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ActualKale [Creator]
The most influential needle game
[20] Likes
Rating: 10.0 100
Difficulty: 85 85
Nov 12, 2018
98 Reviews:
kadykunde
Extremelly hard and long needle game, with very creative design. Has a medley feel to it because of how it gets visuals from other games. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys needle games
[1] Like
Rating: 8.3 83
Difficulty: 93 93
Feb 10, 2015
Bob
One of my favourite needle games out there. A challenge for everyone since it starts out relatively difficult and ends extremely excruciatingly difficult. I don't expect to ever clear this game, but I had fun where I played to. Kale put forward his best efforts to create interesting spike jumps and level design that is unlike many other games. Must-play for needle fanatics.
[1] Like
Rating: 6.3 63
Difficulty: 95 95
Feb 10, 2015
lovey01
It's really easy to focus on the bad things in this game, but there's undeniably a lot of quality here as well, all with this homemade feel that higher production-value experiences can't replicate.
Weak points:
The water saves (either fun or challenging, never really both), the egregious amount of 16 pixels, and difficulty balance at certain points. Oh yeah, and the intentionally bad floor (92).
Strong-points:
The late game 1 screen saves imo, most of them feel really nice to play for a needle game made in 2014, though I think CN2 has better ones.
This game also has really good song picks, not only are they mostly good songs, but they're also mostly relaxing or up beat, which gives the game a nice, chill vibe.
Would recommend if you can stomach the bad portions.
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Weak points:
The water saves (either fun or challenging, never really both), the egregious amount of 16 pixels, and difficulty balance at certain points. Oh yeah, and the intentionally bad floor (92).
Strong-points:
The late game 1 screen saves imo, most of them feel really nice to play for a needle game made in 2014, though I think CN2 has better ones.
This game also has really good song picks, not only are they mostly good songs, but they're also mostly relaxing or up beat, which gives the game a nice, chill vibe.
Would recommend if you can stomach the bad portions.
Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 80 80
Nov 13, 2025
YGamingDude
50k deaths and 50 hours :)
Pretty good needle fangame. A bit unbalanced in difficulty but overall my experience with Crimson Needle was pretty chill! Looking forward to CN2
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Pretty good needle fangame. A bit unbalanced in difficulty but overall my experience with Crimson Needle was pretty chill! Looking forward to CN2
Rating: 6.7 67
Difficulty: 84 84
May 28, 2025
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