Late Fee Video

Late Fee Video is a free simulation game made with AI by @shiftworkgames, and you can play it right here in your browser.

Uncle Ray retired and left you his video store. Late Fee Video is a first-person 1995 video store simulator set under buzzing fluorescent panels, glowing neon signs, and a carpet covered in confetti stars. Every tape is one of a kind, so no two shelves play out quite the same.

The job is hands-on: rewind the returns, alphabetize the shelves by genre, keep the candy wall stocked, and get the line moving before the regulars walk out. Grab, place, rotate, and toss items, flip your pose, and hold Tab to inspect a tape up close before it goes back on the rack.

Walk the aisles with WASD, look with the mouse, run with Shift, and crouch with C to reach the low shelves. Press Esc to pause and M to mute the store radio. Progress saves at the end of each day, so you can build up the shop one shift at a time.