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HEADLINER

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App ID 680980
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Unbound Creations
Franchise Headliner Franchise
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Phaser Engine
Last Changenumber 28976832
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 08:47:38 UTC ()
Release Date 3 October 2017 – 21:53:24 UTC ()
😏 74.07%
882 reviews
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In-Game
🗺️ Adventure 🧞 Choices Matter 🔚 Multiple Endings 🗳️ Political 🏛️ Political Sim

Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.

Additional Information

Developer Unbound Creations
metacritic_name HEADLINER
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Unbound Creations
Store Release Date 3 October 2017 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 3 October 2017 – 21:53:24 UTC ()
Original Release Date 3 October 2017 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1507014000)
Store Asset Modification Time 12 October 2020 – 22:22:16 UTC () (1602541336)
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japaneseヘッドライナー
tchinese頭條新聞
schinese头条新闻
koreana헤드라이너
russianХЕДЛАЙНЕР
review_score 6
review_percentage 77
Detected Technologies (?) Phaser Engine, Greenworks SDK, NWJS SDK, NodeJS SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 21 July 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5668010
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
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First seen on SteamDB 15 July 2017 – 20:43:12 UTC (), in changelist #3192462

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌱 Indie 🗺️ Adventure 🧞 Choices Matter 🔚 Multiple Endings 🗳️ Political 🏛️ Political Sim ⛓ Dystopian 📚 Story Rich 🤏 Short 🏽 2D 👤 Singleplayer 🔄 Replay Value 🗳️ Politics 😌 Casual 🖥️ Simulation 😨 Dark 👩 Female Protagonist 🧩 Puzzle 👾 Pixel Graphics 👊 Violent

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Family Sharing

Assets

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Steam charts

  • 1 players right now
  • 1 24-hour peak
  • 44 all-time peak 29 December 2018
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  • 74.07% SteamDB Rating
  • 685 77.7% positive reviews
  • 197 22.3% negative reviews

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