Service with a Shotgun

Released Nov 2025

Service With a Shotgun [SWAS] is a mash up of visual novel storytelling and chaotic wave game shooting. You're the last poor soul manning a beat-up roadside shop in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Shoot straight. Talk fast. Surely nothing can go wrong. Right?

95% positive · 100 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 Lowest $2.01 $6.70 −70% IndieGala Steam key Updated 12 Oct 2026 $6.70

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Evaluation

Service with a Shotgun launched on November 6, 2025. In the months leading up to release, the developer ran a demo phase (starting July 22, 2025) and expanded it ahead of Steam Next Fest in October 2025. The game released as a complete, self-contained experience — a visual novel/wave shooter hybrid with a defined story structure across multiple chapters. Post-launch, the developer shipped two bug-fix patches (November 13 and November 28, 2025) addressing launch issues, followed by a feature patch on January 14, 2026 that added new music for cinematic events and fixed soft-locks. The most recent developer communication was that January 14, 2026 patch. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced expansions or sequel content, no roadmap for future updates, and no developer statements indicating ongoing content plans. The game appears to have launched as a finished product. The post-launch patches are consistent with standard launch support rather than an ongoing content development cycle — there has been only one post-launch patch in 2026 (January 14), and no further communications since then as of September 14, 2026. The developer has not announced any future content, and there is no pattern of major post-launch content releases beyond the game itself.

Evidence

Game officially launched on November 6, 2025. Developer expressed excitement but made no mention of post-launch content plans or roadmap.

news post · Nov 6, 2025 source content shipped

high

Patch 2.1 added new music for cinematic events and fixed several bugs. This is the most recent developer communication as of September 14, 2026. No future content announced.

news post · Jan 14, 2026 source ambiguous

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Nolyn Vansyckle

Publisher

Silver Lining Interactive

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Pixel Graphics Visual Novel FPS Text-Based Post-apocalyptic Zombies First-Person JRPG Capitalism Satire Action Survival Cartoon Retro Casual

About this game

As if retail wasn't hell enough...

You're the last poor soul manning a beat-up roadside shop in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. The world's gone to hell, but somehow your "Open" sign still flickers. Between lunatic customers, long shifts, and the occasional undead trying to snag a snack, you're keeping the business alive - barely. Because even in the apocalypse, someone’s gotta work retail.

Part visual novel, part chaotic flash-game shooter, SWAS is a wild ride through survival customer service, and the weird bonds we forge in unexpected circumstances. Blast your way through zombie hordes, slap together last-minute defences, and deal with a rotating cast of desperate, and sometimes deranged regulars.

Every chapter in SWAS cranks up the chaos with wild twists, new characters, and new threats. What starts as a simple shift quickly spirals out of control. Shoot straight. Talk fast. Surely nothing can go wrong. Right?

Features:

Visual Novel X FPS - A unique blend of genres to combine story-telling with action!
5 Story-Rich Chapters - Each chapter in SWAS brings a new twist and challenge as the story unfolds.