Night Record: Thin Walls

Night Record: Thin Walls

Released Sep 2026

Welcome to the building. Your husband is gone, and his keys are yours now. The stairs need sweeping, the boiler needs feeding, the neighbors are waiting. Come in, close the door, and listen. It's quiet here. Quiet in all the wrong ways.

80% positive · 108 reviews
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Evaluation

Night Record: Thin Walls launched on September 19, 2026 and has received a steady stream of post-launch updates. Since release, the developer has shipped several patches adding new scenes, expanded dialogue, localization support, additional endgame content, a driveable bicycle mechanic, and new Steam achievements. More importantly, the developer's October 2, 2026 update post explicitly states that a new cinematic ending scene is currently in development. According to the developer, this scene will address unresolved narrative questions, wrap up key story points, and "set the stage for future content" — language that signals this is not the final piece of the game. This is a clear, direct statement from the developer that additional content is actively being worked on and has not yet shipped.
Evidence
Developer announces a new cinematic ending scene is in development to address unresolved narrative questions and 'set the stage for future content'
news post · Oct 2, 2026 source content planned
high
Game launched on September 19, 2026 as a full release
news post · Sep 19, 2026 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Althera Studio
Achievements
12
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Your husband is gone. His keys, his boiler, his neighbors are yours now.

And in this building, the walls are very, very thin.

THE STORY

For years, Vadim has looked after a crumbling post-Soviet apartment block: sweeping its stairwells, keeping its old boiler alive, knowing every tenant by name. When his mother falls ill, he has to leave, and his wife Elvira takes over his work.

The first days are almost comforting. Picking up the neighbors' orders from the corner kiosk and delivering them door to door. Dust on the stairs. A boiler that needs feeding. Familiar faces behind familiar doors.

Then, little by little, things start to go wrong.

Small things. Easy to ignore. At first.

A JOB LIKE ANY OTHER

Clean the hallways. Light the boiler. Take out the trash. Pick up the residents' orders from the kiosk and bring them to their doors. Every task is ordinary, and every task takes Elvira somewhere she may not want to go: a dark basement, a silent floor, a door that should have stayed closed.

EVERY OBJECT REMEMBERS

Old photographs, worn furniture, a home built over a lifetime with Vadim. Elvira's apartment is full of memories. The building around her is full of other people's secrets.

THE NIGHTS ARE DIFFERENT

When the lights go out across the courtyard, the building changes. Sounds travel through the walls. Something moves where no one should be. And you start to wonder who else is awake.

KEY FEATURES

  • Live a caretaker's routine: cleaning, boiler duty, kiosk runs and deliveries, trash collection, and the intercom. Each day pulls you a little deeper.

  • A building full of neighbors: a nurse, a man who drinks too much, a tenant who lives alone with his cats. Each has a story, and not all of them want it told.

  • Slow-burn psychological horror, built from small details that slowly go wrong, until they don't stay small.

  • Photorealistic post-Soviet setting with a worn VHS-tape look.

  • A short, focused story of about 2 hours, made to be played in one or two evenings.

  • Available in 15 languages.

In a place where every sound travels through thin walls, being alone is never truly safe.

Last evaluated Oct 7, 2026
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