Human Resource Machine
Worth it · Strategy · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 67% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$14.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$4.9467% offBANGER
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.41/hr
- ReviewsS
- 94% of 4,711
- Critics
- 78 players 16 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 3% Strategy
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.94 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.4h
- To 100%
- 10.1h 2.3x the story
- Achievements
- 16
Price and sales
- Sales
- 77 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $3.74 December 2021
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 12 now
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 98% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
89% start to 5% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 77 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $8.19, a level the record has reached 73 times.
Its score sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, 7 Billion Humans ($14.99, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats Electrician Simulator ($17.99, scores 45).
More about Human Resource Machine
Critics scored it 78. Players sit 16 points higher at 94 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
3 of the 390 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 493 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 4.4 hours; clearing it takes 10, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.4 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 16 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
A game that essentially kickstarted my programming career. A little over a decade and some 5 YoE in the industry later, I still think about this game:) - obviously, the game is great and I recommended it more than a few times to people wanting to dip their toes into programming. Thank you, Tomorrow Corporation, for helping shape the rest of my life!
1 more review
I just finished all the levels in *Human Resource Machine*. I definitely recommend this game, but with one important disclaimer: it probably isn't for everyone. If you enjoy mathematics, programming, or automation, you'll likely have a great time with it. If not, it might end up being more frustrating than fun. What I found especially interesting and exciting about the game is that it doesn't just cover basic...
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About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, graphics card that supports Shader Model 2.0 or greater, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Human Resource Machine scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/375820/human-resource-machineReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.