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# Needle In A Haystack End User License Agreement
This End User License Agreement (the **Agreement**) is a legal agreement between you and Persidera Industries LLC (**Persidera**) for the Windows version of *Needle In A Haystack*, including its executable software, content, documentation made available with it, and updates provided by Persidera (collectively, the **Game**).
By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the Game, you agree to this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not download, install, access, or use the Game. If you are not legally able to enter into this Agreement on your own, a parent or legal guardian must review and agree to it on your behalf.
## 1. Limited license
Subject to this Agreement and any applicable Steam terms, Persidera grants you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license to install and use the Game on compatible Windows devices that you own or control, solely for your personal, non-commercial entertainment.
The Game is licensed, not sold. You receive no ownership interest in the Game or in any software, content, or intellectual property incorporated into it.
## 2. License restrictions
Except where applicable law expressly permits an activity that cannot be restricted by contract, you may not:
1. copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, transfer, or commercially exploit the Game or any part of it, except for ordinary gameplay display and use authorized by this Agreement;
2. reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate, modify, adapt, or create derivative works from the Game;
3. extract, separate, or reuse Game assets, source code, object code, data, or other components;
4. bypass or interfere with access controls, security features, authentication, matchmaking, network functions, or technical limitations;
5. use cheats, bots, automation, unauthorized mods, exploits, or other methods that alter gameplay, gain an unfair advantage, disrupt a session, or interfere with another person's use of the Game;
6. use the Game to violate applicable law or the rights of another person; or
7. remove, alter, or obscure copyright, trademark, attribution, or other proprietary notices.
## 3. Ownership and reserved rights
Persidera and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Game, including its software, audiovisual material, game systems, characters, text, artwork, music, sounds, trademarks, and other content, except for material expressly identified as belonging to a third party. All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved.
*Needle In A Haystack* © 2026 Persidera Industries LLC. All rights reserved.
## 4. Unreal Engine Licensed Technology
The Game incorporates Unreal Engine code and related technology owned by Epic Games, Inc. (**Unreal Engine Licensed Technology**) only in object code and as an inseparable part of the Game. Your license permits you to use, reproduce, display, and publicly perform that technology only as incorporated into the Game and only to the extent necessary for your permitted use of the Game. You may not extract Unreal Engine Licensed Technology or incorporate it into another product, service, or project.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PERSIDERA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, AND LIABILITIES OF EVERY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO UNREAL ENGINE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY. NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR CONDITION IS MADE THAT UNREAL ENGINE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, AND NEITHER PERSIDERA NOR EPIC GAMES, INC. OR ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL HAVE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THAT LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH LIABILITY CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED.
*Needle In A Haystack* uses Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere.
Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2026, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.
## 5. Third-party software and services
The Game may include software or content licensed by third parties. Applicable third-party notices are provided with the Game and govern those components where stated. Third-party licensors retain their rights in their materials. If separate third-party license terms conflict with this Agreement, those separate terms control only for the applicable third-party component.
The Steam platform and related Valve services are provided by Valve under separate terms. You are responsible for complying with the Steam Subscriber Agreement and other platform terms that apply to your use of Steam. Persidera does not control Valve's platform, accounts, network, store, overlay, or service availability.
## 6. Updates and changes to the Game
Persidera may provide patches, updates, upgrades, fixes, balance changes, or other modifications to the Game. Steam may download and install them automatically. An update may change, add, or remove features and may be required to continue using online or other connected functionality.
Persidera may discontinue or change Game features where reasonably necessary for operation, security, legal compliance, or product support. Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable right or remedy you have under applicable law.
## 7. Online and cooperative play
Online cooperative play requires a compatible internet connection, Steam functionality, and any platform permissions or services needed for the session. Online features may be interrupted or unavailable because of maintenance, technical failure, platform changes, network conditions, security concerns, or discontinuation.
When you participate in an online session, you must not harass other players, impersonate another person, transmit unlawful or harmful material, interfere with the session, or attempt unauthorized access to another device, account, save, or service. Persidera may restrict access to online functionality when reasonably necessary to address a material breach of this Agreement, protect players or systems, or comply with law.
## 8. Saves, platform identity, and session data
The Game uses information supplied by the platform, such as a platform identifier and display name, when available, to support local save ownership, invitations, lobbies, and participant records. The host's Game saves are stored locally on the host device. A save may contain the search world's state, completion state, character and appearance choices, progression, inventory and tool records, elapsed time, and individual or shared gameplay statistics.
During cooperative play, identifiers, character choices, progress, statistics, and gameplay state needed for the session may be transmitted between the host and other participants. A joining player uses the host-selected save for that session; the host's save is not added to the joining player's local save collection. Valve handles information processed through Steam under Valve's own terms and privacy policy.
You are responsible for protecting your device and platform account. Save data may be lost or become unavailable because of deletion, device failure, corruption, incompatible modification, or loss of access to the device or platform account. Persidera does not guarantee that every save will remain compatible with every future version of the Game, but this does not limit any non-waivable right or remedy under applicable law.
## 9. Feedback
If you voluntarily provide ideas, suggestions, or other feedback about the Game, you grant Persidera a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, display, perform, and otherwise exploit that feedback for any lawful purpose without payment or obligation to you. Do not provide material you are not authorized to share.
## 10. Disclaimer of warranties and conditions
Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits a warranty, condition, right, or remedy that applicable law does not allow to be excluded or limited.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GAME IS PROVIDED **AS IS** AND **AS AVAILABLE**, WITH ALL FAULTS. PERSIDERA AND ITS LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, AND THAT THE GAME WILL BE SECURE, ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR COMPATIBLE WITH EVERY DEVICE, DRIVER, SERVICE, OR FUTURE UPDATE.
## 11. Limitation of liability
Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability that applicable law does not allow to be excluded or limited.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PERSIDERA AND ITS LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE; LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, GOODWILL, OR DATA; OR LOSS ARISING FROM SERVICE INTERRUPTION, SAVE CORRUPTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, EVEN IF ADVISED THAT SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE WAS POSSIBLE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF PERSIDERA AND ITS LICENSORS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE GAME OR THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE GAME.
The exclusions and limitations in this section apply regardless of the legal theory asserted and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose.
## 12. Suspension and termination
This Agreement remains effective until terminated. You may terminate it at any time by stopping use of the Game and deleting all copies under your control.
Your license terminates automatically if you materially breach this Agreement and do not cure the breach where applicable law requires an opportunity to cure. Persidera may also suspend access to online functionality as described in Section 7. Upon termination, you must stop using the Game and delete all copies under your control, subject to any platform process and any non-waivable rights you have under applicable law.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including ownership, restrictions, disclaimers, limitations of liability, severability, and entire agreement.
## 13. Changes to this Agreement
Persidera may update this Agreement to reflect changes to the Game, law, platform requirements, or business practices. Where required by applicable law, Persidera will provide notice and request acceptance before the updated terms apply. If you do not agree to an update, you must stop using the Game to the extent required by the notice, without limiting any non-waivable right or remedy.
## 14. Applicable law and mandatory rights
This Agreement does not select a governing jurisdiction. Applicable law, including mandatory consumer-protection law, determines the rights and remedies that cannot be changed by contract. Nothing in this Agreement waives those rights or remedies.
## 15. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the remaining provisions will remain in effect. If applicable law permits, an invalid provision will be modified only as much as necessary to make it enforceable while preserving its intended purpose.
## 16. No waiver
A failure or delay by Persidera to enforce a provision of this Agreement is not a waiver of that provision or of the right to enforce it later.
## 17. Assignment
You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or your license except where applicable law expressly permits. Persidera may assign this Agreement as part of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of the Game or related business, or transfer by operation of law, subject to applicable law.
## 18. Entire agreement
This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and Persidera concerning your license to and use of the Game, and it supersedes prior statements or agreements between you and Persidera on that subject. Third-party notices and separate agreements between you and Valve or another third-party service provider continue to apply to their components or services and are not superseded by this Agreement. If Persidera presents supplemental terms for a specific Game feature, those terms govern that feature to the extent of a conflict.
This End User License Agreement (the **Agreement**) is a legal agreement between you and Persidera Industries LLC (**Persidera**) for the Windows version of *Needle In A Haystack*, including its executable software, content, documentation made available with it, and updates provided by Persidera (collectively, the **Game**).
By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the Game, you agree to this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not download, install, access, or use the Game. If you are not legally able to enter into this Agreement on your own, a parent or legal guardian must review and agree to it on your behalf.
## 1. Limited license
Subject to this Agreement and any applicable Steam terms, Persidera grants you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license to install and use the Game on compatible Windows devices that you own or control, solely for your personal, non-commercial entertainment.
The Game is licensed, not sold. You receive no ownership interest in the Game or in any software, content, or intellectual property incorporated into it.
## 2. License restrictions
Except where applicable law expressly permits an activity that cannot be restricted by contract, you may not:
1. copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, transfer, or commercially exploit the Game or any part of it, except for ordinary gameplay display and use authorized by this Agreement;
2. reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate, modify, adapt, or create derivative works from the Game;
3. extract, separate, or reuse Game assets, source code, object code, data, or other components;
4. bypass or interfere with access controls, security features, authentication, matchmaking, network functions, or technical limitations;
5. use cheats, bots, automation, unauthorized mods, exploits, or other methods that alter gameplay, gain an unfair advantage, disrupt a session, or interfere with another person's use of the Game;
6. use the Game to violate applicable law or the rights of another person; or
7. remove, alter, or obscure copyright, trademark, attribution, or other proprietary notices.
## 3. Ownership and reserved rights
Persidera and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Game, including its software, audiovisual material, game systems, characters, text, artwork, music, sounds, trademarks, and other content, except for material expressly identified as belonging to a third party. All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved.
*Needle In A Haystack* © 2026 Persidera Industries LLC. All rights reserved.
## 4. Unreal Engine Licensed Technology
The Game incorporates Unreal Engine code and related technology owned by Epic Games, Inc. (**Unreal Engine Licensed Technology**) only in object code and as an inseparable part of the Game. Your license permits you to use, reproduce, display, and publicly perform that technology only as incorporated into the Game and only to the extent necessary for your permitted use of the Game. You may not extract Unreal Engine Licensed Technology or incorporate it into another product, service, or project.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PERSIDERA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, AND LIABILITIES OF EVERY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO UNREAL ENGINE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY. NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR CONDITION IS MADE THAT UNREAL ENGINE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, AND NEITHER PERSIDERA NOR EPIC GAMES, INC. OR ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL HAVE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THAT LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH LIABILITY CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED.
*Needle In A Haystack* uses Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere.
Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2026, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.
## 5. Third-party software and services
The Game may include software or content licensed by third parties. Applicable third-party notices are provided with the Game and govern those components where stated. Third-party licensors retain their rights in their materials. If separate third-party license terms conflict with this Agreement, those separate terms control only for the applicable third-party component.
The Steam platform and related Valve services are provided by Valve under separate terms. You are responsible for complying with the Steam Subscriber Agreement and other platform terms that apply to your use of Steam. Persidera does not control Valve's platform, accounts, network, store, overlay, or service availability.
## 6. Updates and changes to the Game
Persidera may provide patches, updates, upgrades, fixes, balance changes, or other modifications to the Game. Steam may download and install them automatically. An update may change, add, or remove features and may be required to continue using online or other connected functionality.
Persidera may discontinue or change Game features where reasonably necessary for operation, security, legal compliance, or product support. Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable right or remedy you have under applicable law.
## 7. Online and cooperative play
Online cooperative play requires a compatible internet connection, Steam functionality, and any platform permissions or services needed for the session. Online features may be interrupted or unavailable because of maintenance, technical failure, platform changes, network conditions, security concerns, or discontinuation.
When you participate in an online session, you must not harass other players, impersonate another person, transmit unlawful or harmful material, interfere with the session, or attempt unauthorized access to another device, account, save, or service. Persidera may restrict access to online functionality when reasonably necessary to address a material breach of this Agreement, protect players or systems, or comply with law.
## 8. Saves, platform identity, and session data
The Game uses information supplied by the platform, such as a platform identifier and display name, when available, to support local save ownership, invitations, lobbies, and participant records. The host's Game saves are stored locally on the host device. A save may contain the search world's state, completion state, character and appearance choices, progression, inventory and tool records, elapsed time, and individual or shared gameplay statistics.
During cooperative play, identifiers, character choices, progress, statistics, and gameplay state needed for the session may be transmitted between the host and other participants. A joining player uses the host-selected save for that session; the host's save is not added to the joining player's local save collection. Valve handles information processed through Steam under Valve's own terms and privacy policy.
You are responsible for protecting your device and platform account. Save data may be lost or become unavailable because of deletion, device failure, corruption, incompatible modification, or loss of access to the device or platform account. Persidera does not guarantee that every save will remain compatible with every future version of the Game, but this does not limit any non-waivable right or remedy under applicable law.
## 9. Feedback
If you voluntarily provide ideas, suggestions, or other feedback about the Game, you grant Persidera a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, display, perform, and otherwise exploit that feedback for any lawful purpose without payment or obligation to you. Do not provide material you are not authorized to share.
## 10. Disclaimer of warranties and conditions
Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits a warranty, condition, right, or remedy that applicable law does not allow to be excluded or limited.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GAME IS PROVIDED **AS IS** AND **AS AVAILABLE**, WITH ALL FAULTS. PERSIDERA AND ITS LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, AND THAT THE GAME WILL BE SECURE, ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR COMPATIBLE WITH EVERY DEVICE, DRIVER, SERVICE, OR FUTURE UPDATE.
## 11. Limitation of liability
Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability that applicable law does not allow to be excluded or limited.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PERSIDERA AND ITS LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE; LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, GOODWILL, OR DATA; OR LOSS ARISING FROM SERVICE INTERRUPTION, SAVE CORRUPTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, EVEN IF ADVISED THAT SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE WAS POSSIBLE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF PERSIDERA AND ITS LICENSORS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE GAME OR THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE GAME.
The exclusions and limitations in this section apply regardless of the legal theory asserted and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose.
## 12. Suspension and termination
This Agreement remains effective until terminated. You may terminate it at any time by stopping use of the Game and deleting all copies under your control.
Your license terminates automatically if you materially breach this Agreement and do not cure the breach where applicable law requires an opportunity to cure. Persidera may also suspend access to online functionality as described in Section 7. Upon termination, you must stop using the Game and delete all copies under your control, subject to any platform process and any non-waivable rights you have under applicable law.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including ownership, restrictions, disclaimers, limitations of liability, severability, and entire agreement.
## 13. Changes to this Agreement
Persidera may update this Agreement to reflect changes to the Game, law, platform requirements, or business practices. Where required by applicable law, Persidera will provide notice and request acceptance before the updated terms apply. If you do not agree to an update, you must stop using the Game to the extent required by the notice, without limiting any non-waivable right or remedy.
## 14. Applicable law and mandatory rights
This Agreement does not select a governing jurisdiction. Applicable law, including mandatory consumer-protection law, determines the rights and remedies that cannot be changed by contract. Nothing in this Agreement waives those rights or remedies.
## 15. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the remaining provisions will remain in effect. If applicable law permits, an invalid provision will be modified only as much as necessary to make it enforceable while preserving its intended purpose.
## 16. No waiver
A failure or delay by Persidera to enforce a provision of this Agreement is not a waiver of that provision or of the right to enforce it later.
## 17. Assignment
You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or your license except where applicable law expressly permits. Persidera may assign this Agreement as part of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of the Game or related business, or transfer by operation of law, subject to applicable law.
## 18. Entire agreement
This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and Persidera concerning your license to and use of the Game, and it supersedes prior statements or agreements between you and Persidera on that subject. Third-party notices and separate agreements between you and Valve or another third-party service provider continue to apply to their components or services and are not superseded by this Agreement. If Persidera presents supplemental terms for a specific Game feature, those terms govern that feature to the extent of a conflict.