Pawn After Dark

Trade by day. Defend by night.

A rusty lamp. A broken appliance. In the wasteland, either could be your next profit.

In Pawn After Dark, you run your own secondhand shop. Bargain with customers, bring old goods back to life, and grow your business. But armed raiders come at night—and you must defend everything you worked for during the day.

Shop management, hands-on repairs, and crafting meet first-person combat. Your day’s earnings fund your next night’s defenses.

Buy low. Sell for a profit.

Every deal starts at your counter. Buy used goods, negotiate prices, and fill your shelves with items ready for a new owner.

Decide what goes straight onto the sales floor and what deserves some time in your workshop. Spot the value beneath the dirt and rust, and turn old goods into fresh income.

Bring old goods back to life.

Get to work on repairable devices yourself: remove dirt and rust, loosen screws, and replace faulty components.

Step by step, turn a neglected object into something useful again. The work happens at your bench—and the results go on your shelves.

Build a shop of your own.

Place shelves, arrange your sales floor, and display your goods. Expand your shop, improve your skills, and put your earnings back into the business.

A better workshop, new equipment, or stronger defenses: you decide where your next profit goes.

Make use of what others throw away.

Scrap and materials are the foundation of new equipment. Craft weapons and defensive structures to get your shop ready for the night.

Decide what to sell and what to keep for your own protection. Every resource could help your business grow—or help you defend it.

Defend what you’ve built.

At night, armed raiders threaten your shop. Prepare your fences and turrets, stock up on ammunition, and take up arms yourself.

This is where your preparations are put to the test. A strong defense begins long before the first shot.

Your shop. Your work. Your risk.