This must be the weirdest combination of genius and stupid at the same time. The game feels in it's first moments like you're a prisoner whom has been sentinced to finding needles in a giant haystack, then you find out they're going to pay you like 1 cent per needle, which still amounts to millions if you take your job seriously, and suddenly you don't feel like a prisoner, but a business owner. I'm actually reinstalling the demo because this busy work has the right combination of elements to actually be weirdly appealing. My only criticism is that I can't set up more places to sell my rolls of hay made paper, since the default one is getting clogged by production lines, and as the haystack starts to 'move' my framerates are annihilated.
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Find The Needle Demo
The demo of Find The Needle. Every figure here is from the demo’s own reviews.
One of the 25 demos in our October 2026 Next Fest report
90%Very Positive
of all 1,361 reviews on Steam92%▲ 2
recommend the game, last 7 days267▲ 22%
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| Day | Recommended | Not recommended | Recommending the game |
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| 12 October, 7 days before | 33 | 2 | 94% |
| 13 October, 7 days before | 22 | 2 | 92% |
| 14 October, 7 days before | 29 | 5 | 85% |
| 15 October, 7 days before | 25 | 2 | 93% |
| 16 October, 7 days before | 38 | 1 | 97% |
| 17 October, 7 days before | 18 | 0 | 100% |
| 18 October, 7 days before | 40 | 2 | 95% |
| 19 October, last 7 days | 36 | 4 | 90% |
| 20 October, last 7 days | 29 | 2 | 94% |
| 21 October, last 7 days | 28 | 3 | 90% |
| 22 October, last 7 days | 31 | 2 | 94% |
| 23 October, last 7 days | 38 | 5 | 88% |
| 24 October, last 7 days | 41 | 1 | 98% |
| 25 October, last 7 days | 42 | 5 | 89% |
Most helpful reviews, 19 to 25 October
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It is fun however it is a copy of the original needle in a haystack game called Needle In A Haystack Simulator by Studio Bitdot. don't buy this version when it comes out buy the original.
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| Language | Reviews | Share | Players recommending the gameThe line marks all languages together, 90%. The chip shows how far each language is above or below it. |
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| English | 615 | 45% | 89%−1 |
| Russian | 180 | 13% | 88%−2 |
| German | 154 | 11% | 92%+2 |
| Turkish | 102 | 7% | 91%+1 |
| Simplified Chinese | 72 | 5% | 85%−5 |
| Korean | 42 | 3% | 93%+3 |
| French | 31 | 2% | 100%+10 |
| Japanese | 25 | 2% | 84%−6 |
| Other languages | 140 | 10% |
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