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Late Shift

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…

52 9 March 2016

Late Shift is an adventure developed by CtrlMovie, released 9 March 2016 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 2.5 hrs to finish.

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What Late Shift is

Late Shift is an adventure game developed by CtrlMovie and released in 2016. It was published by Wales Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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 in a choose-your-own-adventure style gameplay that can lead to one of seven conclusions.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Late Shift holds a critic score of 52 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points below the year average. Players rate it 59, 7 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 2.5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 11.0 compatible video card. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Late Shift launched on 9 March 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Stardew Valley and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Stardew Valley, SuperHot.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Late Shift — frequently asked questions

When did Late Shift come out?
Late Shift was released on 9 March 2016 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Late Shift?
At minimum, Late Shift needs 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, DirectX 11.0 compatible video card graphics, 7 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Late Shift?
The main story of Late Shift takes around 2.5 hrs.
How many GB is Late Shift?
The PC version needs about 7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("7 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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