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Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Much like the people that inhabit the world of Inhuman Resources, I cannot tell you how or when the influence of SMYRNACORP over my life became apparent. On a day I cannot recall, Inhuman Resources found its way into my Steam wishlist. Some time after that, I saw it to be on…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Raking it's claws across the supple flesh of my grey matter. Finished my run through in about 6 hours. Its short, but I lost track of time playing it. Worth the price, would recommend. I wish they had a few more chapters, but I get how that can balloon projects like this far…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“boring imo and few choices”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
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1.7.0 Patch Update
Hello! Today is a small maintenance patch day for Inhuman Resources. Here's the very short changelog: We now have a native build on Linux! If you run Linux, Steam should automatically switch you over
Patch Notes for v1.6.0
A rare softlock after completing both the Education and Cosmetics departments has been fixed. During video puzzles, the confirm button is new greyed out if the footage hasn't been zoomed in yet.
June 18th Patch - Version 1.4.0
Hello! First of all, as always thank you for playing Inhuman Resources. This patch is based off community feedback and bug reports, as we want to ensure everyone can fully enjoy the story with no inte
2025 HORROR GAME AWARDS
Inhuman Resources was lucky enough to be selected to participate in this amazing event, showcasing some of the best horror games available on Steam! Watch it at 11AM PST / 2PM EST on the official Horr
1.3.0 Bugfix Release
Hello! First of all, thank you for playing Inhuman Resources. We're glad of the feedback we've received, and have since worked on a bunch of fixes mostly requested by you on our discussion forums. Kee
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Choices Matter · RPG · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Horror · Psychological Horror · Dystopian · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 or newer Processor: 2.4 GHz dual core CPU or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX10 or newer capable GPU DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space