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Human Resource Machine

Human Resource Machine

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.

Released Oct 15, 2015 Developer Tomorrow Corporation Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ProgrammingPuzzleIndieCasualEducation
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

93.9%positive4,408 reviews
Recommended · 17 found this helpful

“This game teaches you assembly language without telling you it's teaching you assembly language.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“In a world without the follow up, 7 Billion Humans, this game would be a much easier recommend. The logic puzzles are good, but the value, quality, and and fun are much better in 7BH. Get it on sale if you love logic puzzles.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“fantastic!!! I knew I was programming but once I learned it was actually assembly code the whole time it made me even more invested. Beat all the main levels and currently almost done with the challenge levels. The mechanical progression is so well done”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:23 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

30playing at last check
3324-hour peak
758all-time peak
0 100 200 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 147 avg · Oct 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

16achievements
21.3%median completion
4.6%rarest: Green Optimization Award
89.0% of players 66.6% of players 58.8% of players 54.1% of players 35.9% of players 28.4% of players 28.1% of players 24.6% of players 21.3% of players 20.2% of players 13.1% of players 8.1% of players 8.0% of players 6.0% of players 5.6% of players 4.6% of players 89.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
89.0%Career Milestone 1 — coffee time
66.6%Career Milestone 2 — employee morale insertion
58.8%Career Milestone 3 — sabbatical beach
Rarest badges of honor
4.6%Green Optimization Award — green path fully optimized
5.6%Social Engineer — ask all bosses to tell you more
6.0%Blue Optimization Award — blue path fully optimized

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China58.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$8.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 25, 2025
Only 3 Days Left for the World of Goo 2 Launch Sale!

We’re currently in the middle of running a fabulous Tomorrow Corporation/2DBOY Publisher Sale (in honor of the World of Goo 2 release), which expires on Monday, April 28th, but the fun doesn’t stop th

Apr 10, 2025
World of Goo 2 Coming to Steam on April 25, 2025!

World of Goo 2 is coming to Steam on April 25! There will be three ridiculous new levels, designed especially for the most clever, the most hardcore, the most goo-imbued players. (Even some of the dev

Mar 18, 2025
World of Goo 2 Launching Q2 2025!

The original World of Goo came out more than 15 years ago. The world is a little older now, and so are we. And you. You can’t stop progress! Welcome, World of Goo 2 -- releasing this Spring on Steam w

Nov 18, 2022
NOW AVAILABLE - The Little Inferno: Ho Ho Holiday Expansion! (SALE AND UPDATES)

The Little Inferno Ho Ho Holiday Expansion is here! To celebrate, we're putting Little Inferno on sale for 80% off! Return to the world of Little Inferno with an all new scary holiday story, a mysteri

Apr 14, 2020
Trading Cards are now live!

Attention Employees! Human Resource Machine trading cards are now available. Hard working employees will already find some in their Steam accounts. Stay safe out there! Your Friends at Tomorrow Corpor

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsProgramming · Puzzle · Indie · Casual · Education · Simulation · Singleplayer · Automation · Touch-Friendly · Logic · Comedy · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Danish, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements16
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://tomorrowcorporation.com/humanresourcemachine
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: XP or later Processor: 1.5Ghz CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: graphics card that supports Shader Model 2.0 or greater DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 200 MB available space