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Late Shift cover art

Late Shift

CtrlMovie · Wales Interactive · 2017-04-18

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 18, 2017 (Mac), Apr 26, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 18, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 29, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 18, 2017 (Xbox One)

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.

7
playing now
86%
positive of 9.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (78 ratings)
2.5h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Late Shift is an interactive FMV video game written and directed by Tobias Weber. The participation film technology behind the title was developed by CtrlMovie. The title was screened at many international film festivals, including the New York Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, and the Festival du nouveau cinéma.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 259 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 231k–555k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,255 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.09-76%
Microsoft Store$12.49
GOG$12.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.70 at GamersGate (2025-10-27) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 54 of 98 observed days · $9.79 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31231220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1712026-08-06 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.982017-03-092026-08-302017-03-09 — best price $10.392017-11-01 — best price $12.992018-07-05 — best price $12.992019-01-21 — best price $7.792019-09-05 — best price $7.142020-01-12 — best price $7.792020-05-15 — best price $7.792020-11-28 — best price $7.142021-05-07 — best price $6.492021-11-06 — best price $7.792022-02-03 — best price $5.192022-06-09 — best price $5.192022-10-24 — best price $6.492023-01-05 — best price $12.992023-04-20 — best price $12.992023-07-17 — best price $5.842023-09-15 — best price $5.192023-12-21 — best price $5.692024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-06-19 — best price $5.842024-09-10 — best price $12.992024-11-19 — best price $5.842025-02-10 — best price $5.842025-04-18 — best price $12.992025-06-17 — best price $6.492025-09-04 — best price $12.992025-10-23 — best price $4.412025-12-11 — best price $12.992026-02-19 — best price $12.992026-04-09 — best price $12.992026-06-04 — best price $3.092026-08-13 — best price $3.092026-08-30 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

41102026-05-31 — 17 pageviews2026-06-03 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 16 pageviews2026-06-09 — 19 pageviews2026-06-12 — 22 pageviews2026-06-15 — 24 pageviews2026-06-18 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 20 pageviews2026-06-24 — 12 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-06 — 28 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 36 pageviews2026-07-18 — 38 pageviews2026-07-21 — 23 pageviews2026-07-24 — 25 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-30 — 41 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 27 pageviews2026-08-08 — 24 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 26 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-23 — 22 pageviews2026-08-26 — 25 pageviews2026-08-28 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
91.8%
earned "Cause and Effect"
28.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Danish, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)15,96435%20
PS4 (PlayStation)11,01873%21
Steam (Steam)9,87815%20
PS5 (PlayStation)1,57171%21
Switch (Nintendo)140%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

FMVCrimeIndieMovieViolentThrillerAdventureRealisticStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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