I'm on Observation Duty 7

About I'm on Observation Duty 7

I'm on Observation Duty 7 is a horror game by Notovia and Dreamloop Games, released on Steam on 22 October 2024 for Windows, Mac and Linux. It came to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on 15 August 2025. The store calls the series the original franchise behind the spot-the-difference horror trend.

As before, you work for a mysterious organisation and watch live surveillance footage through a night shift. Each level has its own cameras and its own anomalies, supernatural events that range from subtle changes in a room to grotesque intruders. When you see one, you open Report, choose its type, such as a dead body, a door anomaly, an extra object, an image anomaly, an intruder, a missing object or an object that has moved or been replaced, and send it. The feed cuts to a test card while the report is checked, and a correct report fixes the anomaly.

The six levels go further afield than the early games. The store screenshots show an indoor pool with a spiral waterslide, a museum with a painting gallery, a lobby and a cafeteria, a log cabin in a snowy yard, a cluttered basement, an apartment entrance where a black cat sits on a bin, a factory canning line and a lonely road past a gas station sign at night. Many of the signs in these places are in Finnish.

The fear grows out of watching. Long stretches pass with nothing obvious on the feeds, and the store asks whether you will succumb to paranoia before the night ends. The makers warn of scary monsters, some corpses, violence, blood and mild nudity. On the Steam forum, players who finished the earlier entries call this one harder, even on normal: some changes are very small, such as a stopped clock, a dimmer light or a door knob on the other side, and anomaly warnings come early in each level.

It suits players of the earlier entries, The Exit 8 and other anomaly games who want a longer and more demanding set of nights. Steam players rate it Very Positive.

How to play I'm on Observation Duty 7

1. Choose a level and start the night shift.
2. Look through every camera once to learn how each place looks at the start.
3. Switch between the cameras regularly and look for anything that has changed.
4. When you see an anomaly, open Report, choose the type and send it.
5. Keep the anomalies under control until the night is over.

Tips

• The first look at each camera is your reference; take your time with it.
• Check every camera in turn rather than watching your favourite room.
• Look at the edges of each feed and at small things: players report clocks that stop, lights that dim and objects that appear in the bottom corners.
• Choose the anomaly type with care; a missing object and a moved one are different reports.
• Replay a level once you know it; changes stand out more on a second night.

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