Needlestack

12,000,000 strands of hay. 5 needles. One ridiculous factory.

A giant hangar hides a mountain of hay — and somewhere inside it, five needles. Start with your bare hands, sell hay for a few cents, and grow into a fully automated hay factory that sifts, bales, scans and burns its way through the pile until every needle is found.

Features
- A real haystack — 12 million strands simulated: dig into it, watch it slump and collapse, and reach the needles buried deep inside.
- 6 tools — hands, toy shovel, steel shovel, rake, pitchfork and a metal detector that beeps louder as you get closer.
- Carry and pour — buckets, wheelbarrows and big bags.
- 18 machines — conveyors, splitters, hoppers, robotic arms, piston rakes, auto-collectors, separators, balers, pelletizers, needle scanners and sell chutes.
- Power — burn hay in generators and boilers, wire your factory with power poles.
- 39 technologies to research and upgrade.
- 23 objectives that guide you from your first handful of hay to the last needle.
- 5 needles, 5 stories — each needle you find adds a page to your journal.
- Online leaderboards — Fortune, Hay Cleared, Needle Hunters and Fastest Finish: compete with every player.
- Autosave — come back any time and continue where you left off.

Controls
WASD move · Shift sprint · LMB use tool / place · RMB pour · E interact · G drop · 1–6 tools · B build · T research · Tab journal