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Released Sep 18, 2026 $5.99 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Needle In A Haystack - A Time For Goats

By Red Key Games

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Reviews 74 Mostly Positive
Players now 1 Peak today 1
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About Needle In A Haystack - A Time For Goats

Needle In A Haystack - A Time For Goats is a game tagged Casual, Simulation and Physics by Red Key Games, released Sep 18, 2026. It has 74 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Organizer Pro, MOAI 5: New Generation Collector’s Edition and Wild Animals - Animated Jigsaws.

Find the Needle. Honor the Goat. Dig through the haystack with an array of tools and machines to find the mythical needle and unlock the ultimate reward.
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Everything Steam lists for Needle In A Haystack - A Time For Goats · record updated 1 hour ago

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Overview

App ID4772020
Release dateSep 18, 2026
Last change number40226778
Last record update1 hour ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Red Key Games
Publisher
Red Key Games
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 23 hours ago

Platforms

Windows 64-bit

Features

5
Single-playerSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$5.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$5.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked12 minutes agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

5
  1. Oct 15, 2026 Goats And Custom Gamemode Update!

    Hello everyone! We are happy to announce that we have a major update coming for Needle In a Haystack - A Time For GoatsWe have been working hard since launch on numerous bug fixes, content additions and improvements. Listening to all your …

  2. Sep 26, 2026 Small Update

    Some small bug fixes:Fixed a bug where you could not put items inside the market with the pitchforkFixed the displayed money amount on the market disappearing if you use it directly before upgrading it to the portal marketMoved fuse input …

  3. Sep 24, 2026 Fixes & Improvements

    Version 1.0.6Changes and additions:You can now buy a Fuse to upgrade the Market, which will allow it to auto-sell any loot that enters.Added a new, written Tutorial Board to make starting the game easier to understand.Changed the Piggy Ban…

  4. Sep 21, 2026 Multiple bug fixes and improvements

    Added a new particle effect when the holy haystrand is found Increase sound radius for dying enemies Increased volume of the boss' laser beam Added a "please review our game" button to the main menu after the needle is found Disabled cloud…

  5. Sep 19, 2026 Small fixes

    Small fixes for end of game, pitchfork and sign placement

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
25987243publicOct 16, 2026

Depots

Depots

4
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
228989 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
228990 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
4772021 — All 1.38 GB 1.16 GB 8000801639927946356
4772022 — Windows — — —

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 25987243 Oct 16, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Needle In A Haystack

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
NeedleInAHaystack.exe Windows · 64-bit

Cloud saves

Space per player953.7 MB
Filesup to 100
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalNeedleInAHaystack/Saved/SaveGames*.savAll

News

  1. Sep 26, 2026 · Community Announcements Let's Get Haycore

    Haycore ModeWhen developing Needle in a Haystack - A Time for Goats, a sudden surge of similar games exploded onto Steam, catching us completely by surprise! We wondered how we could set ours apart f…

  2. Sep 25, 2026 · Community Announcements 1,000 Copies Sold!

    We've sold 1000 Copies of Needle In a Haystack - A Time For Goats!The team at Red Key Games wants to say a massive thank you to all 1,000 of you who picked up a copy and found the needle. We worked h…

  3. Sep 18, 2026 · Community Announcements Welcome to Needle In A Haystack - A Time For Goats!

    Hello everyone! A big welcome to Needle in a Haystack - A Time For Goats! Firstly, we hope you enjoy the game! We’ve been working hard on Needle in a Haystack for a while now, since early May 2026. W…

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