Teaches assembly and programming logic
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This game teaches you assembly language without telling you it's teaching you assembly language.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Human Resource Machine
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%Tomorrow Corporation2015Puzzle · Casual · Simulation
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A clever, charming assembly-style programming puzzler with tough optimization challenges. Skip it if you dislike math or already code and want comfortable tooling.
Great for
Puzzle fans and aspiring programmers who enjoy logic, math and code-golf style optimization
Main risk
Clunky drag-and-drop UI and tiny instruction set make later levels tedious; difficulty spikes lose non-coders
What players love
Satisfying, clever puzzles with good progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the moment when your solution finally works is extremely satisfying.”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗
Challenging optimization goals add replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the real challenge is optimizing your "code" and getting all the achievements.”
Steam review · 19.3 h played ↗
Charming art, humor and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Humor is on point as always, music is fantastic, artwork and animation is great, and even the voice acting is good.”
Steam review · 29.7 h played ↗
Great as a gift or learning tool for kids
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“My 10 year old who I could not pull away from minecraft seems to have taken this game as his new thing.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky drag-and-drop UI for longer programs
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“When the best way to write programs is to tab out of the game, write them in a text editor and paste the asm in, you know you've truly failed at UI design.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Limited instruction set makes solutions tedious
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“You're solving algebra problems using a criminally underpowered instruction set.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Too hard for non-programmers, little guidance
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Instead of teaching me and explaining the logic of this, or at least giving me a hint in the right direction, the game effectively told me to google it instead.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Drawn comments and labels, no copy/paste
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The commenting feature is pretty unusable, as you can't type comments, only draw them with the mouse”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
No volume control or settings
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“It starts loud, and it stays loud, and there's no way to fully mute it. There are no volume sliders.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Slow execution makes testing tedious
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“even at maximum you'll be sitting around for several minutes as your code completes.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified200 MB
Minimum
OSXP or later
Processor1.5Ghz CPU
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphicsgraphics card that supports Shader Model 2.0 or greater
Storage200 MB available space
OSXP or later
Processor1.5Ghz CPU
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphicsgraphics card that supports Shader Model 2.0 or greater
Storage200 MB available space
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