Late Shift

Adventure· Choices Matter· FMV· Choose Your Own Adventure

Released Apr 2017

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.

85% positive · 9,213 reviews

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Evaluation

Late Shift is a self-contained FMV (full-motion video) interactive film that launched on April 18, 2017. The store description presents a complete, finished experience: a feature-length crime thriller with 180+ decision points and seven possible endings. There is no mention of post-launch content, DLC, expansions, or any ongoing development — the game was designed and shipped as a complete, standalone product. The developer's news history shows no announcements of unshipped content or future updates. This is a finished interactive movie that does not receive ongoing additions by design.

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Store description presents a complete, self-contained FMV interactive thriller with 180+ decision points and seven endings — no mention of DLC, expansions, or future content

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Short description frames the game as a complete interactive cinematic experience with no indication of planned additional content

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Details

Developer

CtrlMovie

Publisher

Wales Interactive

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Choices Matter FMV Choose Your Own Adventure Multiple Endings Interactive Fiction Story Rich Adventure Indie Crime Sexual Content Realistic Violent Thriller Cinematic Atmospheric

About this game

Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. After being forced into the robbery of a lucrative auction house, mathematics student Matt is left proving his innocence in the brutal London heist. Your choices will have consequences from the very start, right through to the very end. One small decision could change the entire outcome with interactive gameplay that can lead to one of seven conclusions.

Written by the author of Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), experience a gripping live-action crime thriller with a total of over 180 decision points. Do you steal the car or do you run away? Do you follow orders or sabotage the plan? You’ll have just seconds to decide as the film continues to roll with no pauses and no looping footage.

Shot in full HD, Late Shift’s cinematic experience blends the line between movies, games and interactive storytelling.

Your Decisions Are You

• Multi-optional Storytelling: One story, countless storylines, seven endings.
• A completely live action, cinematic interactive thriller, filmed in full HD in London, England.
• Over 180 decision points in total with no pauses and no looping footage.
• Directed by Tobias Weber, and written by Michael R. Johnson, author of Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)
• Acting performances by Joe Sowerbutts (Matt), Haruka Abe (May-Ling) and Oliver Twist’s Richard Durden (Samuel Parr).