# 7 Billion Humans — user reviews

> 212 indexed App Store user reviews of 7 Billion Humans by Experimental Gameplay Group, rated 4.40/5 from 154 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/7-billion-humans/id1393923918/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/7-billion-humans/id1393923918.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 112 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 8

## What do users think of 7 Billion Humans?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🧠 Excellent puzzle design and logic challenges
- 💡 Innovative programming-based gameplay mechanics
- 😄 Humorous and witty dialogue/storytelling
- 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay loop
- 📚 Educational value for learning programming concepts
- 🎨 Polished graphics and visual design
- ⭐ High-quality successor to Human Resource Machine
- 🏆 Satisfying sense of accomplishment when solving puzzles
- 🔧 Well-balanced difficulty progression
- 🎯 Optional optimization challenges add depth

**Cons**

- 📱 Screen rotation ignores iOS orientation lock
- 🔊 Cannot disable all sound effects completely
- 🎵 Game blocks background music/audio apps
- 📊 No cloud save/sync between devices
- 📝 Confusing IF/ELSE statement interface
- 🐛 Programming logic bugs in some levels
- 👆 Small UI elements difficult to tap on iPhone
- 🔤 Inclusive language (mid-dot) impacts readability
- ⚡ High battery consumption during play
- 🎮 Limited content - game completes relatively quickly

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Screen rotation occurs despite orientation lock being enabled
- Sound cuts out randomly and requires app restart
- Auto-save doesn't work reliably
- Hamburger menu opens under Dynamic Island in portrait mode
- Nearest panel function incorrectly re-evaluates when panel is taken by another worker
- Level 37 appears unbeatable despite correct solutions
- IF statement placement logic causes unwanted ELSE statements
- Dragging code blocks too sensitive, conflicts with scrolling
- Sound doesn't work on iOS 13
- Rotation prompt appears repeatedly instead of once

**Most requested features**

- iCloud/cloud save synchronization across iOS devices
- Option to lock screen orientation
- Ability to disable all sound effects
- Support for background music/audio apps
- More levels and additional content
- Level editor for community-created challenges
- Undo/redo functionality for code editing
- Better zoom capability for small screens
- Save language preference between sessions
- Step-back debugging feature
- Clipboard support for code copying
- Leaderboards and infinite loop detection

## Newest reviews (12 of 212)

### 4/5 — Bro i cant sync my level!!

*2025-09-17, version 1.0.3*

Im selling my device and my data is all lost 🥲🥲 can you sync it to my apple account?

### 4/5 — Fine

*2025-04-22, version 1.0.3*

Gamifies how to program. 

Cloud sync would be very helpful.

### 3/5 — needs a little polish

*2025-02-26, version 1.0.3*

The screen rotation prompt is annoying, it should appear once and go away. As it is the hamburger menu opens *under* the dynamic island when in portrait mode.

### 3/5 — Not as good as Human Resource Machine

*2024-08-04, version 1.0.3*

Their first game was a lot of fun - I had hoped that this one would be similar but more challenging. Instead it’s been dumbed down so far that it’s kind of boring. It’s like going from playing chess to playing checkers.

### 3/5 — No sound

*2023-11-19*

Nice but the sound does not work

### 4/5 — 37년차 버그 확인 요청

*2023-03-16*

37레벨 버그인지 안깨집니다. 직접도 해보고 유튜브에서 영어버전 공략보고 그대로 해봐도 틀렸다고 나오네요. 확인 바랍니다.

### 2/5 — Please fix screen rotation

*2022-06-21, version 1.0.3*

Nearly impossible to play lying down because the screen rotates even when rotation is locked.

### 3/5 — I hate screen rotation

*2021-10-17, version 1.0.3*

The game is great, but screen rotation that ignores ios screen lock means you can only be in one position when playing the game and even then sometimes it still randomly changes.

### 4/5 — Great game, but it blocks outside audio

*2021-09-27, version 1.0.3*

I love this game, but it shares a serious limitation with Human Resources:  it won’t let you listen to an audio app while playing.  This significantly reduces the times I want to play. I usually listen to audiobooks or podcasts when playing any mobile game.

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2021-06-06*

Das ist eines der brilliantesten Spielen im AppStore. Man muss 70 Programmieraufgaben lösen, die von leicht (zur Einführung) bis mega-schwer reichen und dabei spielerisch in die Denke Parallelen Prozesse einweisen. Die zu verwendende Sprache ähnelt Assembler und lässt leider das programmieren von Spaghetti-Code zu, dafür werden höhere Sprachkomstrukte, wie Semaforen im Sprachumfang angeboten, mit denen die sequezialisierung paralleler Prozesse möglich ist. Auch die Vode-Effizienz durch die Optimierungs-Challenges „minimale LOC“ und „maximale Performance“ führen zum Überlegen und ständiger Überarbeitung der Programme. 
Das Konzept ist absolut erstklassig und für junge Skriptkids wie für alte Fortran-ensäcke ein Freizeitspaß mit hohem Lerneffekt. 
Ein Hoch auf die Anbieter mit der Bitte mehr Spiele dieser Art zu entwickeln.

### 5/5 — 試行錯誤が楽しい

*2021-04-05*

前作のヒューマン・リソース・マシーンでもそうでしたが、ステージをクリアする度に自分が天才になったような気がして楽しいです。 アレをこうしたらイケるんじゃないか？何故・何処が間違っているんだ？とか沢山考えてクリアした後の達成感は凄いです。

### 4/5 — 新しい境地かも

*2021-04-04*

ノーコード系の学習アプリはいろいろあるけど、これはパズルゲームとしての完成度がとても高い。
使えるコマンドの制約がよくできていて、かつ、全て並列処理で考えないといけないので、一般的なプログラミングに慣れていても新鮮な気持ちで楽しめるのでは。
ただ課題をクリアするだけじゃなくて、行数とパフォーマンスの目標を達成するために試行錯誤するのが楽しい。ちなみに最後の第4段階はけっこう骨があると思います。しばらく楽しめそう。

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Bugged

*2026-08-05, version 1.0.3*

The games core interpreter functions differently than the pc version which makes some of the puzzles unsolvable. Also screen rotation bugs plus being unable to disable sounds. I’m surprised it got through Apple review

### 1/5 — Unplayable

*2026-05-26, version 1.0.3*

Game does not respect iPhone orientation, so you have to keep your screen perfectly still to play, and it’s next to impossible to play while laying down as it just flips rotation constantly. Horrible experience

### 1/5 — iCloud save please

*2026-05-18, version 1.0.3*

Please support cloud save across all Apple devices including iPad iPhone and MacOS

### 1/5 — 세로모드 전환

*2024-04-21*

너무 불편함. 가로모드 고정 기능이 필요해요

### 1/5 — 화면 전환

*2023-09-13*

쫌만 움직이면 화면 가로세로 자동으로 전화되서 뭘 못하겠음
뭐하려고하면 전환…

### 1/5 — Annoying screen rotation that can’t be turned off

*2023-02-09, version 1.0.3*

Even if you have screen rotation locked the game will still switch between landscape and portrait. It’s very annoying

### 1/5 — 自動旋轉跟音樂關閉問題

*2022-10-07, version 1.0.3*

一直瘋狂自動旋轉畫面，到底讓不讓在床上玩手機呀，每次登入遊戲音樂就要再取消一次，什麼奇怪的設計。

### 1/5 — No auto save

*2021-09-28*

The game is ok but there is no difficulty progress (it is just random). The biggest problem is the auto save that often does not work.

### 1/5 — 操作極為不便

*2020-06-22, version 1.0.3*

如想手機橫屏控制，遊戲不斷彈出旋轉螢幕，十分滋擾。如選擇就不能看到遊戲畫面！

### 1/5 — Excellent, mais...

*2020-04-27*

...dommage que cet excellent jeu soit gâché par l’écriture inclusive.
Je ne pense pas que la propagande idéologique ait sa place dans un jeu vidéo, qui plus est potentiellement éducatif.
Rien qu’à cause de ça je me demande fortement si je vais y faire jouer ma fille.
Sans ça c’était un sans faute.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Génial

*2026-03-27*

Merci d’avoir codé cette merveille

### 5/5 — Special

*2025-08-22, version 1.0.3*

By a mile the best mobile game I’ve ever played. Hurts the brain in such a brutal and elegant fashion.

### 5/5 — Круто

*2025-05-30*

Купил предыдущую и сразу эту. Жаль ничего нового не выходит подобного плана(

### 5/5 — My Favorite Game

*2025-02-24*

This is my favorite mobile game of all time! Besides the “Human Resource Machine” and “Little Inferno” of course. I completely lost track of that developer studio. Hope to see something new soon.

### 5/5 — アプリ側にガチのプログラミングミスがある

*2024-04-05*

アプリ側のガチのプログラミングミスのせいで俺の正しいプログラミングが失敗扱いになった。 Nearest（パネル）で1番近くのパネルを保持してからそこに向けて移動し出した時に、他の社員がそのパネルを持っていくと、元々パネルが置いてあった位置で勝手にもう一度その位置でのNearestをしなおして変数の中身が勝手に変わる。しかも、おそらく変数が勝手に切り替わるタイミングが絶妙で通るはずのないif文を通ってしまっている。 でもゲームはすごい楽しいです

### 5/5 — nearest is faster than set

*2023-05-10, version 1.0.3*

in year 34, why?

### 5/5 — At last you are mine!

*2023-03-08, version 1.0.3*

I’ve been looking for a game that uses programming syntax as a game mechanic for years. This game is brilliant!

### 5/5 — Amazing fun with algorithms!

*2022-12-17, version 1.0.3*

Really fun puzzles. Starts easy but gets genuinely challenging, in the best way.

### 5/5 — Изумительная головоломка

*2022-06-27*

Для человека, который хочет поразвлекаться проганьем, но никак с этим не связан - просто восхитительное развлечение. Графика и игровая часть потрясны также😍

### 5/5 — Add a Level Editor

*2021-08-05, version 1.0.3*

I have completed everything and would love more. A level editor that the community can use and share would be a great addition.

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