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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.

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Developer
Apelsinka Games
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Apelsinka Games
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Media

13 items

About the Game

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 where it belongs.

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 piece together their stories.

Your Evening Ritual

New boxes show up every morning. New clients, new items, new sorting rules. Your quiet evening never runs out.

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

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