Human or Not

Human or Not

Haguy Eis · 2023 · Simulation, Puzzle, Political, Point & Click, Story Rich

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Mostly Positive77% · 22
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About Human or Not

Noah Stevenson is an immigration officer on a future Earth. His job is to investigate passengers entering Earth and decide whether they are human. While most aliens can enter Earth legally, some alien species are not welcome. Unwanted aliens may choose to trick the immigration authorities and impersonate humans. These aliens must be detected and arrested. However, things are more challenging than they seem.

There are several interrogation methods available to Noah to carry out his work. Some encounters can be scary, some can be funny, and sometimes can feel tedious, but Noah needs this job to make enough money to reunite with his sister, who resides in one of the human colonies in space.

Will Noah choose to do his job, get the money, and leave Earth? Or maybe he has other plans?

"Human or Not" is a puzzle simulation game that puts the player in the shoes of an immigration officer and allows them to decide who can enter Earth. Between shifts, the player meets different characters and makes decisions about Noah's life.

Features:
  • Interrogate passengers in your high-tech booth. A glass barrier is included.
  • Press the "HUMAN" or the "ALIEN" button for every passenger you inspect.
  • Use different inspection methods as they become available.
  • Speak with different NPCs, including your sister.
  • Earn cash.
  • Choices are meaningful!
  • Endings are multiple.
  • Riding the tram is free, and space flights are not.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Feb 1, 2025
I've just started playing so I cannot tell if I like the story or not, but premise is cool. Papers please in sci-fi clothes. It has an interesting game potential, but lacks a few quality of life polishes: - walking speed is a bit low, it begs for a sprint button. When I walk through the location for the first time it might be fine to walk slowly, but after a few times it becomes an annoyance. - when walking from one location to the next (in the spaceport) you don't continue walking if you have the button to walk pressed- you need to let it go and press again. - interacting with objects in the world requires walking up to them and then clicking on them. It would be much more convenient if You could have an action button on the keyboard. - choosing dialog options can only be done with a mouse AFAIK. Option to select dialog options using numbers would be cool and together with interacting with objects using an action button would eliminate the need to use a mouse. - allowing player to skip the walking animation after making a decision in the booth and displaying the banner with correct or wrong decision would greatly streamline the game. I get that the developer had a vision for the …
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Not recommended Nov 28, 2023
I Love Papers please style type games being able to have the ability to alter lives and change the storyline. This game feels very unfinished and lacks any depth. Very little interaction with other characters the endings really didn't make much sense and I felt like you wasted all your time. This game has the foundation for a great game but unless they do some major updates and add to it don't waste your money it's very disappointing
4 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 7, 2025
Excellent and interesting game. I love the variation between endings. For a game that was likely inspired by papers please it actually does a good job of being original. The difficulty starts very easy, and progressively gets more complicated, without feeling sudden or abrupt. I also love how important external, outside of work interactions are to the endings you get in the game. If I were to make recommendations to possibly improve the game it would be as follows: (These are in order based upon what I deem to be the most important) 1) [Most Important] Have more detailed endings & cut-scenes for said endings (Especially for some of the other routes). Doing so would make completing an ending feel even more rewarding, or more emotionally devastating, depending on the route you take. Hypothetical Examples: At the ending of the good ending we could see a short montage showing Noah and Lin overlooking the sanctuary world of the Sitken progressively becoming a great metropolis and haven for other aliens as well. At the ending of the evil route, as a final test of your loyalty, the Vatnaks ask you to directly execute Lin. 2) I am very thankful for the inclusion of checkpoints,…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 9, 2026
Enjoyed it. Basically Paper's, Please if you were kind of like the Space TSA.
Recommended Aug 3, 2024
How did I miss this? I loved your 1st game and this is another well thought out super fun game. I love the style of the graphics it reminds me of my NES. Something about these games overall, they are classics. The whole aliens entering earth illegally just super funny parody. I don't want to give anything else away other than this game is enjoyable to play
Not recommended Nov 27, 2023
I really liked the art style in this game. It's what originally drew me to it. Also love some of the silly moments in the game as well. I liked the overall story line and message. However - the game was just too repetitive. I was bored just a few "in game days" into the game. I'm not sure if quicker story progression would help or if adding more to the storyline? Or both? I would definitely play other games from the game dev, especially if they have the same/similar art style. But would appreciate more developed game play in the next one. ATM, I would not recommend this game just due to the game play repetition. But subject to change if patches or **free** DLC were released to add more to the game.

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