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Not For Broadcast: Prologue cover art

Not For Broadcast: Prologue

NotGames · tinyBuild · 2019-12-11

Steam

IndieSimulation

Take control of the National Nightly News, as a radical government comes to power. In this immersive, high-pressure, propaganda sim, you control what the people see and determine what’s Not For Broadcast.

Not For Broadcast: Prologue is a free-to-play Indie and Simulation game released in 2019, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 767 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 766 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (140 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13713720192026Week of 2019-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
81Dec 2019Feb 2023Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 28Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 22Feb 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Feb 2023

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

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

FMVFPS1980sFunnyComedySatirePoliticsPoliticalManagementSimulation

Census log

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