Human Resource Machine

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Human Resource Machine

Short description

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.

Developer
Tomorrow Corporation
Publisher
Tomorrow Corporation
Release
Thu, Oct 15, 2015
Price
$14.99
$7.49
50%
Reviews
3,261
Positive
95%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
500K – 1M
Concurrent players
15
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation
Features
Steam Trading Cards
Tags
Programming Puzzle Indie Casual Education Simulation Singleplayer Automation Touch-Friendly Logic Comedy Difficult Satire Funny Great Soundtrack Sandbox Experimental 2D Resource Management
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$1.8msomewhere between $785k and $12m · roughly 65K–1M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $12.03, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $14.99 launch price. That is 20% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

8 data points since Jul 30, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$1.8m → ~$1.8m
Reviews 3,259 → 3,261
Followers 24,787 → 24,817
Concurrent players 15 → 15
Price $14.99 → $7.49
Positive reviews 94.7% → 94.7%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 271 further data points reach back to Oct 1, 2015 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $3.74 on Dec 3, 2021.

How crowded is this niche?

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