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.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 4.4-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Get one email when Human Resource Machine is worth buying.
One email per game. Unsubscribe in a click. No spam.
Worth it · Strategy · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedBUY IT.
Yes, worth it at $14.99. A BANGER if it drops to $7.65.
about 4.4h$14.99 (~)
Better value than 98% of Strategy games
The verdict is built to be quoted. Copy the line, or embed the live badge.
Human Resource Machine scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/375820/human-resource-machine<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/375820/human-resource-machine"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/375820" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/375820/human-resource-machine)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 3h ago.
Peak 15Low 15Latest 15
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $4.94High $14.99Now $14.99
Price line + bands by tier:BANGERWorth itPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $3.74, set in December 2021. It has been discounted 73 times in the 11 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. The math puts its BANGER price at $7.65, and history has reached that level 66 times. Patience has paid on this one before.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Little Inferno ($3.74, scores 92) beats it on value, while it beats 7 Billion Humans ($14.99, scores 61).
Steam's global achievement data says about 5 percent of players ever finish it. On a 4.4-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.