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Not For Broadcast

NotGames · tinyBuild · 2022-01-25

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AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jan 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 23, 2023 (Xbox One)

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Not For Broadcast is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 12650 reviews).

23
playing now
94%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (111 downloads)
4.46★
PlayStation Store rating (386 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Not For Broadcast is a full motion propaganda simulator developed by British video game studio NotGames and published by tinyBuild. The game released with its first episode in early access on 30 January 2020. The full game, including the third and final episode, was released worldwide on 25 January 2022 for Windows. The game was released for Meta Quest 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on 23 March 2023.

Trailer

Not For Broadcast trailer thumbnail

Not For Broadcast — Launch Trailer

≈873,727 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 609 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~76/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 254k–572k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,717 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$6.24-75%
WinGameStore$6.24-75%
GameBillet$6.25-75%
GamersGate$6.25-75%
GOG$6.49-74%
GOG$6.49-74%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Fanatical (2026-07-23) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 135 of 174 observed days · $2.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20202026Week of 2020-01-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

81112026-09-15 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 28 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 41 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 22 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 33 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 42 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 48 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 51 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 37 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 26 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 58 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 41 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
18010Feb 2020Aug 2026Feb 2020 — avg 46 · peak 181Apr 2020 — avg 10 · peak 52Jun 2020 — avg 25 · peak 187Aug 2020 — avg 20 · peak 161Oct 2020 — avg 22 · peak 70Dec 2020 — avg 17 · peak 49Feb 2021 — avg 43 · peak 134Apr 2021 — avg 33 · peak 114Jun 2021 — avg 32 · peak 81Aug 2021 — avg 20 · peak 52Oct 2021 — avg 35 · peak 115Dec 2021 — avg 21 · peak 45Feb 2022 — avg 180 · peak 476Apr 2022 — avg 44 · peak 95Jun 2022 — avg 40 · peak 104Aug 2022 — avg 44 · peak 120Oct 2022 — avg 32 · peak 116Dec 2022 — avg 60 · peak 174Feb 2023 — avg 133 · peak 564Apr 2023 — avg 48 · peak 132Jun 2023 — avg 29 · peak 74Aug 2023 — avg 36 · peak 99Oct 2023 — avg 22 · peak 49Dec 2023 — avg 43 · peak 83Feb 2024 — avg 49 · peak 120Apr 2024 — avg 41 · peak 105Jun 2024 — avg 44 · peak 125Aug 2024 — avg 59 · peak 271Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 84Dec 2024 — avg 57 · peak 109Feb 2025 — avg 53 · peak 184Apr 2025 — avg 29 · peak 57Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 104Aug 2025 — avg 38 · peak 93Oct 2025 — avg 37 · peak 127Dec 2025 — avg 36 · peak 116Feb 2026 — avg 61 · peak 177Apr 2026 — avg 31 · peak 98Jun 2026 — avg 39 · peak 99Aug 2026 — avg 46 · peak 130
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.54$4.752020-01-302026-10-142020-01-30 — best price $13.492020-05-26 — best price $14.992020-08-01 — best price $17.882020-09-21 — best price $19.992020-11-04 — best price $17.882020-12-13 — best price $19.992021-02-03 — best price $14.892021-04-09 — best price $24.992021-07-23 — best price $18.362021-11-03 — best price $24.992022-01-17 — best price $20.502022-04-21 — best price $18.742022-07-07 — best price $18.362022-09-18 — best price $18.792022-12-15 — best price $9.992023-02-15 — best price $24.992023-05-11 — best price $24.992023-07-10 — best price $9.992023-09-14 — best price $9.992023-12-01 — best price $20.492024-02-12 — best price $20.492024-04-04 — best price $7.492024-05-28 — best price $18.992024-07-24 — best price $6.242024-09-14 — best price $19.002024-11-27 — best price $6.242025-01-26 — best price $18.362025-03-14 — best price $5.992025-05-14 — best price $6.242025-08-08 — best price $24.992025-10-24 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-08 — best price $24.992026-05-07 — best price $6.242026-07-11 — best price $19.882026-08-28 — best price $5.552026-09-22 — best price $5.582026-10-14 — best price $6.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

145292026-05-29 — 46 pageviews2026-06-02 — 43 pageviews2026-06-06 — 38 pageviews2026-06-10 — 56 pageviews2026-06-14 — 47 pageviews2026-06-18 — 61 pageviews2026-06-22 — 62 pageviews2026-06-26 — 60 pageviews2026-06-30 — 46 pageviews2026-07-04 — 46 pageviews2026-07-08 — 42 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 49 pageviews2026-07-20 — 47 pageviews2026-07-24 — 66 pageviews2026-07-28 — 43 pageviews2026-08-01 — 68 pageviews2026-08-05 — 145 pageviews2026-08-09 — 41 pageviews2026-08-13 — 58 pageviews2026-08-17 — 40 pageviews2026-08-21 — 50 pageviews2026-08-25 — 53 pageviews2026-08-29 — 70 pageviews2026-09-02 — 55 pageviews2026-09-06 — 45 pageviews2026-09-10 — 48 pageviews2026-09-14 — 44 pageviews2026-09-18 — 41 pageviews2026-09-22 — 48 pageviews2026-09-26 — 44 pageviews2026-09-30 — 29 pageviews2026-10-04 — 44 pageviews2026-10-07 — 55 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.3%
earned "Dave's Apprentice"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2020-06-25, latest 2024-08-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,4800%95
Xbox One (Xbox)2831%95
PS4 (PlayStation)2802%96
PS4 (PlayStation)2642%96
PS5 (PlayStation)1481%64

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FMV1980sAdventurePoliticalDystopian ManagementSimulationStory RichAtmosphericDark Comedy

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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