You have a shovel and a haystack with about six million strands in it. Somewhere inside there's a needle. Dig it out by hand, sell the hay, then spend the money on belts and machines until you don't have to dig anymore.

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Planned Release Date: Q4 2026

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About This Game

You were a farmer.
At least, you think you were.
Now you're stuck inside a strange warehouse, standing in front of an endless haystack. You don't remember how you got here, who brought you here, or why the doors won't open.
There is only one instruction:
Find the needles.

There are some in the pile. You start by hand, with a metal detector. You end up with belts, balers, scanners and robotic arms doing the looking for you. Place real machines, wire the power, feed them by belt. Sell the hay, buy more machines, get given a bigger pile.

Nobody has said what happens when you finish.

The pile

Begin By Hand

The tools

Buy tools like shovels, buckets, wheelbarrows, pitchforks, vacuums. Anything that helps you process hay manually!

Start Automating

Automate everything! Build robots, drones, conveyor belts, hay wrappers, paper machines, sorting machines, and advanced systems that process hay and search for needles while you focus on expanding your factory.

Hay products

Turn ordinary hay into valuable products! Process it into hay pulp, compressed bales, eco bricks, hay paper, pellets, and much more. Build new production lines, unlock advanced machinery, and find better ways to turn your mountain of hay into profit.

Tech tree

Progress through a huge tech tree with over 300 upgrades! Unlock new machines, improve production speed, increase efficiency, expand your factory, and discover entirely new ways to process hay.

What happens when you collect all the needles?

- Who knows?

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: 4 cores / 8 threads, Intel i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 2600
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: dedicated GPU with Vulkan 1.3 support and 4 GB VRAM, GTX 1050 Ti or RX 570
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Integrated graphics are not supported and may crash
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
    • Processor: 6+ cores, Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel i5-12400
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GTX 1660 Super, RTX 2060 with 6 GB VRAM
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Very large factories are CPU heavy. A faster CPU keeps the frame rate up late in the game
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