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Released Oct 15, 2015 $14.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Human Resource Machine

By Tomorrow Corporation

Followers 25,098
Reviews 3,291 Very Positive
Players yesterday 15 at the busiest moment
Owners 500K–1M estimated

About Human Resource Machine

Human Resource Machine is a game tagged Programming, Puzzle and Indie by Tomorrow Corporation, released Oct 15, 2015. It has 3,291 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include 7 Billion Humans, Cyber Sentinel and Brainfuck Challenge.

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.
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Overview

App ID375820
Release dateOct 15, 2015
Last change number39323160
Last record updatejust now

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Tomorrow Corporation
Publisher
Tomorrow Corporation
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise
Tomorrow Corporation
Metacritic
78
Links

Languages

19 · 1 with full audio
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
All 19 languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes
Norwegian Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes
Danish Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux
Steam Deck
Verified

Features

5
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Related apps

Prices

Price · US$14.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$14.99Oct 24, 2026
Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
11116672publicApr 28, 2023

Packages & DLC

Packages

4
IDNameGamesPrice (US)
69478 Human Resource Machine 1 $14.99
391388 Human Resource Machine - Commercial License 1 $14.99
11413 Bundle Tomorrow Corporation Puzzle Pack 2 $25.48
24093 Bundle The Tomorrow Corporation Collection 5 $85.45

Depots

Depots

4
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
375821 — Windows 115.5 MB 113.3 MB 9137320853397674953
375822 — macOS 114.2 MB 103.3 MB 3467443479762727413
375823 — All 49.9 MB 44.7 MB 3534645308468747817
375824 — Linux 70.5 MB 64.9 MB 7932376800108114040

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 11116672 Apr 28, 2023 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Human Resource Machine

Launch options

4
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
Human Resource Machine.exe Windows Launch
Human Resource Machine.app\Contents\MacOS\Human Resource Machine macOS Launch
HumanResourceMachine.bin.x86 Linux · 32-bit
HumanResourceMachine.bin.x86_64 Linux · 64-bit

Cloud saves

Space per player24.0 MB
Filesup to 4
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataRoamingHuman Resource Machine*.binAll

Achievements

Achievements160 hidden
Most unlocked89%Career Milestone 1
Rarest4.6%Green Optimization Award

Global unlock rate

share of players who have it
  • Career Milestone 1 coffee time 89%
  • Career Milestone 2 employee morale insertion 66.5%
  • Career Milestone 3 sabbatical beach 58.7%
  • Glorious Failure: Solution Not Robust solve a puzzle for a specific set of inputs, while still failing with other possible inputs 54%
  • Orange Optimization Award orange path fully optimized 35.8%
  • King of Verbosity solve any puzzle with at least 4x the number of commands required by the size challenge 28.4%
  • Career Milestone 4 midnight petroleum 28%
  • Career Milestone 5 where's carol? 24.5%
  • Glorious Failure: Overflow attempt to generate a number that is too big to store in green boxes 21.3%
  • Glorious Failure: Out of Bounds attempt to read or write with a tile on the floor that does not exist 20.2%
  • Career Milestone 6 end program 13.1%
  • Excellent Instruction Follower all levels complete. congratulations. 8.1%
  • Queen of Inefficiency solve any puzzle with at least 4x the number of steps required by the speed challenge 8%
  • Blue Optimization Award blue path fully optimized 6%
  • Social Engineer ask all bosses to tell you more 5.6%
  • Green Optimization Award green path fully optimized 4.6%

Screenshots

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Update history

Changes to the Steam record

since we started watching
  1. Oct 25, 2026 · 14:45 #39323160
    • appid removed
    • common.ReleaseState added released
    • common.releasestate removed

News

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  2. Apr 10, 2025 · Community Announcements World of Goo 2 Coming to Steam on April 25, 2025!

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  3. Mar 18, 2025 · Community Announcements World of Goo 2 Launching Q2 2025!

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  4. Dec 26, 2023 · PCGamesN Acclaimed indie sim game is free to keep forever if you're quick

    Automating your own job seems like a bad idea, especially if your bosses find out. But acclaimed indie sim Human Resource Machine makes a game of it as you negotiate your way through your Office Spac…

  5. Nov 18, 2022 · Community Announcements 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 myster…

  6. Apr 14, 2020 · Community Announcements 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 Corpo…

  7. Dec 9, 2019 · Community Announcements 7 Billion Humans 60% off for Human Resource Machine fans!

    Through 12.16.2019 all Human Resource Machine owners can get 7 Billion Humans at 60% off! Search your Steam inventory for the coupon. Good luck and happy programming everyone! Kyle, Kyle, and Allan

  8. Feb 13, 2019 · Community Announcements 16:9 Support + Language fixes for Korean, Russian, and Traditional Chinese!

    That is all.

  9. Aug 23, 2018 · Community Announcements 7 Billion Humans is Out!

    Can you feel that? With every human on the planet gathering in one single office building, Earth’s gravitational center has shifted just slightly… 7 Billion Humans, the follow-up to Human Resource Ma…

  10. Aug 15, 2018 · Community Announcements Human Resource Machine is now out in Korean and Traditional Chinese!

    Human Resource Machine is now available to all Korean and Traditional Chinese speaking employees! To celebrate, we are putting HRM on sale for 50% until the weekend. 7 BILLION HUMANS UPDATE! --------…

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