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Graveyard Shift cover art

Graveyard Shift

Darkphobia Games · 2023-12-02

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Dec 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Guarding the graveyard shift is often considered one of the most terrifying jobs globally, but night guarding at Whispering Winds Cemetery surpasses any other cemetery in horror! Being Night Security in this place will turn into a nightmare for you that you may never forget.

1
playing now
75%
positive of 794 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,573
twitch viewers (latest)
4573.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-17 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 114 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 30,324 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 794 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10010020232026Week of 2023-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$1.742023-12-022026-10-082023-12-02 — best price $6.992024-01-12 — best price $6.992024-02-19 — best price $6.992024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-05-13 — best price $6.992024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-08-27 — best price $6.992024-11-04 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-09-13 — best price $5.452025-09-18 — best price $6.992025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-11-03 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-09-18 — best price $6.992026-10-08 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
97%
earned "Welcome"
85.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41781%5
Steam (Steam)15330%16

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DDarkDemonsHorrorMysteryThrillerAdventureCinematicRealisticOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.