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7 Billion Humans

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding programming puzzles
  • Engaging learning tool for coding concepts
  • Humorous and charming art style and story
  • Well-polished user interface and controls
  • Good replay value with optimization challenges

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty curve for non-programmers
  • Some ui limitations (e.g. no redo, limited debugging)
  • Randomness in puzzle execution can cause frustration
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • No volume or sound settings in-game

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Signal State

  • Silicon Zeroes

  • Automachef

  • Tetrobot and Co.

  • Can of Wormholes

  • MOLEK-SYNTEZ

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like 7 Billion Humans but with less leadership over others

  • Human Resource Machine

  • while True: learn()

  • Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

  • 异常 | Exception

  • Chronoquartz

  • Paint it Back

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

7 Billion Humans: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026