The Sorting Bureau

A cozy sorting game set in a quiet Tokyo workshop. Clients bring you boxes of clutter: buttons, coins, gears, stamps. Sort, match, and piece everything together with satisfying ASMR clicks. No timers. No wrong answers. Just the joy of tidying up.

Turn Chaos Into Calm — One Drawer at a Time

A desk covered in someone's life. Vintage buttons, foreign coins, delicate stamps, old gears, and forgotten sweets. Pick up each item and find where it belongs. No timers. No penalties. Just the quiet satisfaction of putting things in order.

Great for cozy streams and ASMR content.

Every material has its own sound — metal clinks, fabric rustles, wood thuds. There's no background music, just the ambient sounds of a small workshop on the edge of Tokyo. Viewers who love A Little to the Left and Unpacking will feel right at home.

Stories Told Through Objects

Each order comes from a real character — a watchmaker, a pastry chef, a manga artist. Sort through their things and piece together their stories. After the story mode, procedurally generated orders keep the calm going as long as you want.

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
  • Endless requests. There's always another desk waiting
  • A cozy workshop tucked away in a quiet Tokyo neighborhood

Wishlist on Steam now - keys available closer to launch.

GAME

The Sorting Bureau

Releases: 21st Aug 2026

The game will be available from 21st August 2026

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DETAILS
Genres

Casual, Indie, Puzzle, Simulation

Publisher

Apelsinka Games

Developer

Apelsinka Games

Release Date

21st Aug 2026

Official Hashtag

#TheSortingBureau

YouTube Tag

thesortingbureau

Platforms

     

REQUIREMENTS

Steam - Windows

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
Steam - Mac

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
PC
  • 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
Mac
  • 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