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Find The Needle hand tools index
Compare Find The Needle hand tools, from the metal detector and shovel through buckets, wheelbarrows, pitchforks and vacuums.
Last updated: 10/31/2026
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Find The Needle beginner guide
Start your first Find The Needle hour: dig hay by hand, sell at the stand, buy a mover, then snap a belt that keeps the yard earning.
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Find The Needle buying guide
Compare the free Demo with the full Steam listing. No regional price is posted yet. The developer plans to raise the price when Early Access ends.
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Find The Needle scanners and needles
Trace needles through scanners, silos and hay wads so packaged products do not sell a needle back into the pile before you collect it.
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Find The Needle sell hay and money
Learn how the Hay Sell Stand pays for tools and machines, what Demo V8 changed for snap, and how needles sold in products return to the pile.
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Find The Needle tech tree guide
Spend the 300-plus upgrade tech tree on the machines your production line needs first, then on speed, efficiency and factory size.
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Find The Needle Demo: what you get
Install the free Find The Needle Demo on Steam, see what the warehouse loop covers, and keep the full game wishlist separate from app 5165210.
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Find The Needle Early Access plan
Steam dates Early Access for November 6, 2026. Read the developer EA FAQ on pile size, 24 needles, five stages and the planned price rise after Early Access.
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Find The Needle system requirements
Check the Steam minimum and recommended specs for Find The Needle, including the Vulkan 1.3 dedicated GPU rule and the CPU note for large factories.
Last updated: 10/31/2026