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App ID 490930
App Type Game
Developer
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 ()
❓ 63.44%
286 reviews
0
In-Game

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 ()
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 ()
Store Asset Modification Time 3 November 2019 – 08:35:34 UTC () (1572770134)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
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First seen on SteamDB 11 June 2016 – 07:42:54 UTC (), in changelist #2025653

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

🖥️ Simulation 🗺️ Adventure 🌱 Indie 🏛️ Political Sim 🗳️ Political 🧩 Puzzle 📚 Story Rich 🔎 Point & Click

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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timestamp19 February 2020 – 03:51:19 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
490931 Windows Need to Know Content - Windows 1.97 GiB 1.24 GiB
490932 macOS Need to Know Content - Mac 2.03 GiB 1.25 GiB
490933 Linux Need to Know Content - Linux 1.99 GiB 1.25 GiB

Total size on disk is 6.00 GiB and total download size is 3.74 GiB.

Total size on disk is 1.97 GiB and total download size is 1.24 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 4553583 28 February 2020 – 09:23:24 UTC
beta Dev testing 4068166 2 August 2019 – 05:31:35 UTC

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