Night Portable Demo Puts a 2000s Used Game Shop Night Shift in Survival Horror
The demo lets players try a survival horror built around a mundane night shift, where a retro handheld doubles as both a mini-game device and a survival meter.
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Pumpkin Miso Studio has put a demo of Night Portable on Steam. The survival horror adventure is set in a 2000s used game shop, where the protagonist takes a suspicious high-paying night shift from midnight to 6 AM. A supernatural entity roams the store, and the player balances work and survival by watching brightness and footsteps. A retro handheld console shows the remaining grace period; contact with the entity cracks the screen.
The demo is live on Steam, and the full game is due within 2026. The night shift is only one layer. 2D mini-games, played in a retro handheld style, reward items that carry into the survival part; the rewards change each night, and when the player uses them can decide survival. After the shift, a side-scrolling ADV part opens, letting the player explore past scenery and relive events tied to the entity, closing in on the truth of the curse that reaches the present. Estimated playtime runs 45 minutes to an hour.
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