The Sorting Bureau

- Developer
- Apelsinka Games
- Released
- Aug 21, 2026
- Steam reviews
- 79% of players recommend it, from 359 reviews — Steam calls that “Mostly Positive”
- Tags
- CasualIndieSimulation
On Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
Valve rates it Deck Verified. Valve rates it Verified on Steam Machine. Valve marks it SteamOS Compatible.
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About this game
The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.
Every Item Has Its Place
A desk covered in someone's life. Vintage buttons, foreign coins, delicate stamps, old gears, and forgotten sweets. Pick up each item and find its place.
Every Material Has Its Sound
Metal clinks. Fabric rustles. Wood thuds. Each item snaps into its container with a satisfying click. The kind of sound you want to hear over and over.
Stories Told Through Objects
Every request comes from someone real. A watchmaker and his gears. A pastry chef and her molds. A manga artist buried in brushes and sketches. They bring their boxes and ask for help. Sort through their things and you'll get to know them a little.
Your Evening Ritual
New boxes show up every morning. New clients, new items, new sorting rules. Some evenings you sort a whole desk. Some evenings you just sit with the cat.
Features
- Sort hundreds of tactile items across dozens of themed desks
- No timers, no penalties, no scores. Play at your own pace
- ASMR sound design: every material sounds different
- Charming clients, each with their own personality and story
- A quiet room that's still there when you come back
- A cozy workshop tucked away in a quiet Tokyo neighborhood

System requirements
As Steam lists them.
Windows
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10+
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 / AMD Athlon 3000G (dual-core, 2 GHz)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 520 / NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 / AMD Radeon R5 (DirectX 11 compatible, 512 MB VRAM)
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX compatible
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
macOS
Minimum
- OS
- macOS Big Sur 11 or newer
- Processor
- Apple M1 or Intel Core i3
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Apple M1 / Intel HD Graphics 5000 (Metal compatible)
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
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