Not Tonight
In an alternative Britain where Brexit talks have collapsed, an extreme far-right government has taken power. Citizens of European heritage have been rounded up and exiled. Forced out of your previous life, you find yourself in the midst of a booming gig economy, fighting to scrape by and return to the city you call home. Not Tonight is a post-Brexit management game, fusing a time-pressure RPG with a politically charged story where every decision matters. Will you join the resistance and fight the regime — or keep your head down and hope that one day this will all be a distant memory? Man the doors of pubs, clubs, festivals and parties, finding work via the BouncR app Check IDs, manage guestlists, and stop revellers from becoming unruly Upgrade your apartment, bouncer and equipment to better prepare yourself for the future Decide what lengths you'll go to in order to survive in a Britain on the verge of collapse
Game Discussion
Steam User 20
Somewhat easier than Papers Please, scarily close to current day, some of the sprites are hard to read against the environment backgrounds when checking photo IDs
Steam User 9
not much to say that hasn't been said by people with much more eloquence. that is to say that Not Tonight is a passable "paperwork-core" game akin to Papers, Please. the pixel art graphics are very charming, and the soundtrack is a bumping bomp of nice electronic tracks and catchy indie pop. the story is... alright? the real world connection to brexit feels kind of cheap in places, which, to add to my next point, the game is a little weird tonally. funny in the wrong places, i guess. it is also entirely too long. this game should've been like 5 hours long for a first time playthrough.
overall, i'd say 6.5/10
Steam User 11
alright listen. if you have 2 monitors this is for you. everytime you click out the game it auto pauses so you can stop and read everything properly to get nothing wrong! cheat without cheating and progress as you wish lol
story is solid!
also the dlc is actually good too, get it.
Steam User 7
nice little chill game, sold alot of drugs as a bouncer
Steam User 7
Simply put, it's not bad.
However.
It's literally just papers, please except worse in every way: Premise,story,setting,characters,gameplay,etc.
Still not a bad game but there was not a single thing about this game i enjoyed more than papers please..
Steam User 5
An alright spiritual successor of Papers, please.
For one, I enjoyed the art style and general vibe the game had. Different music for different clubs, some interesting characters here and there, and a lively environment that decays as time goes on while you are budy checking tickets, IDs and so on. The narrative was decent, but a bit on-the-nose at times. The writing could have done with a bit more "vagueness" similar to Papers, please, and put in some more difficult moral dilemmas instead of a pestering child that you can only please with vinyls/cds.
Mechanics were also fitting and engaging, but I have to say that this game goes on longer than it really needs to. Its a few hours over the original Papers, please, and while it does offer a lot of mechanics, it just feels stretched thin compared it its inspiration. Not many endings, choices don't have as much effect as you think, and gameplay gets fairly repetitive after a while. The last chapter could have just been cut, in all honesty.
And then there's a pet peeve of mine, that being that the mismatching ID photos make no sense. Oh, someone had a bob or beard in the ID photo, but not in the queue? Thats a mismatch! Like come on, how does that make sense? The difference should be blatantly obvious and not a few pixels.
I still enjoyed my time with it, but I will say that it does not come close to Papers, Please. If you are alright with that and just need something to scratch you bureaucracy-conspiracy itch, give it a try. The full price is alright, but I am happy I got it on sale.
Im giving this a 6.5/10. Pretty decent, but nothing amazing.
Steam User 4
UPDATE: I was able to fix my problem myself by going nuclear. Uninstalled and wiped the game from existence on my computer with Steam Cloud turned off. I'm ashamed to admit but... I WILL keep on playing. The game is that fun! It's Papers, Please but more quirky.
My original review still stands - TL;DR no active game support. Need to DIY if you have any probs.
ORIGINAL:
Know that there's likely no more game support. I had a lot of fun playing this game but unfortunately I ended up with buggy save/load problems and never being able to reload a game save from a specific day on. I contacted info@panicbarn.com about this twice and never hear back. The link to their discord server is dead and it looks like no one else online has been able to find it either. Shame bc I would've totally bought the DLC and Not Tonight 2.