The Long Shift

Merge Mystery

A cozy merge mystery: a polar-station buffet and twelve people with a secret

Coming soon to Google Play

The first story: Static & Snow

Cover of the story Static & Snow: a polar station at night with a lit window

A polar station. The polar night. The one warm place at the edge of the map is your buffet.

Every day the same twelve people come to the counter: a mechanic, a doctor, a meteorologist, a pilot, a radio operator, a cook who forgot one small thing in a recipe. You build their orders on a merge board — snow becomes hot water, hot water becomes tea, flour becomes a pie. And between orders, they talk. From their words, from the notes the previous shift left behind, from what you hear in the radio static, one mystery takes shape: what happened at this station last year — and whose call sign still sounds in the static.

What's here

A merge kitchenSix chains: bread, drinks, soups, sweets, meat, greens. A stove and an oven, kitchen upgrades for coins, rare items from supply drops.
Twelve people with storiesEach has a favourite thing, their own words for you and their own piece of the truth. Gifts, trust, long talks at the counter.
Night at the stationWhen the buffet is closed, walk the corridor: the generator room, the medbay, the radio room, the drilling site, the old wing. Every module holds the things and notes of those who were here before you.
The radioTune the frequency — there are voices on the air that shouldn't be there.
The evidence boardPin cards, connect them with thread, draw conclusions; the station answers the right pairs.
The residents' councilOnce a chapter the station decides together — and lives with the outcome.
A story with an endingSeven chapters, one winter, an honest finale. No padding.

A collection of stories

Cover: the polar station — Static & Snow

Cover: a dining car at night, not open yet — The Train That Never Stops

Cover: a bunker, not open yet — The Lights Stay On

Static & Snow is the first story in The Long Shift. The collection grows: next come a train that never stops and a bunker where the lights stay on. Every story ends — and opens the next one. Your progress across stories lives on the shelf.

Honest about money

The game is free. There are ads — one purchase removes them. Money buys fuel for the kitchen, conveniences and buffet decor. Coins are not for sale: the story, the modules, the findings and the broadcasts open through play only. You can't lose a day: fuel only slows the kitchen down — it never stops the story.

Tone

Unease at night, warmth by day. No horror, no gore — a mystery you want to finish, not switch off. For players 13 and up.

English and Ukrainian
Works offline
Android