Shift At Midnight Endings: Every Confirmed Detail

How many endings does Shift At Midnight have?

Three main endings, confirmed by multiple major guide publications covering the full release: Empty House, Grave Decision, and the True Ending. You reach one of them by surviving the 13 night shifts of Story Mode and beating the finale — which ending you get comes down to your endgame decision and how much money you accumulated along the way.

A fourth, secret ending may exist: one video walkthrough shows an ending beyond the standard three, but its requirements are unconfirmed, so it is marked as such rather than documented here.

What decides your ending

Two confirmed factors, reported consistently across guides of the full game:

• Your final decision. The endgame presents a choice, and guides consistently name the same pivotal call: whether or not you call Sheriff Clyde.
• Your accumulated money. The cash you bank across the shifts is not just a score — it gates at least one ending. One guide ties a specific target to the story: $250 for pet surgery. That exact figure comes from a single source, so treat it as a strong pointer rather than a guaranteed threshold.

Because the 13 shifts are procedurally generated, the route to any ending is about the decisions and savings you accumulate, not about replaying one scripted final scene.

The three endings

Empty House

One of the two standard outcomes reported by every major guide. Its naming and placement in the set of three is consistent across sources; exact per-ending requirement splits are still being pinned down.

Grave Decision

The second standard outcome, named consistently across the same guides. The "decision" in the name matches the confirmed mechanic: the endgame choice about Clyde is a primary ending driver.

True Ending

The demanding one. Per the most detailed guide coverage, the True Ending requires not calling Clyde while having enough money banked — both conditions at once. Full-game playthrough footage confirms the True Ending is reachable, though the exact money threshold it checks is Pending confirmation.

Who is Clyde?

Story explainers describe Clyde Dawson as the town's sheriff and the first visitor of your initial shift — the man who welcomes you to the job and warns you, in effect, about what walks in at night. Later story events put him at the center of the endgame choice, which is why one phone call carries so much weight.

Is there a secret ending?

Possibly. A video titled around "all endings + secret ending" documents footage of an ending outside the standard three. No written guide in the collected research confirms its name or unlock conditions, so the secret ending stays unresolved here — real enough to mention, unverified enough not to document step by step.

Endings in co-op

Story Mode runs in online co-op with the same 13-shift structure. Whether lobby size or group decisions change ending outcomes is Pending confirmation.

Practical advice for ending hunters

• Bank money every shift. Since accumulated cash gates the True Ending, treat the register as seriously as the screening.
• Track the story events. Clyde is not a random customer — pay attention when he shows up.
• Finish all 13 shifts. Endings only resolve after the full run and the finale.
• Replay with different choices. Three confirmed endings plus a possible secret one is the point of the branching structure.

Exact per-ending checklists beyond what is marked above are Pending confirmation and will not be invented here.