Your first hour in the haystack
Dig, sell and buy the first machine without wasting a single trip.
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A haystack, a shovel, and a factory to build. Beginner steps, machine lookups and the latest news.
Start with the loop
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Sell hay, then spend it properly
How the sell stand pays and what to buy next.
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Belts, snapping and power
Fix the stall before you build another line.
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Check hardware, see what the demo covers, or read the machine list while your belts fill up.
System requirements
Minimum and recommended hardware, including the Vulkan requirement.
What the demo contains
Free app, separate install, and how it differs from the full game.
Hand tools
Metal detector, shovel, buckets, wheelbarrows, pitchforks and vacuums.
Hay products
Demo and Early Access hay products, plus the Demo V8 indicators.
Tech tree
How the 300+ upgrades are organised and what to buy first.
Buying guide
Demo versus full game, plus the planned price rise after Early Access.
The yard, end to end.
Production stages
Five stages from bales and bricks to paper and carbon fibre.
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Machine index
Belts, sell stand, power and processing gear in one lookup table.
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Find The Needle Demo hits #1 most played
On September 25, 2026 the developer posted that Find The Needle reached number one among Steam’s most played demos worldwide. The note thanks players for playing, wishlisting, reporting bugs and sharing feedback, and links the official Discord.
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Find The Needle Demo V8 patch notes
Demo V8 reworked conveyor snapping and pathfinding, added F for No Snap Mode, let E on a power pole shut down the electricity network, introduced U-Splitters and U-Joiners, cut Vacuum Yard price by 80%, and added BRICKS and HAY indicators on the Pellet Disc Machine.
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Early Access opens November 6.
Steam dates the Early Access build to November 6, 2026 and the store page handles the unlock. Steam store page
Read the Early Access notes