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The Sorting Bureau

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Developer
Apelsinka Games
Released
Aug 21, 2026
Steam reviews
79% of players recommend it, from 359 reviews — Steam calls that “Mostly Positive”
Tags
CasualIndieSimulation
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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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