finishing up your shift alone, things don't go as expected. Expect a first person experience with immersive sound, where you interact with NPC and objects around the resturant in order to close the restaurant.
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Reviews
- Immersive and creepy atmosphere with effective sound design that builds tension.
- Short, straightforward gameplay that's fun and engaging, making it a good choice for a quick horror experience.
- Some jump scares are effective and the game has a quirky, humorous tone that adds charm.
- Very short length with little story depth, leaving many players wanting more content and replayability.
- Slow movement and occasional dark visuals make navigation frustrating and drag the pace.
- Technical and polish issues including grammar errors, repetitive assets, overlapping UI elements, and some unpolished story elements.
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10 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe story is generally considered short, underdeveloped, and lacking depth, which diminishes immersion and player engagement. While some appreciate its interesting concept and effective jumpscares, many criticize the narrative for being simplistic, poorly written, and limited in choice or complexity. Overall, it would benefit from more development, polish, and length.
“The story itself is interesting, even though I wish it was longer and more developed.”
“The graphics were super good and the story was awesome.”
“Amazing game, jumpscares were very good, but it was way too dark and when it said to mop the floor I spent like 30 minutes trying to find it just to pick things up off the floor, great jumpscares though but not much of a storyline, also should be longer.”
“Took me 13 minutes to play the whole thing, a lot of grammar and spelling errors, jumpscares were actually scary but the story was not even there.”
“With its random mix of mismatched assets and misapplied textures, the clunky dialogue and pointless story... I'm guessing a kid made this?”
“The story is short with no wiggle room to make different decisions; it's just start, walk around and click a few things and done.”
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The Closing Shift is a simulation game with horror, mystery and thriller themes. Common tags for The Closing Shift include free to play, 3D, indie, psychological, exploration and others.
The Closing Shift is available on PC and Windows.
The Closing Shift was released on January 29, 2025.
The Closing Shift was developed by Bird Box Games.
The Closing Shift has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked The Closing Shift for its story but disliked it for its stability.
The Closing Shift is a single player game.
Similar games include Mimic Search, Fears to Fathom: Home Alone, [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap, Almost Home Now, Summer of '58 and others.