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Headliner: NoviNews cover art

Headliner: NoviNews

Unbound Creations · 2018-10-23

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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.

Headliner: NoviNews is a 2018 Adventure, Indie and Simulation game priced at $13.99, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (89% of 817 reviews).

1
playing now
89%
positive of 818 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (175 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 818 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 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420182026Week of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
301Oct 2018Sep 2025Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 24Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 10Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 14Jun 2019 — avg 28 · peak 129Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2019 — avg 13 · peak 37Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 26Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2020 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 19Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 43Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 25Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 42

▲ +10 avg players vs prior month — Sep 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.99$5.592018-10-242026-10-102018-10-24 — best price $9.992019-03-12 — best price $12.592019-06-11 — best price $9.992020-01-21 — best price $10.492020-03-03 — best price $11.192020-05-13 — best price $11.892020-10-09 — best price $11.892020-11-25 — best price $10.492021-02-11 — best price $12.172021-06-24 — best price $9.372021-10-28 — best price $9.372021-12-22 — best price $8.112022-02-03 — best price $13.992022-05-11 — best price $13.992022-09-30 — best price $13.992023-01-05 — best price $13.992023-04-17 — best price $13.992023-07-13 — best price $13.992023-10-09 — best price $13.992023-12-11 — best price $13.992024-03-21 — best price $13.992024-05-16 — best price $13.992024-09-09 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $13.992025-02-24 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $13.992026-05-18 — best price $13.992026-08-29 — best price $13.992026-09-26 — best price $5.592026-10-10 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-09-24 (Steam store data)

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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