Just Another Night Shift

Just Another Night Shift

Released Mar 2024

Just Another Night Shift is a casual competitive 1v1 or 2v2 PvP stealth strategy game. Play as a Thief and as a Security Guard. Steal the valuable and try to prevent it in this 3D indie game. Grab a friend and work THE NIGHT SHIFT of your life. Join us for hours of fun gameplay with your friends!

90% positive · 1,135 reviews
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Released, but still in active development
High confidence
Active Development

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Evaluation

Just Another Night Shift launched on March 28, 2024 and has received consistent developer attention ever since. Three major content updates have shipped post-launch: the 2v2 Update (December 19, 2024), The New Map (July 11, 2025), and a total of several feature patches including an Item Wheel Update (May 5, 2025), a Practice Mode Update (October 10, 2025), and most recently a Proximity Voice Chat update on July 31, 2026. The major content releases have arrived roughly every 6-7 months, and the developer has maintained a steady stream of smaller feature patches and bug fixes in between. The most recent developer communication was on July 31, 2026 — less than a month ago — confirming the team is actively working on the game. No announcement of content completion or end of development has been made. One developer is also working on a separate new game (Plant & Profit), but the team has continued to ship updates for Just Another Night Shift regardless.
Evidence
Proximity voice chat and guard sprint features added, along with bug fixes. Most recent developer communication, confirming ongoing active support.
news post · Jul 31, 2026 source development ongoing
high
A brand new, larger map released with 1v1 and 2v2 support, new tasks, and new stealable item.
news post · Jul 11, 2025 source content shipped
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
JANS Dev Team
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · PvP

About this game

Just Another Night Shift is a casual competitive 1v1 and 2v2 PvP multiplayer online game.

You get to play as a security guard and a thief. The Thief’s objective is to steal a specific item from the mansion, while the Guard tries to stop him. Join us for hours of fun gameplay with your friends!

Basics Of the Game

  • The winner of the game is whoever wins the set amount of rounds first.

  • Players switch sides at the middle of the game.

  • Both characters have strengths and weaknesses, and a special ability.

  • The Guard has additional tasks. If he fails to do the tasks on time, the Thief will win the round.

Sneak into the mansion and steal the valuable! Buy useful items from the black market, use the Thiefs agility and special hiding ability to avoid the Guard and win the game.

Guard the mansion and catch the Thief! Use the dog or the cameras to gain advantage over the Thief. Remember to do the tasks, light the shadows with the flashlight and buy helpful items from the security shop.


Try your skills at a more compact modern mansion or jump to an old castle like mansion with room to play! Find the best strategies and routes on both maps and see who will be victorious! 

Attention!

The game works using a peer-to-peer (P2P) system. Player 1 works as a server and the player 2 as a client. Over long distances between these two you may expect high latency and problems in the game.

Last evaluated Aug 19, 2026
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