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Human Resource Machine cover art

Human Resource Machine

Tomorrow Corporation · 2015-10-15

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazon

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 29, 2016 (Linux), Nov 30, 2016 (Android), Jul 03, 2016 (iOS), Oct 29, 2015 (Wii U), Mar 16, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 15, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.

15
playing now
94%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (53 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Human Resource Machine is a visual programming-based puzzle video game developed by Tomorrow Corporation. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Wii U in 2015, being additionally released for Linux in March 2016, for iOS in June 2016, for Android in December 2016 and for the Nintendo Switch in March 2017. Human Resource Machine uses the concept of a corporate office worker assigned to perform tasks that involve moving objects between an inbox, an outbox, and to and from storage areas as a metaphor for assembly language concepts. The player works through some forty puzzles in constructing a program to complete a specific task.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 135 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 117k–281k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,685 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.40 at MacGameStore (2024-08-14) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 46 of 73 observed days · $4.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
767620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3672026-08-06 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742015-10-152026-08-302015-10-15 — best price $9.992016-03-30 — best price $7.992016-07-19 — best price $7.492017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $7.992018-04-27 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $6.992019-05-16 — best price $4.992019-09-30 — best price $7.492019-12-19 — best price $5.092020-03-09 — best price $14.992020-08-06 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-04-08 — best price $14.992021-10-27 — best price $7.492021-12-20 — best price $5.092022-04-19 — best price $14.992022-09-13 — best price $7.492022-12-10 — best price $14.992023-03-10 — best price $14.992023-06-30 — best price $7.492023-10-25 — best price $7.492024-01-23 — best price $14.992024-04-18 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-10-16 — best price $7.492025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-03-27 — best price $7.492025-06-16 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-12 — best price $4.942026-03-27 — best price $7.492026-07-14 — best price $3.742026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
89%
earned "Career Milestone 1"
21.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,55714%16
Switch (Nintendo)620%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyIndieLogicCasualComedyPuzzleSatireDifficultEducationAutomation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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