# Needle In A Haystack Simulator reveal

> An X clip of a game about finding one needle in hay passed 52.58 million impressions.

- Owner: Studio Bitdot (Nas); Polden Publishing (publisher)
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2026-08-22
- Peak proxy date: 2026-08-28
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 35 (Niche), v1.2
- Mechanics: Dupe economy, Press loop

## Summary

On Aug. 22, 2026, developer Nas posted an X clip of a game about finding one needle in 5,000,000 pieces of hay. Press covered it from Aug. 24, the Steam page opened on Aug. 28, over 23,000 signed up for a playtest, and copies spread on Roblox and Steam.

## Timeline

- 2026-08-22 — Nas (@NasNakarus) (X) — Nas posted a clip of a game in which players must find 1 needle among 5,000,000 pieces of hay.
- 2026-08-24 — Dexerto (Press) — Dexerto covered the reveal, which had 189,000 likes and thousands of comments. (189K likes)
- 2026-08-24 — Roblox creators (Open web) — Dexerto reported 14 copies of the game on Roblox within 48 hours, citing Twoket.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/needle-in-a-haystack-simulator-reveal

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Needle In A Haystack Simulator reveal.” Case HIS-01158. Spread Score v1.2: 35/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01158