The Game Census
Headliner: NoviNews cover art

Headliner: NoviNews

Unbound Creations · 2018-10-23

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 10, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Feb 04, 2019 (Mac), Sep 04, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 23, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 11, 2019 (Xbox One)

Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.

2
playing now
89%
positive of 817 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Genetic sickness plagues Novistan. Conspiracy brews among people. You are chief curator of national news channel. You are the HEADLINER. Public opinion rests in your hands.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 817 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$13.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.59 at Microsoft Store (2020-11-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days · $8.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.99$5.592018-10-242026-08-292018-10-24 — best price $9.992019-03-11 — best price $13.992019-05-25 — best price $11.192019-10-02 — best price $11.192020-01-21 — best price $10.492020-01-28 — best price $13.992020-05-05 — best price $9.792020-05-27 — best price $13.992020-10-09 — best price $11.892020-11-10 — best price $13.992020-12-22 — best price $8.392021-02-15 — best price $13.992021-06-24 — best price $9.372021-08-30 — best price $13.992021-11-24 — best price $11.192022-01-05 — best price $13.992022-02-03 — best price $13.992022-05-05 — best price $9.792022-07-07 — best price $13.992022-11-22 — best price $11.192023-01-05 — best price $13.992023-04-10 — best price $10.492023-06-15 — best price $13.992023-08-07 — best price $6.992023-10-09 — best price $13.992023-12-04 — best price $11.892024-01-04 — best price $13.992024-03-25 — best price $10.492024-05-16 — best price $13.992024-09-02 — best price $11.192024-10-21 — best price $13.992024-12-19 — best price $5.592025-02-24 — best price $13.992025-06-26 — best price $8.392025-09-15 — best price $13.992025-12-08 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $13.992026-05-11 — best price $8.392026-07-09 — best price $13.992026-08-29 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
96.1%
earned "Day 1"
44.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0354%59
PS4 (PlayStation)39243%59
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)32513%58
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DPoliticsAdventurePoliticalDystopian SimulationStory RichConversationSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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