# Human Resource Machine — user reviews

> 387 indexed App Store user reviews of Human Resource Machine by Experimental Gameplay Group, rated 4.50/5 from 416 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/human-resource-machine/id1005098334/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/human-resource-machine/id1005098334.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 309 · 4★ 45 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 24

## What do users think of Human Resource Machine?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Challenging puzzles
- 👍 Engaging gameplay
- 💡 Teaches programming concepts
- 🎨 Quirky visuals and humor

**Cons**

- 🐛 Bugs in certain levels
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
- 🔇 No option to play own music
- 🔀 Issues with screen rotation

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Level 20 expecting incorrect output
- Scrolling issues causing commands to move
- Crashing on iOS 14 update

**Most requested features**

- More levels and challenges
- Ability to save progress across devices
- Hints or solution guides for stuck players

## Newest reviews (18 of 387)

### 4/5 — good but a bit confusing

*2026-06-30, version 1.0.9*

it was very fun but for every level above ten I would spend minutes thinking and my head always felt like it would explode afterwards in conclusion i think it’s a very entertaining game but it’s also realllllllly hard to solve each floor

### 3/5 — Amazing game! But…

*2026-03-08, version 1.0.9*

I love this game! Played it a lot when I was younger. However, I had it in my macbook all fine but now coming back years later it is asking me that I need to pay $15 on the mac appstore. I thought I had owned it previously? Why do I need to pay again?

### 4/5 — Génial

*2025-12-13*

Le jeu que j’aurai aimé avoir quand j’ai commencé la programmation. Mes nièces sont un peu grandes ça peut leur faire une initiation à l’informatique.
Pour l’instant je suis au lvl 15 sans difficulté, j’ai juste dû réfléchir pour 2 niveaux afin de faire les défis d’optimisation en nombre de cycle. Un Tips pourrait être proposé pour donner une poste quand les gens sèchent car parfois dur de trouver la logique permettant de réduire les instructions pour un non informaticien.
Je viens de prendre 7 billions humans, malgré les remarques sur l’écriture inclusive qui n’a jamais inclus personne dans la vie réelle, mais peut exclure les personnes maîtrisant mal la langue. C’est vrai que dans les dialogue c’est dommage (voir commentaire du jeu)
Sinon le HRM est top, musique bien, graphisme joli. Cool, je préfère presque celui là. 
Mais vraiment original et rare, accessible à tout le monde (contrairement à 7 billions, lui très orienté vers les informaticiens avec des conditions avancées).

### 4/5 — pfft

*2025-11-17, version 1.0.9*

the game is really fun but seriously not much levels so hard to figure out what to do instructions kind of hard to understand NO 
UPDATES WHAT THE WHAT

### 4/5 — Хорошо, но мало

*2025-02-22, version 1.0.9*

Игра классная , но быстро проходится, мало уровней

### 3/5 — Brilliant

*2024-11-03, version 1.0.9*

Loved this game for years, and still come back to it. I have one niggle though. Really wish the devs would bring in iCloud saves. Kind of annoying that any time I move to a new device, any prior progress is simply gone. Either that, or at least show the app in the Files tab on a Mac and have the save game files available there to move across manually.

### 4/5 — Bruh

*2024-06-26, version 1.0.9*

Bruh I accidently hit send wth

### 3/5 — Fun but lack of iCloud saves is a disappointing omission.

*2024-02-08, version 1.0.9*

For a company that so clearly cares about engineering it’s disappointing to see them omit such an obvious function

### 4/5 — Where’s the soundtrack?

*2023-07-08, version 1.0.9*

Got this game years ago aspiring but got stuck. I remember the soundtrack being incredible and now I can’t seem to get it to play in game. Either way I learned that zero has a value.

### 4/5 — Крутая игра, жаль звук есть только через bluetooth

*2023-01-27, version 1.0.9*

Решите проблему со звуком пожалуйста!
Звук есть только через bluetooth (Air Pods Pro) на iPhone 13 Pro Max, через динамик телефона полная тишина.

Крутая игра, заставляет шевелить мозгами даже программиста. Язык типа ассемблера, хочется конечно написать привычные команды, но их специально нет, чтобы ты соображал!

### 4/5 — 傾きセンサーをiPhone本体と連動させてほしい

*2023-01-11*

ゲーム自体はすごく面白いしじっくりやりこめました。本体の傾きセンサーをオフにしても勝手に画面構成が変わってしまうので寝っ転がってやることができず、可能であれば対応してほしいです。

### 2/5 — Difficile  (manque une aide pédagogique)

*2023-01-08*

Bloquée au niveau 17.

### 4/5 — You're paying for a puzzle game

*2022-12-27, version 1.0.9*

Fun puzzle game for exercising coding knowledge, but doesn't offer a lot of help to actually teach you how to code. Once you get a problem that is too difficult to figure out alone there isn't any help for the user to learn. I basically have to go look up the answers on youtube and pick apart the explanation so I can understand what it is I'm doing in the game. 

Although, my understanding from impressions left on the internet by professional coders, looking up your coding needs on github and other sources is a totally normal thing to do no matter how far along in your career you are. So maybe the true lesson here is that a successful coder is resourceful and adaptable. 

Review coming from someone whose entire coding experience is playing a few levels of swift on the ipad and an obsessively decorated myspace profile in 2005.

### 5/5 — Отличная головоломка

*2022-12-22, version 1.0.9*

Мой парень IT предложил мне поиграть в эту игру, сама я никак не связана с IT сферой, но прошла игру за неделю. После 20 уровня каждое задание сначала кажется очень сложным, но после мыслительного процесса, метода проб и ошибок всё получается. Получаешь огромное удовольствие от пройденных уровней. 
Для тех кто пишет, что невозможно пройти или баг в приложении, просто внимательно читайте задания. Ошибки в программе выдает только если вы неправильно её составили.

### 5/5 — Hey! Stop educating me!

*2022-12-22, version 1.0.9*

There I was, looking for a nice relaxing game with funny graphics and a briiillliant soundtrack, and next thing I know I'm writing computer programs.  Sneaky.

### 3/5 — Não tem nada a ver com programação

*2022-10-24*

Para quem já tem uma base em programação ele não faz muito sentido.

### 3/5 — No Save File export

*2022-09-28, version 1.0.9*

Looking to upgrade your phone? Goodbye save data. This application doesn’t integrate its save with iCloud backup or Game Center. Probably won’t play it until this is fixed.

### 5/5 — Симулятор программиста

*2022-08-03, version 1.0.9*

Эта игра способна сбить спесь с любого, кто не является программистом и научить вас мыслить как программист. Ее нужно ввести в школьную программу по информатике.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — I’m confused

*2022-12-31, version 1.0.9*

These puzzles are way too smart for me

### 1/5 — i feel humiliated…

*2022-09-26, version 1.0.9*

I'm stuck at level 9 because I've been looking for the relationship between input and output. I thought it was an arithmetic sequence or a proportional sequence relationship, or something like that. But after I checked the strategy, I realized that it turned out to be a simple relationship like A-B and B-A. I feel like my IQ has been insulted. Telling the player directly what the relationship between input and output is is much better than telling the player a test case and letting him guess.

### 1/5 — No saves between devices

*2021-06-11, version 1.0.9*

No saves between devices, lots of pain after buying new iPad.

### 1/5 — Crashing on Launch ios14

*2020-09-28, version 1.0.9*

I love this game, but it has been crashing on launch for me since updating to ios14.

### 1/5 — Обманули при покупке

*2019-12-07, version 1.0.9*

При покупке: сняли 2 раза по 70 рублей, потом 229 рублей за саму игру!
В чём дело? написано было что игра стоит 229 рублей а не 369 !!!!!!!

### 1/5 — Fantastic game but unbelievable that save games are not backed up

*2019-06-25, version 1.0.9*

I would give this game 8 stars if only it would allow me to continue my progress on a new phone. Instead I have to re-solve all of the challenge problems, which just kills my motivation to pick it back up. WHY doesn’t this sync to iCloud for saves, or at the very least why aren’t the save games included in my iTunes backup?

### 1/5 — Орфографическая ошибка

*2019-06-24, version 1.0.9*

В игре имеется орфографическая ошибка.

В окне «Накопительный отсчёт» в разделе «Испытание скорости» написано «наибыстейшее решение» вместо «наибыстрейшее решение» - пропущена буква «р» в слове «наибыстрейшее». Исправьте, пожалуйста. После исправления исправлю свою оценку на ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

### 1/5 — can’t listen to other audio when playing

*2018-12-11, version 1.0.8*

my big complaint is that i can’t listen to apple music or audiobook while playing. sound is not needed for this game. i’d like to play the game and listen to what i want.

### 1/5 — No iCloud for Best of App Store?

*2018-12-10, version 1.0.8*

There’s no iCloud support, which means you will lose all progress when switching devices. I’ve replayed the first 20 levels for at least 3 times in order to progress the game due to upgrading/replacing devices in the past 2 years. It’s an abusive relationship, and extreme love slowly sours into extreme annoyance. Especially on multiple occasions, I wanted to solve a harder puzzle or show the game to a friends only remembering I am restarted from level 1. Will not support any future games from the developer until iCloud is implemented.

### 1/5 — Sauvegarde effacée après dernière mise à jour

*2018-10-25*

Impossible de continuer, après la dernière mise à jour les sauvegardes ont disparu !!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Really Enjoyable game that teaches you the basics of coding algorithms.

*2026-05-08, version 1.0.9*

I really enjoyed this game when it first came out. It looks like it hasn’t been updated in a few years, hopefully the developer hasn’t given up on this game.

### 5/5 — Как всегда на высоте!

*2026-01-16, version 1.0.9*

Вы можете заняться изучением этого шедевра когда вы не на работе
А теперь работать!

### 5/5 — Mind-blowing!

*2025-02-24, version 1.0.9*

I can not describe how much I like this game. It’s a great puzzle, full of humor and breathtaking style. And for sure it is worth every penny.

### 5/5 — Update to disable screen rotation.

*2025-02-05, version 1.0.9*

I appreciate how immediately the screen rotates, but it doesn’t respond to portrait lock due to how it’s implemented. The lack of an options menu is elegant, maybe add an option in the iOS settings app? My screen is rotating a lot when I don’t want it to.

### 5/5 — Awesome

*2025-01-25, version 1.0.9*

Best ios game to me in many years. If you are a coder there's no reason you will not be interested in it.

### 5/5 — 두뇌훈련

*2024-11-30, version 1.0.9*

두뇌훈련을 의한 최고의 게임

### 5/5 — Lots of fun

*2024-08-04, version 1.0.9*

Sadly very short and not very challenging.

### 5/5 — Sehr gut gemacht, aber Synch zwischen Devices?

*2024-06-05*

Sehr gut umgesetztes Spiel. Mir fehlt aber der Synch zwischen den Geräten.

### 5/5 — This game is genius

*2024-05-11, version 1.0.9*

It tricked me into writing assembly and having fun doing it.

### 5/5 — A puzzle in a game

*2024-02-10, version 1.0.9*

I’m a programmer I loved this. One day I’m going to finish it.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*