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Animal Daycare — How a shift runs
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About
OverviewAnimal Daycare (Anomaly) is a horror survival game by Day Dreams Games where you work a shift at a daycare, caring for visiting children while hunting down impostors hiding among them. Each shift runs through a daytime phase of regular duties and a nighttime phase where things get dangerous. This guide covers how shifts work, how to spot impostors, and how to earn every badge.
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Contents
01
How a shift runs
Step
In short
A shift is split into a daytime work phase and a nighttime survival phase, and you need to handle both well.
Every shift starts during the day, when your job looks a lot like running an actual daycare. You inspect new arrivals with the camera, prepare meals, play mini-games with the children, and keep everyone calm. Once night falls, mysterious events kick in and simply staying alive becomes the priority. Getting through the whole shift without dying is what earns you the survival badges.
- Inspect arrivals use the camera on each new visitor before letting them through
- Prepare meals get food ready for the children during the daytime phase
- Play mini-games keep the children entertained as part of your daycare duties
- Keep children calm settle them down so the daycare is ready when night comes
- Survive the night once nighttime events begin, focus entirely on staying alive
02
Finding impostors
TipsImpostors are dangerous visitors disguised as real children, and spotting them is the core challenge of every shift. The camera lets you pick up suspicious clues that you would miss with a naked-eye look, so treat every new arrival as a potential threat until the camera clears them. Letting an impostor slip through makes the nighttime phase much harder to survive. If you expose 25 impostors across all your sessions, you unlock the Imposter Hunter badge.
Tips worth knowing
- Pull up the camera for every visitor, not just the ones who already seem off
- Look for suspicious clues the camera reveals rather than judging by appearance alone
- Expose 25 impostors to earn the Imposter Hunter badge
03 Live and upcoming events
Events
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04
Survival badge milestones
Table
In short
There are four survival badges tied to how many nights you get through, and ten nights is the top of the ladder.
The game tracks how many nights you survive and hands out badges at four checkpoints. Play solo or bring up to 24 friends into a room of 25 to share the challenge.
| First Day on the Job | survive your first night |
| Still Standing | survive two nights total |
| Night Shift Veteran | survive five nights total |
| Daycare Legend | survive ten nights total |
05
Things that will get you killed
Warn
In short
Skipping daytime duties or ignoring a suspicious visitor makes the night far more dangerous than it needs to be.
The daytime phase exists to set you up for the night, so cutting corners there puts you in a bad spot when events start. An impostor you missed during inspections is one more threat waiting for you after dark. Build the habit of finishing every daytime task before the shift moves on.
Worth watching out for
Skipping visitor inspections leaves impostors free to cause trouble at night
Leaving meals unprepared or children unsettled means your daytime duties are unfinished when night arrives
06
Quick stats
SummaryIn short
The game has crossed ten million visits and supports groups of up to twenty-five players.
One figure worth knowing before you jump in: the game reached 10,617,755 total visits as measured on September 28, 2026. Rooms hold up to 25 players, so you can run any shift from a solo run to a full group.
Max players per room
25
Solo play
supported
Total visits (September 28, 2026)
10,617,755
Total badges
5
Glossary
Glossary- Shift
- One complete play session running from the daytime work phase through the nighttime survival phase.
- Impostor
- A dangerous visitor disguised as a real child who you must identify and expose using the camera.
- Nighttime event
- The second half of a shift when mysterious threats appear and staying alive takes over from daycare duties.
- Camera
- The tool you use to inspect arriving visitors and spot suspicious clues that reveal impostors.
Common questions
FAQCan I play this alone?
Yes, the game supports solo play. If you want company, rooms hold up to 25 players, so you can bring friends along for any shift.
What happens if I miss an impostor during the day?
An impostor you fail to expose during inspections remains in the daycare when night arrives, making survival harder. Thorough daytime checks are the best preparation for the nighttime phase.
What is the Imposter Hunter badge?
It is awarded for exposing 25 impostors.
Updated Sep 28, 2026
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