Need to Know
| App ID | 490930 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Monomyth Games |
| Publisher | Monomyth Games |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS Linux |
| Technologies | Unity Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 28007168 |
| Last Record Update | 18 March 2025 – 05:21:00 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 28 August 2018 – 18:00:48 UTC ( |
Welcome to the Department of Liberty. Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like surveillance agency and decide: will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? Spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives and decide their fate in this modern surveillance thriller.
Additional Information
| Developer | Monomyth Games | |||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | Need to Know | |||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Monomyth Games | |||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 28 August 2018 – 18:00:58 UTC ( |
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| osarch | empty string | |||||||||||||||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Indie (23) | |||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Adventure (25), Indie (23), Simulation (28) | |||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 28 August 2018 – 18:00:48 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 3 November 2019 – 08:35:34 UTC ( |
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| osextended | macos64 | |||||||||||||||
| review_score | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 66 | |||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Unity Engine | |||||||||||||||
| restricted_countries | DE Germany |
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| First seen on SteamDB | 11 June 2016 – 07:42:54 UTC ( |
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| 1 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | Yes |
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Steam charts
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- 0 players right now
- 1 24-hour peak
- 293 all-time peak
28 August 2018
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Store data
- 1,286 followers
- 190 positive reviews
- 97 negative reviews
- 66.20% positive reviews
Twitch stats
- 0 viewers right now
- 0 24-hour peak
- 129 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~8.7 k by VG Insights
- ~9.2 k by Gamalytic
- ~21.5 k by PlayTracker
- ~45.0 k by SteamSpy
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Need to Know had an all-time peak of 293 concurrent players on 28 August 2018.
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