Welder Wanted: Shift Ends At Dawn

Welder Wanted is a first-person industrial horror game where you take a job at an underground facility performing welding shifts. Each of seven procedurally-varied shifts tasks you with cutting into sealed rooms, gathering scrap metal, and operating a welding torch tethered to a generator—your only light source. The cable constantly threatens to tangle or snap, adding tension to every movement. In the sealed rooms, you encounter entities left behind by previous workers, each bound by a single behavioral rule indicated by chalk marks: some prohibit noise, light, eye contact, or proximity. Between shifts, you visit a masked merchant to purchase upgrades like longer cables, better boots, and repair kits, managing limited funds to improve your survival chances. The game features three endings and combines resource management, environmental puzzle-solving, and psychological horror with hand-crafted welding and cutting mechanics.