Find The Needle Wiki — Steam Early Access Guides (2026)

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Three games, one confusing name

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Find The Needle

Needless Games, Steam App ID 5160800, Windows, single-player, Early Access on November 6, 2026. Six-million-strand haystack, 24 needles, factory automation.

Different game

Needle In A Haystack Simulator

Nas’s separate haystack game, announced in August 2026 for Q4 2026, with a five-million-strand pile and eight-player co-op. Different developer, different release.

Not covered

Roblox “Find The Needle”

A Roblox experience that shares the name. It has its own codes and redeem systems. Nothing on this site applies to it, and we do not publish Roblox codes.

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Pick your next shift

20 guides in the index.

01First shift

Beginner guide: your first 30 minutes

Shovel, sell, reinvest. The opening route that avoids a haystack-sized mistake.

Open guide →02Launch

Release date and Early Access facts

November 6, 2026, what Early Access includes, and what is still unknown.

Open guide →03Try first

Demo guide and download

The public demo hit #1 worldwide on Steam. Here is what it does and does not include.

Open guide →04Scale up

From hand digging to automation

Belts, balers, scanners and the layout rules that stop a factory from choking.

Open guide →

Full index

Every Find The Needle guide

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Money & Automation

Progress & Data

Platform & Meta

Editorial policy

Useful now, corrected at launch

This site is built for the November 6, 2026 Early Access release. Pre-release pages lean on the Steam store page, the public demo and Needless Games’ own notes. When the EA build changes a number, the page gets a new date and a correction note — not a silent rewrite.

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