Games like Late Shift
If Late Shift is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Complex, She Sees Red - Interactive Movie and Five Dates — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its choices feel genuinely consequential, atmospheric and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Late Shift is a 2017 FMV crime thriller developed by CtrlMovie and published by Wales Interactive. The game features a branching narrative with real-time decision-making and time-pressure choices that lead to one of seven distinct conclusions. Set in London, it tasks players with navigating a brutal heist where their decisions shape the story's outcome. Players and reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, and tense, with choices that feel genuinely consequential. Professional acting and seamless cinematic transitions are frequently highlighted. Currently priced at $3.59, the game holds an 86% positive rating from over 1,700 Steam reviews and is verified for Steam Deck.
About Late Shift: Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
Players who liked Late Shift also play
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The Complex
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Late Shift.
Top pick for Late Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Late Shift.
Second-strongest match for Late Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
Five Dates
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Late Shift.
Third-strongest match for Late Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
Five Dates is an interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option.
Hello Stranger
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Late Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
An FMV psychological horror-thriller. A man gets trapped in his home by a hacker who forces him to play three games to survive. You must play these games and make choices that determine his fate.
Wordless Forest
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Late Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
You are alone in the forest. You remember nothing. In this live-action interactive survival thriller, the story is written not by dialogue, but by your choices.
返杀 Back Fire
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Late Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
《Back Fire》is a full motion video gunfight action adventure game. In the game, players need to make their own choices, which will affect the progression of the plot. The final endings of the story will be different, and the secret hidden in the world of “Back Fire” will be revealed.
Vegas Tales
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Late Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Late Shift.
A wealthy resort owner is dying and needs you to help him decide who should inherit his estate. You'll be interviewing some over-the-top characters and helping decide which of them most deserves to become extremely wealthy. Be careful, as there may be more to some than meets the eye.
The Bunker
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Late Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
The Bunker is an award-winning interactive psychological horror movie. You are John, born underground the day the bombs fell, now alone and trying to survive. But when an alarm goes off, a catastrophic chain of events begins. Unlock the dark secrets of your past as you try to escape The Bunker.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Late Shift
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Until Dawn™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Late Shift.
Reviewers of Late Shift cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Her Story
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Late Shift.
Reviewers of Late Shift cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Detroit: Become Human
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an immersive mood with Late Shift.
Reviewers of Late Shift cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
The Bunker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Late Shift cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
Trapped in an abandoned bunker, you are alone—your friends locked out, something else locked in. This PSX, VHS-style found-footage psychological horror plunges you into a nightmare of analog terror. Will you unravel the truth, survive the bunker’s horrors, and discover the fate of your friends?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Late Shift at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Late Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under Late Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Late Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Late Shift on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Late Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Late Shift.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under Late Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under Late Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Late Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Late Shift.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Late Shift.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Late Shift.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Late Shift.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Late Shift.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Complex
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Late Shift.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
Five Dates
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Late Shift.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Late Shift.
Five Dates is an interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option.
The Bunker
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Late Shift.
The Bunker is an award-winning interactive psychological horror movie. You are John, born underground the day the bombs fell, now alone and trying to survive. But when an alarm goes off, a catastrophic chain of events begins. Unlock the dark secrets of your past as you try to escape The Bunker.
Frequently asked about Late Shift
- Is Late Shift verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Late Shift is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Late Shift cost?
- Late Shift is listed on Steam at 3.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Late Shift?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Late Shift are The Complex, She Sees Red - Interactive Movie, Five Dates.
- Who developed Late Shift?
- Late Shift was developed by CtrlMovie and published by Wales Interactive.
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