Find The Needle
Needless Games · released Nov 6, 2026
You have a shovel and a haystack with about six million strands in it. Somewhere inside there's a needle. Dig it out by hand, sell the hay, then spend the money on belts and machines until you don't have to dig anymore.
Price
-15%$12.74
$14.99
Reviews
78%
560 · Mostly Positive
Playing now
2,918
sampled 43m ago
24h peak
3,785
all-time seen 4,366
Followers
10,345
21h ago
Owners (est.)
~16.8K
8.4K – 26.9K
YouTube activity
30
videos · 30 d54
creators6.6M
views · 1 yTwitch activity 180 watching · 16 live
1,476
avg viewers · 30 d152K
hours watched · 30 d458
streamers · 30 dProduct info
from Steam's PICS · read 15h ago- Change number
- 40,923,027 · seen 15h ago
- Public build
- 26,646,592 · Nov 13, 2026 (16h ago)
- Operating systems
- windows
- Architecture
- —
- Install size
- 2.2 GB · 2.2 GB download
- Install folder
Find The Needle- Controller support
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- Metacritic
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- Homepage
- needlessgames.com/
- Release state
- released
- Community
- hub · stats
Steam Deck
UnsupportedTested Nov 5, 2026 on build 26,443,675
- ✕Unsupported graphics performance
Branches · 1
every build Steam serves for this app| Branch | Build | Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| public | 26,646,592 | Nov 13, 2026 · 16h ago |
Build history
every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)| Build | Branch | Released | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26,646,592 | public | Nov 13, 2026 16:00 | 16h ago |
| 26,646,592 | betav16 | Nov 13, 2026 14:26 | 18h ago |
| 26,641,512 | betav16 | Nov 13, 2026 10:25 | 22h ago |
| 26,630,857 | betav16 | Nov 12, 2026 23:40 | 1d ago |
| 26,626,401 | betav16 | Nov 12, 2026 19:49 | 1d ago |
| 26,600,588 | betav16 | Nov 11, 2026 20:21 | 2d ago |
| 26,600,588 | beta | Nov 11, 2026 20:12 | 2d ago |
| 26,547,680 | public | Nov 9, 2026 19:11 | 4d ago |
Depots · 1
content of the public branch| Depot | Name | OS | Language | DLC / shared | Size | Download | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5160801 | all | 2.2 GB | 2.2 GB | 182743112098615065 |
Launch options · 1
| Executable | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|
FindTheNeedle.exe |
all |
Languages · 17
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech | ✓ | — | — |
| Arabic | ✓ | — | — |
| French | ✓ | — | — |
| German | ✓ | — | — |
| Polish | ✓ | — | — |
| English | ✓ | — | — |
| Italian | ✓ | — | — |
| Korean | ✓ | — | — |
| Persian | ✓ | — | — |
| Russian | ✓ | — | — |
| Spanish | ✓ | — | — |
| Turkish | ✓ | — | — |
| Japanese | ✓ | — | — |
| Simplified Chinese | ✓ | — | — |
| Traditional Chinese | ✓ | — | — |
| Portuguese - Brazil | ✓ | — | — |
| Ukrainian | ✓ | — | — |
Packages · 1
all packages| Sub | Name | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1786707 | Find The Needle | Store or CD key | -15%$12.74 |
Bundles · 0
all bundlesNot part of any bundle we know.
Change numbers
all changes#40,923,027 · 15h ago#40,919,930 · 16h ago#40,916,568 · 18h ago#40,908,886 · 22h ago#40,893,549 · 1d ago#40,888,282 · 1d ago#40,887,255 · 1d ago#40,871,084 · 1d ago#40,863,638 · 2d ago#40,847,725 · 2d ago#40,847,474 · 2d ago#40,837,591 · 2d ago#40,835,755 · 2d ago#40,826,585 · 2d ago#40,808,271 · 3d ago#40,804,703 · 3d ago#40,802,581 · 3d ago#40,800,400 · 3d ago#40,793,912 · 3d ago#40,779,961 · 4d ago#40,778,725 · 4d ago#40,777,390 · 4d ago
Updates · patch notes
Steam announcements tagged as patch notes, linked to the public build they followed
| When | Note | Build | Update size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2026 | Update V15.4: Mr Balance V15.4 Mr Balance is out for everyone! To everyone who tried the demo and got stuck or frustrated: you were right. The old tutorial did not explain enough, it was easy to run out of power, and the depot was confusing. That is on us. We read every review and every comment. so we redesigned the tutorial. It now teaches power first, so you don't run out, and it shows you step by step how the depot wor |
26,547,680 | 2.1 GB total |
| Nov 7, 2026 | Update V14.1 Thank you very much everyone, for being here. Without your support and your constant reports this game would never exist. It's not the developers creating it. IT IS YOU! ❤️ Im extremely grateful that we created such an incredible community around this game and we are reaching 15k members! 🎉 we are aware of the bugs and balance issues in the game. everything is constantly updated and checked, and t |
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| Nov 7, 2026 | v13 Early Access V13 First balance pass. These now sell for more: Loose hay: +25% Bales: +69% Straw panels, eco bricks, pulp slabs, rods and gears, fuel discs, paper rolls and sugar sacks: +70% DEPOT Take single items out of the Depot. You can also have the Depot throw out every item of one kind, and they come out of its back. Take Max option on depot that let's you take more items out of the depot (b |
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| Nov 6, 2026 | V12 - Power poles crash Bugfix - Double confirmation on default throw emote |
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