Find the Needle

About Find the Needle: Dig Through a Giant Haystack

Find the Needle sets you one deceptively simple task: locate a single tiny needle buried somewhere inside an enormous pile of hay. The goal sounds straightforward, but the stack is vast and the needle is well hidden. Dig through the hay layer by layer, steadily shrinking the pile until you close in on your target.

Several scenes show a red barn with a dark brown roof and white trim standing beside a large loose pile of hay. In one scene, a brown windmill with a yellow vane and white blades rises behind that same hay pile. In another, a black and white cow stands inside a wooden stall attached to the side of a red building.

As the pile shrinks, new tools and collection methods become available, and upgrades let you work through the hay faster and more efficiently. Resources earned along the way can be spent in shops on further upgrades and progression. A simple goal that turns out to be not so simple.

How to Play Find the Needle: Clear the Hay, Find the Needle

Work through the haystack layer by layer, collecting hay and spending your resources on upgrades that make clearing faster. Unlock more powerful tools and new ways to collect hay as you progress. Shops offer additional upgrades and progression options to keep pushing toward that hidden needle.

• A huge pile of hay to clear
• Different tools and ways to collect hay
• Upgrades and progression
• Shops with new possibilities
• One tiny needle hidden somewhere inside

Controls

PC

• WASD: Movement
• LMB: Interact
• Space: Jump
• TAB: Open the upgrade menu

Smartphone

• Joystick: Movement
• On-screen controls: All other actions

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