---
title: "Needlestack - s&box game"
description: "Dig through a 12-million-strand haystack, build a hay factory, and automate your way to finding the 5 hidden needles."
canonical: "https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/needlestack/"
generated_at: "2026-10-05T21:29:52.479Z"
---

# Needlestack

Dig through a 12-million-strand haystack, build a hay factory, and automate your way to finding the 5 hidden needles.

- Type: game
- Ident: montastudio.needlestack
- Creator: crazystudio
- Canonical: https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/needlestack/
- Markdown: https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/needlestack/index.md
- sbox.game: https://sbox.game/montastudio/needlestack/
- Generated: 2026-10-05T21:29:52.479Z

## Stats

- Playing now: 0
- 24h player peak: 1
- 24h momentum: +1
- Terry score: 0%
- Favorites: 1
- Upvotes: 0
- Downvotes: 1
- Total players: 1
- Total sessions: 1
- Cumulative playtime: 1.8 hours
- Playtime gained over the last 7 days: --
- Updated: Oct 5, 2026
- Created: Oct 5, 2026
- Size: 345.5 MB
- Files: 960
- Tags: automation, building, conveyor, factory, firstperson, hay, haystack, incremental

## Description

Needlestack
12,000,000 strands of hay. 5 needles. One ridiculous factory.

A giant hangar hides a mountain of hay — and somewhere inside it, five needles. Start with your bare hands, sell hay for a few cents, and grow into a fully automated hay factory that sifts, bales, scans and burns its way through the pile until every needle is found.

Features
- A real haystack — 12 million strands simulated: dig into it, watch it slump and collapse, and reach the needles buried deep inside.
- 6 tools — hands, toy shovel, steel shovel, rake, pitchfork and a metal detector that beeps louder as you get closer.
- Carry and pour — buckets, wheelbarrows and big bags.
- 18 machines — conveyors, splitters, hoppers, robotic arms, piston rakes, auto-collectors, separators, balers, pelletizers, needle scanners and sell chutes.
- Power — burn hay in generators and boilers, wire your factory with power poles.
- 39 technologies to research and upgrade.
- 23 objectives that guide you from your first handful of hay to the last needle.
- 5 needles, 5 stories — each needle you find adds a page to your journal.
- Online leaderboards — Fortune, Hay Cleared, Needle Hunters and Fastest Finish: compete with every player.
- Autosave — come back any time and continue where you left off.

Controls
WASD move · Shift sprint · LMB use tool / place · RMB pour · E interact · G drop · 1–6 tools · B build · T research · Tab journal




## More by crazystudio

| Package | Ident | Players | Favorites | Upvotes | Score | Markdown |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GATEFRONT | montastudio.gatefront | 0 | 32 | 27 | 39% | https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/gatefront/index.md |
| HARVEST HALO | montastudio.harvest_halo | 0 | 14 | 8 | 54% | https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/harvest_halo/index.md |
| RIBBON RIOT | montastudio.ribbon_riot | 0 | 12 | 7 | 59% | https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/ribbon_riot/index.md |
| ALMOST OUT | montastudio.almost_out | 0 | 11 | 10 | 79% | https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/almost_out/index.md |
| UNDERWORLD INC. | montastudio.underworld_inc | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24% | https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/underworld_inc/index.md |
| BLOCK PULSE | montastudio.block_pulse | 0 | 9 | 7 | 39% | https://sbox.watch/games/montastudio/block_pulse/index.md |