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Needle in a Haystack: A Time for Goats

Find the needle in a haystack! Use your bare hands and upgrade a variety of tools to search through a giant pile of hay and win the local competition!

18 September 2026

Needle in a Haystack: A Time for Goats is a simulator developed by Red Key Games, released 18 September 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Needle in a Haystack: A Time for Goats is

Needle in a Haystack: A Time for Goats is a simulator game developed by Red Key Games and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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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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

Needle in a Haystack: A Time for Goats launched on 18 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

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When did Needle in a Haystack: A Time for Goats come out?
Needle in a Haystack: A Time for Goats was released on 18 September 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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