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Human Resource Machine

Tomorrow Corporation · 2015-10-15

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CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Human Resource Machine is a Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 4689 reviews).

13
playing now
94%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Human Resource Machine trailer thumbnail

Human Resource Machine - Official Trailer #1

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 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 3% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 117k–281k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,689 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 75 of 109 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

5892026-09-15 13:00 — 58 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 28 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 22 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 15 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 26 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
14712Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 147 · peak 758Feb 2016 — avg 22 · peak 70Jun 2016 — avg 61 · peak 157Oct 2016 — avg 25 · peak 91Feb 2017 — avg 63 · peak 256Jun 2017 — avg 26 · peak 84Oct 2017 — avg 19 · peak 41Feb 2018 — avg 22 · peak 68Jun 2018 — avg 37 · peak 186Oct 2018 — avg 24 · peak 52Feb 2019 — avg 35 · peak 89Jun 2019 — avg 18 · peak 61Oct 2019 — avg 16 · peak 38Feb 2020 — avg 18 · peak 47Jun 2020 — avg 23 · peak 85Oct 2020 — avg 17 · peak 56Feb 2021 — avg 21 · peak 58Jun 2021 — avg 18 · peak 71Oct 2021 — avg 15 · peak 58Feb 2022 — avg 18 · peak 42Jun 2022 — avg 31 · peak 96Oct 2022 — avg 18 · peak 37Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 30Jun 2023 — avg 15 · peak 48Oct 2023 — avg 22 · peak 87Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 39Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 72Oct 2024 — avg 20 · peak 56Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 37Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 50Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 49Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 40Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 38
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.592015-10-152026-10-142015-10-15 — best price $9.992016-05-10 — best price $7.492016-09-26 — best price $7.492017-07-03 — best price $6.992017-12-21 — best price $6.992018-08-16 — best price $3.592019-04-22 — best price $4.992019-08-26 — best price $14.992019-12-13 — best price $7.492020-03-09 — best price $14.992020-08-17 — best price $14.992020-12-15 — best price $14.992021-07-02 — best price $5.992021-11-26 — best price $5.092022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-03 — best price $7.492023-06-30 — best price $7.492023-11-17 — best price $7.492024-02-09 — best price $7.492024-05-22 — best price $7.492024-09-02 — best price $7.492024-11-21 — best price $8.992025-03-06 — best price $7.492025-05-28 — best price $14.992025-09-22 — best price $4.942025-12-12 — best price $4.942026-04-02 — best price $7.492026-08-02 — best price $4.952026-09-10 — best price $14.992026-09-30 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

80152026-06-02 — 46 pageviews2026-06-06 — 55 pageviews2026-06-10 — 39 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 41 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 41 pageviews2026-06-30 — 34 pageviews2026-07-04 — 45 pageviews2026-07-08 — 37 pageviews2026-07-12 — 38 pageviews2026-07-16 — 31 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 35 pageviews2026-08-01 — 26 pageviews2026-08-05 — 48 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 52 pageviews2026-08-17 — 37 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-25 — 43 pageviews2026-08-29 — 33 pageviews2026-09-02 — 28 pageviews2026-09-06 — 34 pageviews2026-09-10 — 71 pageviews2026-09-14 — 80 pageviews2026-09-18 — 30 pageviews2026-09-22 — 29 pageviews2026-09-26 — 31 pageviews2026-09-30 — 34 pageviews2026-10-04 — 40 pageviews2026-10-08 — 40 pageviews2026-10-12 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-04-06 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyIndieLogicCasualComedyPuzzleSatireDifficultEducationAutomation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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