Creepy Shift: House For Sale

About Creepy Shift: House For Sale

Creepy Shift: House For Sale is a first-person horror game by Night Shift Team, published by Red Limb Studio as part of its Creepy Shift series of job games, after Roadside Diner. It came out on Steam for Windows in April 2025 and on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in June 2026. Its makers say it was inspired by an original creepypasta and built around the 'rules to follow' trope.

The job sounds easy and pays well: pack up the Kowalskis' belongings, clean the house and do a few repairs so it is ready when the investor arrives in the morning. You have a pack of cigarettes, a buddy on the phone and cassettes to play. The catch is that the family is missing, the weather around the house is strange, and the father left behind a series of grim puzzles.

The night is real work. You fill boxes with belongings and junk, carry them out to your work area, tape them and feed them through a wrapping machine, then stack them on pallets in a storage unit. A tool belt holds hammers and a nail gun for furniture, walls and shutters, and there is a lot of vacuuming. You earn money for what you finish. The house opens a section at a time, and each section is locked behind its own puzzle: colour codes, a safe, valves, an old video, a puzzle with clothes.

The horror comes through the notes you find. One says to switch off a radio the moment you hear it, another to throw glowing green runes down the well in the garden. Break a rule, such as leaving the TV on too long, and the picture turns green and glitched and something comes for you. TheXboxHub's reviewer liked the light tone of the phone calls, the house changing as the sky darkens, and some well-placed jump scares, and found picking things up and the physics a little awkward.

It suits players who like cleaning and repair games and want a ghost story in the middle of the chores, and those who enjoyed Late Night Mop or Paranormal Cleanup alone.

How to play Creepy Shift: House For Sale

1. Read the task list on screen and every note you find; the notes carry the rules.
2. Pack the family's belongings into boxes, take them outside, tape and wrap them and load them in storage.
3. Clean the rooms and repair furniture, walls and shutters with the tools on your belt.
4. Solve the puzzle in each section of the house to unlock the next.
5. Obey every rule, and finish the work before dawn, when the investor arrives.

Tips

• Take the notes seriously: if one tells you to switch off a radio or deal with glowing runes, do it straight away.
• Do not leave the TV running; breaking that rule is one of the first ways to get caught out.
• The game is about two hours long, so it is easy to play in one or two sittings and to replay for a better rank.
• In the break room storage unit you can put on old horror films between jobs.

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