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5 Nights at Data Center

Steam release: 5 Nights at Data Center

Walter Kessler works the night shift at a data center that is always quiet, always cold, and never quite right. Five nights of first-person psychological horror: clear the alerts, walk the halls, answer the radio, and make it to six.

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About the game

Walter Kessler works the night shift at a data center that is always quiet, always cold, and never quite right.

The job

  • Lock up the lobby, ride the lift down and take your seat at the console.
  • Clear the alarms, walk your rounds through the server halls and log every incident on the whiteboard.
  • Answer the desk radio. Follow procedure. Make it to six.



Every shift runs from 22:00 to 06:00, and every shift goes wrong in its own way.



Features

  • Five handcrafted nights of slow-burn, first-person psychological horror. Replay any night you have finished.
  • No combat and no game-over screens. The dread does the work.
  • An arcade room with nine playable games, plus chess against the computer.
  • Interface and subtitles in 29 languages, with adjustable subtitle size, background and speaker names.
  • Mouse and keyboard, keyboard only, or an Xbox / PlayStation controller.
  • 20 Steam achievements.



Contains flashing and strobing lights, sudden loud sounds, jump scares and themes some players may find distressing. Players with photosensitive epilepsy should take care.

Achievements