Night Guard - The Last Shift

Night Guard - The Last Shift

Released Aug 2026

Check license plates, handle incidents, and keep working your shift while an unauthorized visitor keeps insisting on getting into the lot. What starts as a dull routine turns into an increasingly terrifying night

86% positive · 117 reviews
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Recently released, post-launch plans unclear
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Recently released, post-launch plans unclear
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Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Night Guard - The Last Shift launched on August 14, 2026 as a free-to-play horror experience. The developer describes it explicitly as "a small horror prologue centered around one particularly bad night shift," which suggests it was conceived as a self-contained release rather than an ongoing content platform. Since launch, the only developer communications have been two bug-fix hotfixes on August 15 and August 16, 2026, resolving progression-blocking issues. No DLC has been listed, no roadmap has been published, and the developer has made no announcements about future content. Because the game launched very recently — on August 14, 2026 — and the developer has not yet indicated whether this prologue will be followed by additional episodes or content, there is simply not enough post-launch history to draw a firm conclusion about its long-term content plans.
Evidence
Developer describes the game as 'a small horror prologue centered around one particularly bad night shift,' framing it as a contained experience.
news post · Aug 14, 2026 source ambiguous
medium
Hotfix 1.0.3 released fixing a progression bug — post-launch bug fixing only, no content announcements.
news post · Aug 16, 2026 source ambiguous
low

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Cubyte Games
Achievements
4
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Your job is simple: check license plates, raise the barrier, and deal with whatever comes up on the night shift

You're Logan, the security guard at a private parking lot. Cars pull up, you check the plate list, decide whether to let them in or turn them away, collect new tickets, and take care of the small routine tasks that come with the night shift.

But something begins to break the routine

Someone in a suspicious vehicle keeps insisting on getting in, always with a different excuse. The printer spits out an unsettling ticket. The lights start to fail, and footsteps echo in the dark. Then you realize someone has sealed off the only exit. Now you're trapped, and you're not alone.

Night Guard: The Last Shift is a retro first-person horror experience set in a private parking lot during the night shift.

During your shift, you will have to:

  • Check license plates and decide which vehicles can and cannot enter the parking lot.

  • Collect tickets with new license plates and unsettling information.

  • Deal with incidents as the night grows stranger and more threatening.

  • Investigate what is happening while someone toys with you in the dark.

Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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