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Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.

Headliner: NoviNews is a political sim, interactive fiction and visual novel game developed and published by Unbound Creations.
Released on October 23rd 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 762 reviews of which 681 were positive and 81 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.89€ on Steam with a 50% discount.

The Steam community has classified Headliner: NoviNews into these genres:

Political Sim Interactive Fiction Visual Novel Political Politics Choices Matter Point & Click Story Rich 2D Multiple Endings Conversation Simulation Dystopian Adventure Singleplayer Indie Female Protagonist Alternate History Atmospheric Funny

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 8 (64bit)
  • Processor: Inte i3+
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 9 Compatible card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 600 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, 64bit
  • Processor: 2Ghz+
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 600 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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July 2025
A good game! Definitely very interesting and I appreciate the layers you discover after a few runs, though I do think the game lacks replayability considering the concept. I'm a completionist so I played until I got all the achievements, but I think for most people 2-3 run-throughs are enough to enjoy the bulk of the content. I will say that I bought this on sale and I probably wouldn't have bought it otherwise, and there are a few typos.
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April 2025
Very fun game, and I very much like this concept. Would definitely recommend it!
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Feb. 2025
Great game and a great developer, their other games are worth checking out IMHO. This game really plays on the affects of media in the public and the story telling is very interesting. In other news I made my coworker hate me and I got my local mom and pop shop burned down. Hell yeah
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Oct. 2024
A step up from the first game for sure. Pros * Simple gameplay loop, allowing you to focus more on the choices * Encourages replayability * Good sound design Cons * Short, if you're not interested in replaying then you'll clear it in about 90 minutes
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Sept. 2024
A really, really excellent game. Well-made down to the bones. Individual games are short enough - 90-120 minutes, roughly - that you have some really reasonable replayability (I plan to give it another few spins). There is no one right answer to any problem. We live in a world with limited resources and with limited capabilities. We do what we can. You can publish only things that are true and still have a very skewed view of the world. Truth has nuance, and figuring out what to say to address the current needs of the populace is an interesting challenge. On the second run and later, once you get a few days in, there's a (minor spoiler regarding world balance and your knowledge thereof) little display that shows the current state of public opinion on various topics. This can make things really interesting, as you can see (minor spoiler? not really a spoiler) the interactions between, say, police presence and public contentedness with world affairs, etc. Different events can happen, and I feel that there's a good amount of digging that can happen. I haven't gone for any runs that are *purposefully* disruptive, but I feel that such a run would get very interesting very fast. Depending on how you manage things, something that blew up into a huge issue in one run might be relegated into a footnote in another. The interactions are really just lovely. Also, note that this game came out in 2018. There's a pandemic-related plotline that shows up very, very early (I think it's on a billboard at the end of the first day, and you'll see people talk about it as you go). I bought this game ages ago, and I'm glad I did. Great way to spend a couple afternoons. And re: the price... normally I'm fairly stingy on the price/hour ratio, but honestly? This is well-crafted enough that I looked at the number of hours played and was stunned that it wasn't longer. It's very engrossing, and the game is just superbly made. Give it a shot. Genuinely, give it a shot. If you don't like it, you can refund it. But just try it; I think you'll like it.
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Headliner: NoviNews is currently priced at 6.89€ on Steam.

Headliner: NoviNews is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 6.89€ on Steam.

Headliner: NoviNews received 681 positive votes out of a total of 762 achieving a rating of 8.40.
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Headliner: NoviNews was developed and published by Unbound Creations.

Headliner: NoviNews is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Headliner: NoviNews is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Headliner: NoviNews is not playable on Linux.

Headliner: NoviNews is a single-player game.

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Headliner: NoviNews does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Headliner: NoviNews does not support Steam Remote Play.

Headliner: NoviNews is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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