> Shift At Midnight Endings

Everything you need to know about every ending in Shift At Midnight — how to reach each one and what choices affect your outcome.

Story Mode Overview

Shift At Midnight features 13 randomly generated shifts in Story Mode. Each playthrough takes you through a complete campaign where your choices — particularly regarding Clyde and the Pet — determine which Shift At Midnight ending you receive. The game tracks multiple parameters across your playthrough, including who you call, who survives, and potentially other hidden conditions. The Fandom wiki documents four Shift At Midnight endings in total. Understanding the ending requirements is essential for players aiming to complete the game's full story arc.

Grave Decision Ending

The Grave Decision ending is the fastest ending to reach, with speedrunner Chocler completing it in approximately 34 minutes. This ending has a 32.5% achievement unlock rate on Steam, making it the second-rarest ending achievement. The achievement description is not fully visible on the Steam Community page, but the name "Grave Decision" strongly suggests a critical choice — likely regarding whether to save or abandon Clyde or the Pet. This ending can be reached on a first playthrough and represents the baseline conclusion of the story.

True Ending

The True Ending is the canonical best ending in Shift At Midnight. According to the Fandom wiki, the unlock conditions are specific: do not call Clyde after completing the 12th shift, have $250 of shared revenue gathered by the end of your run, and pay for your pet's surgery. The wiki confirms this is one of four endings in the game. Speedrunner Chocler achieved this ending in approximately 1 hour 13 minutes, and the "True Ending" achievement has a 15.8% unlock rate on Steam. The True Ending culminates in a boss fight against The Dentist, as confirmed by Dawko's video "Shift At Midnight TRUE ENDING - THE DENTIST IS REVEALED."

Secret Ending

A secret ending in Shift At Midnight has been documented by the YouTube community, with a short titled "Shift at midnight secret ending?" accumulating over 243,000 views. Additional videos reference this secret ending with descriptions suggesting hidden unlock conditions. The exact requirements for the secret ending are not fully documented in text guides and likely involve hidden parameters tracked across multiple playthroughs. This may be tied to the "Empty Home" achievement, which has only a 9.9% unlock rate — the rarest achievement in the game. As community documentation continues to develop, specific secret ending conditions may become clearer.

Ending Decision Tree

Based on Mahchine's 100% walkthrough chapter structure and Chocler's speedrun categories, the ending decision tree works as follows:

The Dentist Boss Fight

The Dentist is the final boss of Shift At Midnight, encountered during the ending sequence. Dawko's video confirms that the Dentist is revealed during the True Ending cutscene, implying a narrative twist about the Dentist's identity. The Dentist moves quickly, breaks through boarded doors, and is vulnerable to fire. Team strategy requires one player to kite the boss while others focus damage. Keep moving at all times and never let yourself get cornered. If the fight becomes overwhelming, retreat through the ventilation system and regroup.

Endless Mode Unlock

Endless Mode is unlocked after completing Story Mode, regardless of which ending you achieved. According to the developer's FAQ on bunmuen.com, Endless Mode is currently in BETA and provides infinite nights of gameplay rather than a fixed 13-shift structure. The mode is described as "an unfinished gamemode, hence the beta." A major free update planned for Q4 2026 will add exclusive customers, weapons, traps, and monsters to Endless Mode. The mode will continue to receive updates to "properly flesh it out as a gamemode."

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