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Night Shift Nurses

Shiravune · 2024-12-16

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A washed-up mad doctor is hired back by a devious former test subject and asked to twist her hospital into a corrupt donation mill. Will he seize this second chance to practice his own vision of "science," or will his many failings drag him down once again in this pseudo-medical visual novel?

Night Shift Nurses is an Adventure game released in 2024 for $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 665 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 665 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Night Shift Nurses is the North American localization of Yakin Byōtō (夜勤病棟), a Japanese OVA series adapted by Discovery from the visual novel of the same name. It was formerly licensed by Anime 18, and now by Critical Mass Video. The series is particularly notorious for its explicit depictions of rape, necrophilia, sadomasochism, and paraphilia.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (228 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 28,753 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 665 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at GOG (2026-05-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.71 · on sale 88 of 89 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19419420242026Week of 2024-12-17: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2702026-09-15 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 27 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1173Dec 2024Aug 2026Dec 2024 — avg 117 · peak 439Jan 2025 — avg 27 · peak 118Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 45Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 53Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 29May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 31Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 23Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 25Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.71$9.992024-12-172026-10-142024-12-17 — best price $15.992025-03-03 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-04 — best price $15.992025-06-27 — best price $15.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-01 — best price $19.992025-12-19 — best price $13.992026-02-12 — best price $11.992026-02-27 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $11.992026-04-12 — best price $11.992026-04-27 — best price $19.992026-05-26 — best price $9.992026-06-10 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-10 — best price $19.992026-08-06 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-02 — best price $19.992026-09-05 — best price $19.992026-09-08 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-14 — best price $9.992026-09-17 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $9.992026-10-05 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k962026-06-01 — 133 pageviews2026-06-05 — 197 pageviews2026-06-09 — 179 pageviews2026-06-13 — 166 pageviews2026-06-17 — 115 pageviews2026-06-21 — 198 pageviews2026-06-25 — 119 pageviews2026-06-29 — 143 pageviews2026-07-03 — 135 pageviews2026-07-07 — 119 pageviews2026-07-11 — 141 pageviews2026-07-15 — 120 pageviews2026-07-19 — 114 pageviews2026-07-23 — 141 pageviews2026-07-27 — 142 pageviews2026-07-31 — 106 pageviews2026-08-04 — 152 pageviews2026-08-08 — 171 pageviews2026-08-12 — 171 pageviews2026-08-16 — 150 pageviews2026-08-20 — 125 pageviews2026-08-24 — 111 pageviews2026-08-28 — 107 pageviews2026-09-01 — 116 pageviews2026-09-05 — 138 pageviews2026-09-09 — 109 pageviews2026-09-13 — 136 pageviews2026-09-17 — 115 pageviews2026-09-21 — 119 pageviews2026-09-25 — 234 pageviews2026-09-29 — 112 pageviews2026-10-03 — 107 pageviews2026-10-07 — 139 pageviews2026-10-11 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DPvEAnime1990'sCasualRomanceLife SimAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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