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Find The Needle Demo

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.

Release date
September 10, 2026
Platforms
Windows
Developer
FindTheNeedleDev, Needless Games
Publisher
Needless Games
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You were a farmer. At least, you think you were. Now you're stuck inside a strange warehouse, standing in front of an endless haystack. You don't remember how you got here, who brought you here, or why the doors won't open. There is only one instruction:Find the needles. There are some in the pile. You start by hand, with a metal detector. You end up with belts, balers, scanners and robotic arms doing the looking for you. Place real machines, wire the power, feed them by belt.

Sell the hay, buy more machines, get given a bigger pile. Nobody has said what happens when you finish. The pileBegin By HandThe toolsBuy tools like shovels, buckets, wheelbarrows, pitchforks, vacuums. Anything that helps you process hay manually! Start AutomatingAutomate everything! Build robots, drones, conveyor belts, hay wrappers, paper machines, sorting machines, and advanced systems that process hay and search for needles while you focus on expanding your factory. Hay productsTurn ordinary hay into valuable products! Process it into hay pulp, compressed bales, eco bricks, hay paper, pellets, and much more.

Build new production lines, unlock advanced machinery, and find better ways to turn your mountain of hay into profit. Tech treeProgress through a huge tech tree with over 300 upgrades! Unlock new machines, improve production speed, increase efficiency, expand your factory, and discover entirely new ways to process hay. What happens when you collect all the needles?- Who knows?

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★ 8.8/10Steam · 1,557 ratings
SteamLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

Recommended
Please add multiplayer when the game fully realeases! I genuinely think this game would be soooo much fun to play with friends <3 Other than…
Not recommended
Super fun game. Played for 11 hours before finding out it's a vibecoded copy of the original "Needle in a haystack simulator". Don't support this…
Not recommended
My friend failed to find the needle: He passed along a link to this game before realizing it was a cheap clone of Needle in…
Not recommended
A fun game developed by Studio Bitdot. This demo is AI slop ripping off the original: Needle In A Haystack Simulator. Vote down.
Not recommended
Disgusted to find out this is a clone of the original game...which is much better. Do not pay for ripped off content.
Not recommended
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.…
Recommended
This game is so addicting and its only the demo I'll istantly buy the full version
Recommended
Recommended with caution! Absolute marathon of a demo, but needs some performance love. ​First and foremost, huge praise to the developer for this. In an…

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Recommended
i hate this game but i love tourture its good for your well being...
Recommended
10/10 I have not spent this many straight hours playing any game in years. Fantastic.
Recommended
The first hour or so is a brutal grind, but once you start getting robotic arms doing the picking and more conveyor belts, the game…
Recommended
10/10 game. Would recommend. Need to tell farmer's wife to stop sewing in the hay pile. Like Satisfactory but with a goal. Hay looks more…
Not recommended
The ui and text and many other elements are very clearly the product of AI. I'm not anti-AI but in this case it's far too…
Recommended
It is so much more fun than I expected. Its really really, really good. I think it would be really cool to have machines with…
Recommended
A fun game, I've been playing on steam deck and performance is pretty good although the key bindings were awkward to setup. I ended up…

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