Shift At Midnight language support
Shift At Midnight lists 9 supported languages on Steam, and Steam's store data marks all nine as having full audio support (read 10 October 2026). The Xbox listing also showed 9 supported languages when this page was written on 10 September 2026; it was not re-checked.
Last updated 2026-10-10 · the crossplay sentence, full-audio, UI-fix and patience statements re-checked 10 October 2026 against the official Steam announcements and Steam store data · rest of the page last verified 10 September 2026 (written against the 29 July 2026 patch) and not re-checked against the 20 August and 1 September 2026 patches (see the updates page)
The full list
All nine languages below are confirmed as supported. Steam's store data marks each of them as having full audio support (read 10 October 2026); it does not break support down further into interface and subtitles.
| English | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
|---|---|
| French | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
| German | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
| Spanish (Spain) | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
| Japanese | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
| Russian | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
| Simplified Chinese | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
| Traditional Chinese | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Listed; marked as having full audio support (Steam store data, 10 October 2026) |
Source for the count and rows: the official Steam store listing. The count is independently corroborated by the Xbox store listing, which also states "9 Supported languages" without listing them individually on the visible page.
Steam's store data, read on 10 October 2026, marks all nine languages with the footnote “languages with full audio support”. That is the store listing's own marking; we have not played the game in each language to check it. The 20 August 2026 patch note also says “Fixed certain UI and world issues in other languages”, without naming languages.
What this means if you're playing in a language other than English
Because the core loop is reading a customer's ID, cross-checking the N.E.T. database, and judging their behaviour, audio and text localization would matter more here than in a lot of genres if the audio claim holds — a doppelganger's tell can be something said, not just something shown.
Content rating, and why it comes up in the same searches
The Xbox store listing carries a Mature 17+ rating with the descriptors "Violence, Blood and Gore" and "Language" — separate from the language-localization question above, but people frequently search for language support and content rating together when deciding whether a game is appropriate for a household. Steam's own content description is looser but consistent: the developers describe the game as containing "plenty of gore and blood," which lines up with the Xbox descriptor rather than contradicting it.
Playing in a different language does not affect who you can play with. The barrier for multiplayer is the storefront, not the localization — Steam players will only play with other Steam players, per the developer (10 July 2026; see the crossplay page), and that applies regardless of which of the nine languages either player has selected.
How to change the language
We have not found an official step-by-step from Kwalee for switching the in-game language, so treat the following as the standard approach for this kind of Steam release rather than a confirmed, game-specific procedure. On Steam, language usually follows your Steam client's interface language by default, with an in-game settings menu to override it if the game exposes one; on Xbox, it typically follows your console or Microsoft account's display language. If the game does not expose its own language selector in the options menu, the Steam client language is the first thing to check — right-click the game in your library, open Properties, and look for a Language dropdown before assuming the game is missing support it actually has.
Unconfirmed: whether Shift At Midnight has its own in-game language override independent of the platform setting. If you have verified this either way, let us know and we will update this section with the confirmed steps.
Languages not on the list
Nine covers a lot of the largest PC and Xbox markets, but it leaves out several common requests: Italian, Korean, Polish, and Thai are not on either store listing as of this check. There is no announced plan to add more languages that we have found — if one is announced, it will show up as a new row on the official store listings before it shows up anywhere else, this page included.
Quick answers
Is Shift At Midnight available in my language?
Check the table above. If your language is not one of the nine listed, it is not currently supported on either Steam or Xbox, and the interface will default to whichever supported language is closest to your system settings (typically English).
Does it have voice acting in every language, or just subtitles?
Steam's store data marks all nine languages as having full audio support (read 10 October 2026). We have not checked it in-game.
Is Simplified and Traditional Chinese both supported?
Yes, both are listed separately on the Steam store page, each marked as having full audio support (10 October 2026).