Human Resource Machine

Human Resource Machine

Steam Deck Verified

Tomorrow Corporation · Programming · Oct 15, 2015

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

On sale at $7.49, but it has been as low as $4.94.

94%
Very Positive
5k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
86% of themes are praise14% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Rather than writing traditional code, players construct programs by arranging simple, visual commands such as grabbing values, placing them in memory slots, performing arithmetic, or jumping to different instructions.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
My guess is these people have not attempted the OCDs for each level, which are basically size/speed code optimization.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I'm mostly making this review because I see some reviews that say this game has little replayability.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style is endearing, the UI is a fun challenge in of itself, and there are real meaningful programming challenges this game has to offer.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The other place where the friendly interface ultimately gets in the way, is the coding itself.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Humor is on point as always, music is fantastic, artwork and animation is great, and even the voice acting is good.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters56 reviews
Optimization47 reviews
Gameplay32 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Interface25 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty42 reviews
93%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $7.49 (−50%). The lowest we've tracked is $4.94.

5 points recordedtoday · $7.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
16
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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