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I'm on Observation Duty
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“there was a guy jerking off in the bathroom and that was very awkward to watch with my little brother”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“rating: 4.5/5 the sileNCE was so loud!!! and the jumpscares got me more than once D: why did i buy the whole collection honestly??? (still can't wait to play the next ones lol) edit: i forgot to mention it somehow BUT the game contains nudity and explicit content! i wasn’t aware…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Even though it's all black and white and the graphics is a little bit dated, it looks even scarier than modern versions. The freakin' intruders!!!! I haven't been this scared in my life... definitely recommend.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:49 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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I'm on Observation Duty 8 demo is OUT NOW!
I'm on Observation Duty 8 demo is out now. Please note that the game is still under development and some aspects present in the demo are subject to change. Happy anomaly hunting!
Small update
-Made shadow anomalies look better -The secret got bugged last update. It's now fixed
Update!
Hello everyone! New update is out. Here's what's new: - Removed the "Cutlery movement" anomaly option from the old house -level. Use belongings movement instead. - Korean and Russian languages have be
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Horror · Psychological Horror · Nudity · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Puzzle · Hidden Object (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Korean, Russian, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://notovia.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: CPU: SSE2 instruction set support. Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities. Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: 64 bit