Corner Shop: NightShift, a first-person horror sim about running a failing convenience store through the night, is out now on Xbox Series X|S and PC with Xbox Play Anywhere support, according to Xbox Wire. The listed price is $19.99, and the Xbox Wire page showed $17.99 as a current price on November 3, 2026.
The game comes from Live Motion Games and is published by PlayWay S.A. Steam lists a release date of Mar 12, 2026 for Windows, while the Xbox Store listing shows 10/30/2026 for the versions sold there.
What is Corner Shop: NightShift about?
You play Adam Callahan, a night shift worker whose wife is gone, whose daughter was taken and whose life is falling apart, according to the store description. He takes the job to prove he can start over, but the store keeps dragging his past back to the surface.
The pitch is horror built on an ordinary job. Blackouts, alarms and unsettling customers interrupt the routine, and the player has to find the truth, manage stress and keep paranoia from taking over.
How does it play?
The game has two modes:
- Story Mode: about 15 hours at an average pace, with 4 endings based on your choices
- Endless Mode: open ended play focused on growing and managing the store, with ongoing horror elements
Day to day, you stock shelves, clean up, take deliveries, scan items and serve customers with snacks, sandwiches and kebabs. You can upgrade the store with cameras, alarms and stronger locks, and you have to balance your time, your money and your sanity.
Game Director Radosław Kaśkiewicz explains in a developer post on Xbox Wire that the systems feed the story. A security camera protects the store but can also make you doubt what you saw, and working longer earns money you need but has consequences through exhaustion. Your choices decide what you uncover and which ending you reach. He adds that you cannot solve every problem Adam has, but you can decide how to react to them.
How did the developers handle mental health?
According to Kaśkiewicz, the team discussed the subject with psychologists experienced in serious mental health conditions and with specialists familiar with difficult family situations. Scenes with Adam’s psychologist and with his wife were developed and reviewed with specialist input.
He says the game is still a fictional psychological horror game and that situations are sometimes exaggerated on purpose to build tension. The aim was to avoid easy shortcuts, such as a psychologist who simply explains the plot or a wife who exists only to make the hero feel guilty. In his words: “Mental illness itself was never supposed to be the monster.”
The Xbox Store lists the game as PEGI 18, with content descriptors for alcohol and tobacco use and cash rewards.
What PC specs does it need?
Steam lists Windows only. The published requirements are:
- Minimum: Windows 10, a mid range Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 processor, 8 GB RAM, a GeForce RTX or Radeon RX graphics card, 20 GB of storage
- Recommended: Windows 11, a newer Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 5 processor, 8 GB RAM, a stronger GeForce RTX or Radeon RX graphics card, 20 GB of storage
Steam also lists single player support, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing. On Xbox, the listing mentions optimization for Xbox Series X|S, achievements and Xbox cloud saves.
Prices
Xbox Wire shows $19.99 as the regular price and $17.99 as a reduced price on its November 3, 2026 post, without naming the currency beyond the dollar sign. Steam lists $19.99 as well.
The Xbox Store listing for Iceland shows ISK 1,849, with ISK 1,664 as a sale price at the time of writing. A Halloween Bundle that includes the game is listed at ISK 4,199 there. Prices differ by store and region and can change at any time, so check your own store before buying. The listings we read did not show the game as part of Game Pass.
Who it suits
Fans of narrative horror. If you like stories where the unsettling part is a doubt about what is real, the focus on security cameras, blackouts and Adam’s uncertain memory is the draw.
Players who enjoy store simulators. Stocking, cleaning, scanning and upgrading are central, and Endless Mode keeps the management side going after the story ends.
Players who want replay value. Four endings that depend on your choices give a reason to run the 15 hour Story Mode more than once.
Who should wait. The themes include family breakdown and deteriorating mental health, and the game carries a PEGI 18 rating. If those subjects are difficult for you right now, read the store pages first. Players on older PCs should also compare their hardware with the listed minimum.
What is still unknown: the sources do not say whether more content is planned, and they do not list prices for every country.
Next step: read Xbox Wire’s developer post and check the Xbox Store or Steam listing for the price in your own currency.
