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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.

HEADLINER is a indie, adventure and choices matter game developed and published by Unbound Creations.
Released on October 03rd 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 12 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil and French.

It has received 880 reviews of which 683 were positive and 197 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified HEADLINER into these genres:

Indie Adventure Choices Matter Multiple Endings Political Sim Political Dystopian Short Story Rich 2D Singleplayer Replay Value Politics Simulation Casual Dark Female Protagonist Pixel Graphics Violent Puzzle

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: Intel Duo 2Ghz+
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 9 Compatible card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 350 MB available space

MacOS

OS: MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, 64bit
Processor: 2Ghz+
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Storage: 350 MB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 16.4 / 17 , Fedora Linux (version 26) x86_64, Archlinux x86_64, Mint 18.2, Archlinux x86_64
Processor: Intel Duo 2Ghz+
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 9 Compatible card
Storage: 350 MB available space
Additional Notes: Some other distros may not be supported. Please see official announcement for most up-to-date list.

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Jan. 2026

I played the second one before this but have had both in my library for a while. It's super fun to see how your choices affect the city, but it's pretty limited compared to the second one. Still would recommend, as I enjoyed myself playing and getting the achievements! But if you're looking for something a little more dynamic, go with Novinews!

Oct. 2025

really like the way you can choose what direction to go. the chaotic element is also funny, yet relatively realistic.

Sept. 2025

honestly i dont know what people are on about, my run of headliner was absolutely fine. sometimes decisions had strange impacts, but i think that was because certain choices had locked events, and i kept playing the sides so it made everyone mad...or nobody mad. it is a short game yes. it doesnt have a whole lot of replayability, no. but it has a much more obvious choice -> impact line than many others of the genre. take the westport independent for example. while it is deeper on some level, i was downright LOST playing it. i publish things to appease the miner situation when i ran that and it gets worse! playing honest or redacting everything didnt seem to matter as much as balancing a board with the weight shifting randomly this game technically misses some depth compared to that yes. but does that run against the player? in my opinion..hardly also im broke as hell, same as, perhaps even worse than many here, and i'm gonna say it: it is only six bucks people. idk what amazing inside gaming you expected but we live in a world where people pay 70 dollars for a rehash of a rehash of a rehash of a rehash of a 15 year old game, now with new dlcs this aint ♥♥♥♥ on that abysmal lack of worth

Sept. 2025

It's a nice short game with surprisingly in-depth choises. My favourite part was listening to the public's opinions after work. The soundtrack is great but I don't know why I couldn't Shift+Tab to see my achievements. Can't wait to try the next game.

Sept. 2025

This is a fun little time killer with slight replayability. You accept or reject news articles over a week leading to a festival, walk home while seeing what the public opinion is and having other quick events happen, and make sure all is good with your family. You can get a few different outcomes by replaying, however not enough to go through more than a few times. There is a glitch for me anyway where the game will not close out fully unless I restart my computer, I noticed this the first time I played when I went back to my pc a day after playing and it was still "closing" and then again when I played the second time. So despite having "20 hours in" it is probably more like 1. Not bad though for being a couple bucks on sale.

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HEADLINER is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

HEADLINER is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

HEADLINER received 683 positive votes out of a total of 880 achieving a rating of 7.40.

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HEADLINER was developed and published by Unbound Creations.

HEADLINER is playable and fully supported on Windows.

HEADLINER is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

HEADLINER is playable and fully supported on Linux.

HEADLINER is a single-player game.

HEADLINER does not currently offer any DLC.

HEADLINER does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

HEADLINER does not support Steam Remote Play.

HEADLINER 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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Release 03 Oct 2017

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