Story of The Needle In a Haystack

Steam Next Fest October 2026 · opens Oct 19, 17:00 UTC · updated 06:20 UTC

#232of 1,863 demos with players

top 13%#126 of 925 in Simulation

Players, last 24 h26

Playing now6

Place vs 6 h ago▲ 1

Place vs 24 h ago▲ 42

Top Wishlists chartnot in top 3,000

Place goes by the most people playing the demo at once over the last 24 hours, among every demo in the registered list.

Demo players by hour

Oct 11Oct 12Oct 13Oct 14Oct 15Oct 16Oct 17

Most players at once in each hour, UTC. Peak 34 on Oct 11 at 11:00. Scale up to 50.Hover or tap the chart to read any hour.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Every number comes from Steam’s own public surfaces or is computed from them; definitions are in Metrics.