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1000 Needles

LTZinc · 2022-02-11

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

1000 Needles - is the simplest 2D platformer with dynamic gameplay and nice graphics where you will have to do various levels playing as a porcupine.

1000 Needles is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $0.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 27 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-28

59%
positive of 27 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (17 reviews).
  • · Top 70% of 29,063 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620222025Week of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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