Need to Know is an adventure developed by Monomyth Games, released 28 August 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Need to Know is
Need to Know is an adventure game developed by Monomyth Games and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like Department of Liberty. Will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? You must spy on citizens, pick apart their private lives, and determine how dangerous they are. You can also resist these suffocating privacy invasions by aiding underground groups and leaking internal reports to the media. Or, you can just use all of that juicy classified information for your own, personal gain. Your call.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Need to Know launched on 28 August 2018, within three weeks of Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Quick answers
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