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App ID	680980
App Type	Game
Developer	Unbound Creations
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 ()

😏 73.84%

910 reviews

In-Game

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

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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)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	53.35337655057212
height_pct	96.97256385998108

name_localized

japanese	ヘッドライナー
tchinese	頭條新聞
schinese	头条新闻
koreana	헤드라이너
russian	ХЕДЛАЙНЕР

review_score

review_percentage

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
SteamOS:
Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
category: Unsupported
steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
test_timestamp: 21 July 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 5668010

configuration:

supported_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-8.0-3
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

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

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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logo

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logo_small

1ee399163808917c7430c43e8ebd3010ba9dca3e_thumb

small_capsule

english	capsule_231x87.jpg
schinese	capsule_231x87_schinese.jpg
tchinese	capsule_231x87_tchinese.jpg
koreana	capsule_231x87_koreana.jpg
spanish	capsule_231x87_spanish.jpg
latam	capsule_231x87_latam.jpg
russian	capsule_231x87_russian.jpg
japanese	capsule_231x87_japanese.jpg
portuguese	capsule_231x87_portuguese.jpg
brazilian	capsule_231x87_brazilian.jpg
german	capsule_231x87_german.jpg

header_image

english	header.jpg
schinese	header_schinese.jpg
tchinese	header_tchinese.jpg
koreana	header_koreana.jpg
spanish	header_spanish.jpg
latam	header_latam.jpg
russian	header_russian.jpg
japanese	header_japanese.jpg
portuguese	header_portuguese.jpg
brazilian	header_brazilian.jpg
german	header_german.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	53.35337655057212
logo_position/height_pct	96.97256385998108

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	cbfeec00a327f20a082592ad8d5dde4530e7f59d.jpg
page_background_path	app/680980
timestamp	3 September 2024 – 21:51:12 UTC

Trailers

115891 ↴
trailer_name	Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256691569/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256691569/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256691569/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256691569/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	680980/115891/1845b8ae519d170a816ce7d9af3acb97fc7b73aa/1751130417/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	680980/115891/1845b8ae519d170a816ce7d9af3acb97fc7b73aa/1751130417/microtrailer.mp4
adaptive_trailers/0/cdn_path	680980/115891/1845b8ae519d170a816ce7d9af3acb97fc7b73aa/1751130417/dash_av1.mpd
adaptive_trailers/0/encoding	dash_av1
adaptive_trailers/1/cdn_path	680980/115891/1845b8ae519d170a816ce7d9af3acb97fc7b73aa/1751130417/dash_h264.mpd
adaptive_trailers/1/encoding	dash_h264
adaptive_trailers/2/cdn_path	680980/115891/1845b8ae519d170a816ce7d9af3acb97fc7b73aa/1751130417/hls_264_master.m3u8
adaptive_trailers/2/encoding	hls_h264
screenshot_medium	256691569/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256691569/movie_full.jpg
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1502929793

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228987	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2017 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
680981	Windows 64-bitHEADLINER Content	221.13 MiB	80.47 MiB
680982	macOS 64-bitHEADLINER Depot [OSX]	215.06 MiB	79.10 MiB
680983	Linux 64-bitHEADLINER Content [Linux]	235.99 MiB	77.18 MiB
680984	Windows 32-bitHEADLINER Content [Win32]	187.93 MiB	72.43 MiB
680985	Linux 32-bitHEADLINER Content [Linux 32bit]	242.11 MiB	79.75 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.08 GiB and total download size is 388.93 MiB.

Total size on disk is 409.06 MiB and total download size is 152.90 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		5668010	15 January 2022 – 04:30:45 UTC

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Name	Value
privatebranches	1

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