Up to 200x hourly pay · Your money or your life?

Eclipse Night Shift

A pixel rule-horror job game. Draw a lot for a night shift and follow the slip’s rules to judge whether the person walking up to you is actually human. Flashlight, a close look at the face, a glance down at the feet, an ID check. Get it wrong once and it gets in your face.

Start the Night Shift Play the Daily Lot

Free · No download · Best in portrait on a phone · 5–10 minutes a run · Sudden scares and sound

Game screen: a night shift at a convenience store, a customer in red standing at the register, the countdown clock at top right Full-screen scare after a wrong call: a paper effigy face slams onto the screen
In a nutshell: Eclipse Night Shift is a free browser rule-horror game. You work night shifts at a convenience store, an old apartment block, an amusement park, a hospital ward, and a funeral wake, and anyone who walks in might not be human. The slip’s rules tell you how to tell (for example, “Shows no shadow under the flashlight: Refuse”). Check carefully before you let anyone in, survive until dawn to get paid, then spend your wages on a worse lot that pays better.
Under a bridge beneath a blood-red moon, Mr. Moon, the agent in a white mask, hands night-shift lots to people in line
The night of the eclipse, under the overpass, Mr. Moon was handing out lots.
Daily Lot
A Dire night shift, the same for everyone, once a day. Finish it, get a one-line block score, and send it to a friend to see who judged more calls right.
Play the Daily Lot

How to Play

  1. Draw a lot.Fair, Middling, Ill, Dire, Doom: the worse the lot, the higher the pay multiplier (20x to 200x), the more rules, and the tighter the time.
  2. Read the slip.Each shift has 3–7 rules, like “Shows no shadow under the flashlight: Refuse” or “Looking down, toes point backward: Pull down the gate.” Rules have exceptions. Some tell you to throw a pinch of salt at their feet, and the worse lots mix in fake rules.
  3. Check them.When someone walks up, you get a few seconds: shine the flashlight for a shadow, lean in on the face, look down at the feet, stare them down, ask a question, or check ID. You can also tap the scene directly.
  4. Let in or refuse.Right calls pay. Wrong calls cost a life, and any “non-human” you let through comes back for you. When all three lives are gone, you never clock out.
  5. Save wages, bring gear, go back in.Night goggles, red string, demon mirror shards… The gear you buy changes how each run plays, and the Codex collects the origin story of every one of “them.”

Full rules, how to spot all six of “them,” and the lot stats table →

What happens when you get it wrong

Paper effigy face jump scare
Effigy Guests
Red eyes jump scare
Stared too long
Grin jump scare
The Grin
Upside-down face jump scare
The one who turned around

Why it’s worth playing

The rules lie to you

The slip’s rules can contradict each other, and the worse lots mix in fake rules and torn slips. The real skill is knowing which line to trust.

Every run is different

Five night-shift locations, six kinds of “them,” a dozen-plus relics, and a pile of random events combine, and every lot you draw changes the night.

Made for comparing

The Daily Lot is the same for everyone. In Same-Lot Duels, send a friend your lot code and play the same shift to see who lasts longer.

FAQ

Do I need to download it?No. Open it in your browser and play. Your save is stored in your own browser, and clearing browser data will erase it.
Is it scary?It has sudden full-screen faces, screen flashes, and screaming sound effects, triggered by wrong calls, staring at something too long, or letting a non-human through. If you scare easily, turn off the sound in the game. With your system’s “reduce motion” on, the shaking is toned down.
Is it free?Free, with no in-app purchases. Drawing lots uses the wages you earn in the game.
What’s the difference between the Daily Lot and a normal run?The Daily Lot is one per day, identical for everyone, always a Dire lot, and ends with a block score. Play on consecutive days to build a streak.
Can I play on a computer?Yes, but it’s designed for a portrait phone screen, so on a computer it shows up as a narrow vertical strip.