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Mechanics

Gameplay reference

The rules that affect decisions, money, and survival—without internal keys or duplicate prompt text.

Verify visitors

  • Search the name in the store computer and compare the person with the resident record.
  • Ask about contradictions in clothing, appearance, mood, movement, or identity.
  • The Reviews tab records why an earlier decision was wrong.
  • This is the Anomaly Lens. Use it to inspect customers. If the screen reveals any anomalies or differences from reality, the customer is a doppelganger. You are recommended to briefly scan every customer with the Anomaly Lens.
  • This is the EmotiScope. It reads customer emotions, and allows you to question them on their emotion. It is 100% accurate, but take note: Some doppelgangers are able to replicate human emotions. Some can't.

Keep the store profitable

  • A higher store rating causes customers to buy more items.
  • Cleaning blood and throwing away trash improves revenue.
  • Returning items, fueling cars, transactions, and cleanup are tracked revenue events.
  • Customers have begun to leave without paying if they wait too long for service. Customers have more patience if the store rating is high. If a doppelganger's patience runs empty, it will alert the Entity.

Survive assaults

  • Buy traps before an assault and use them when the store comes under attack.
  • Melee weapons can destroy limbs.
  • Vents eject you if you remain inside too long, and an irritated Entity can search them.

Survival guide

Enemy counters

The Entity

Counter: Stay quiet and use fire.

  • -= THIS IS AN OFFICIAL WARNING FROM N.E.T. =- An eight-legged hostile monstrosity has been observed targeting establishments that fail to correctly identify doppelgangers. It is currently unknown how or why. Experts confirm that The Entity CANNOT SEE, but CAN HEAR. It also demonstrates a high vulnerability to FIRE.
  • The ENTITY has killed you. Fire is effective against it.

Demented

Counter: Prepare traps; it can only be hurt while no one is looking at it.

  • -= THIS IS AN OFFICIAL WARNING FROM N.E.T. =- Tall, black creature spotted around the Entity. It is EXTREMELY fast and strong, but looking directly at it will freeze it in place. While frozen, it is completely INVINCIBLE to all damage. Traps MUST be set up in advance to deal with this creature.
  • These creatures are only vulnerable to damage when not being observed.
  • The DEMENTED has captured you. Prepare traps in advance to kill it.

Jack-in-the-box

Counter: Rewind it immediately and never let the song finish three times.

  • -= THIS IS AN OFFICIAL WARNING FROM N.E.T. =- A Jack-in-the-box music box has recently been spotted near the entity. If you see it, rewind the music box immediately. Do NOT allow the song to finish three times.

Shrieking Doll

Counter: Use bludgeoning melee weapons.

  • -= THIS IS AN OFFICIAL WARNING FROM N.E.T. =- A small, leaping creature that highly resembles a children's doll has been spotted around the Entity. Field reports suggest it is EXTREMELY vulnerable to BLUDGEON attacks.
  • The SHRIEKING DOLL has pierced you. Melee weapons are effective against it.

Marionette

Counter: Expect it to accelerate as it takes damage.

  • You died to the MARIONETTE. The more damage it has taken, the faster it moves.

Blood Moon

-= THIS IS AN OFFICIAL WARNING FROM N.E.T. =- As you may have noticed from the rain, a Blood Moon will occur tonight. For those unaware, a Blood Moon signifies that an Entity attack is GUARANTEED tonight. REMINDER: Completing transactions with doppelgangers will trigger even stronger assaults.

Modes and progression

  • STORY MODE 13 shifts with a mix of fixed story events and randomly generated nights.
  • ENDLESS MODE (BETA) Fully randomized shifts with no fixed events. LOCKED until story mode is completed. A free, major ENDLESS MODE update is planned for Q4 2026, with exclusive customers, weapons, traps, monsters and more.

Economy facts

$40Medicine bill
$250Surgery cost
$20Rats cleared
$20Roaches cleared
$20Bounty claimed
  • Coupon: 15% OFF 1 WHOLE ORDER. Minimum $5, Maximum $50 base order. Expires: 05/03/1991.
  • Missing dog: REWARD: $50 — GUILLERMO Brown Labrador Yellow Collar.
  • Despair: EARNING TOO MANY DESPAIR POINTS WILL RESULT IN THIS SAVE FILE BEING ERASED.

See every bill, major choice, and ending requirement

What the shift report tracks

These are all 18 named revenue events recorded by the current build. Only the three guaranteed $20 bonuses expose a fixed amount in readable data.

Sales and service

  • Transaction
  • Stocked Item
  • Fuelled Car
  • Items Returned
  • Money Returned
  • Wheel Spin

Cleanup and pest control

  • Mopped
  • Thrown Trash
  • Thrown Rat
  • Killed Roach
  • Rat Catching Bonus
  • Roach Killing Bonus

Incidents and compensation

  • Bounty Claimed
  • Breach Compensation
  • Browsing Customer Killed
  • Human Killed
  • Troublemaker Killed
  • Cheats

Objective reference

14 current objectives cover shift setup, hunts, generator repair, forest travel, and finding the real bus.

Open the grouped objective list

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