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Not For Broadcast

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4.2/5

( 24 Reviews )

4.2

24 Reviews

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Not For Broadcast
Description
Take control of the National Nightly News. With the nation's eyes fixed on your choices, it’s up to you to decide what gets broadcast. Choose the shots, censor any “troublesome” content, and steer the narrative as your country tumbles into totalitarianism. No pressure, right? Hand-pick the Headline...
Genre:
Simulation - Adventure - Comedy
Tags:
Adventure, Simulation, First-Person, Choices Matter, Funny, show 9 more... Management, Point&Click, Multiple Endings, Choose Your Own Adventure, Comedy, Politics, Dark Comedy, Dystopian, FMV
Critics reviews
88 %
Recommend
GameSpew
8/10
Jump Dash Roll
8/10
PC Gamer
85/100
User reviews

4.2/5

( 24 Reviews )

4.2

24 Reviews

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Product details
2022, NotGames, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, 2.7Ghz and up, 8 GB RAM, Dedicated video card is required, 1gb VRAM, Version 11, 50 GB a...
DLCs
Not For Broadcast: Live & Spooky, Not For Broadcast Original Soundtrack, Not For Broadcast: The Time...
Time to beat
8 hMain
11.5 h Main + Sides
41.5 h Completionist
10 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
Take control of the National Nightly News. With the nation's eyes fixed on your choices, it’s up to you to decide what gets broadcast. Choose the shots, censor any “troublesome” content, and steer the narrative as your country tumbles into totalitarianism. No pressure, right?

Hand-pick the Headlines
Not For Broadcast drops you into the heart of a darkly-comedic tale of televised chaos, where your every decision helps shape the fate of a nation. From ego-fueled celebrities to deceptive politicians and enigmatic advertisers - you control the public’s perception. As long as you can hold the audience’s fickle attention, it’ll be your choice whether to toe the party line or hype up the scandal.

Will you make that sportsman seem like a national treasure, or an alcoholic disgrace? What about those scientists trapped in Dante’s Taint? Or that new boss at multinational giant Rymmington-Svist who seems to live a double life? Most importantly, will you help the brand-new government look benevolent, or is there something untoward about them that the public need to see?

The power is in your hands to change everything, but you’ll have to decide quickly - the news goes out live!

Craft the Narrative (and the Nation's Fate)
You are in the driving seat of a multi-level tale about both an entire country and a single family. Being the architect of the nation’s future is a challenge, to be sure, but so is trying to hold your household together through the dark times.

With multiple branching narratives, every choice you make resonates into the future. Will you help your spouse’s sibling flee the country... even if it involves breaking the law? Who are ‘Disrupt’ - concerned citizens or something more revolutionary? And how do you feel about your son spending more and more time with them?

And then there’s Grandma... Can you afford her life-saving treatment, or should you and your spouse be taking advantage of one of the Government’s brand-new Transition Centres? After all, granny, there’s nothing more noble than unburdening your children!

And then there’s your broadcast room - when it’s not overheating, it seems to be trying to electrocute you. Keep the plates spinning as best you can, but remember, whether it’s a newsreader who just won’t take it any more, naked streakers at the Sportsboard Final, or the ever growing threat of nuclear war... this show MUST go on.

Cue the Ads
Select your ads carefully to mould the public’s opinion. Why not choose to show only adverts for the companies you have shares in? Maybe that extra cash will help with the difficult decisions at home. Or maybe you’ll be selling dangerous toys to the nation’s children…With more than 50 hilarious ads to choose from there’s never a dull moment - even during the breaks.

Endure the Unthinkable and Laugh in the Face of Adversity
There will be smiles, there will be tears, even as the world falls apart around your ears. So grit your teeth, close your eyes and keep those cameras rolling - the people are counting on you. Long live the National Nightly News.

•Deep & meaningful gameplay decisions
•14 Distinct endings
•Darkly-comic branching narrative
•Over 42 hours of full motion video
•Bursting with musical numbers
Goodies
Contents
Standard Edition
Complete Edition
Soundtrack Disc 1
Soundtrack Disc 2
Soundtrack Disc 3
Soundtrack Disc 4
Soundtrack Disc 5
Soundtrack Disc 6
Soundtrack Disc 7
Soundtrack Disc 8
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
8 hMain
11.5 h Main + Sides
41.5 h Completionist
10 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Simulation - Adventure - Comedy
Tags:
Adventure, Simulation, First-Person, Choices Matter, Funny, show 9 more... Management, Point&Click, Multiple Endings, Choose Your Own Adventure, Comedy, Politics, Dark Comedy, Dystopian, FMV
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
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Company:
NotGames / tinyBuild
Size:
46.5 GB
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Critics reviews
87
Top Critic Average
88 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
GameSpewby Chris McMullen
8/10
Entertaining, funny and thought-provoking in all the right places, Not For Broadcast is a hugely engrossing foray into the nightly news arena. You’ll laugh your face off at times, but like the best satire, it’s also disquieting enough to have you uncomfortably squirming in your seat.
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Jump Dash Rollby Derek Johnson
8/10
Not For Broadcast isn't for everyone, but fans of 2013's Papers, Please will not find a better title on the market.
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PC Gamerby Ian Evenden
85/100
Deeply silly and all the better for it, the missed political targets really don't matter.
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Posted on: August 4, 2025

lmaoalien33

Verified owner

Games: 3 Reviews: 1

Its a grand time

Bit stupid but also gives insight into the dangers of censorship. snugglebunny is a stupid level tho

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Posted on: September 3, 2025

soulklepto96

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Games: 230 Reviews: 1

I are director

hehehehehehehehehe I make news

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Posted on: September 15, 2025

Stavvy

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Games: 31 Reviews: 1

Papers Please on Live TV

It plays like Five Nights at Freddie's but it's a news channel under a new radical government. Little to no horror that I've seen, but plenty of gut wrenching drama (like in Papers Please your livelihood may be determined by obedience.) It's also a comedy serial for you to tune into, and you're at the director's chair making creative and procedural calls. Will you use the news to get money at the cost of your fellow man? Will you be suppressed by the radical socialist regime? That depends on what you let reach the TV sets in the homes of every family in the country.

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Posted on: October 13, 2025

TaiDough

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Games: 47 Reviews: 1

scary look into facism

This is a scary view into orwelling style facism, It feels like the more times passes after I played the game the more I see it like whats around me.

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Posted on: October 26, 2025

diz077

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Games: 575 Reviews: 14

Simply Amazin

I love this game. The story is excellent and well told through the "news". It's a FMV game but it has gameplay that keeps you on your toes through most of the game. I ended up playing through it twice in a row because I found out that something that happened about 1/3 of the way through could have a totally different outcome and I was very happy when I got to the culmination of the 2nd playthrough. I can't wait to see what these guys do next. Highly recommend

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