Find The Needle early access: last update, players and status

Find The Needle has been in Early Access on Steam for 8 days, since Nov 6, 2026. The last update to Find The Needle was posted today (Nov 14, 2026), one of 7 in the past 90 days. Updates to Find The Needle arrive about every 1 day over the past year. Find The Needle peaked at 4,180 players in the last 24 hours.

In early access8 dayssince Nov 6, 2026

Last updateTodayNov 14, 2026

Updates, 90 days7about every 1 day

Players, 24-hour peak4,180

Positive reviews79%of 606

Price$12.7415% off today

Update activity, past year

Fewer More

A year ago7 updates in the past yearThis week

Is Find The Needle still being updated?

Yes. The last update to Find The Needle was posted today, on Nov 14, 2026. Over the past year updates to Find The Needle have come about every 1 day.

Nov 14, 2026PatchUpdate V16.4: Feel Good Inc.
Nov 9, 2026PatchUpdate V15.4: Mr Balance
Nov 7, 2026PatchUpdate V14.1
Nov 7, 2026Patchv13
Nov 6, 2026PatchThe Early Access game is here! [CHANGELOG]
Nov 6, 2026PatchV12
Sep 11, 2026UpdateFind The Needle Demo V8

How long has Find The Needle been in early access?

Find The Needle entered Early Access on Steam on Nov 6, 2026 and has been in it for 8 days.

How many people are playing Find The Needle?

Find The Needle peaked at 4,180 players on Steam in the last 24 hours.

What is Find The Needle?

Steam users tag Find The Needle as Simulation, Incremental, Automation, Physics and Base Building. Find The Needle is single-player only and priced at $12.74, and 79% of its 606 Steam reviews are positive.

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.

How Needless Games describes it on its Steam store page, which also has the developer's own answer on how long it expects to stay in early access.

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Steam tags: Simulation, Incremental, Automation, Physics, Base Building, Casual, Management, Agriculture, Resource Management, First-Person.

Status	Active
Early access since	Nov 6, 2026
Last update	Nov 14, 2026
Typical gap	1 day between updates
Playing now	3,693 (Nov 14, 23:49 UTC)
7-day peak	4,180
Steam reviews	79% positive of 606
Price	$12.74 (15% off)
Play	Single-player
Steam Deck	Unsupported
Platforms	Windows
Developer	Needless Games
Publisher	Needless Games
Demo	Available on Steam