About this game
Needle Rush is a casual 3D idle game about digging through an enormous haystack in search of a few lost needles. You start with a beeping metal detector that gets faster the closer you get to a buried target. Every bundle of hay you dig up can be sold, and the money goes straight into better tools and new research.
The real hook is the factory you slowly build. Fork arms, conveyor belts, magnet scanners, balers, vacuum towers and drones all work together to chew through a haystack of 286,000 bundles while you do other things. Along the way you hunt for golden and cursed needles, fill an album of around 48 pieces, upgrade your barn and claim daily rewards.
What makes it stick is the idle loop. Your factory keeps grinding while you are away, so coming back to a noticeably smaller pile of hay feels genuinely rewarding.
How to play
Use WASD or the arrow keys to move and the mouse to look around. Hold Left Click to dig, press Space to jump, B for build mode, R to rotate, X to remove, T for research, U for the shop and J for the album. On mobile, move with the left thumb, drag on the right side to look, and use the DIG and JUMP buttons.