Is The Sorting Bureau still being updated?
Yes. The Sorting Bureau is still being actively updated.
The developers last posted about The Sorting Bureau yesterday. 5 substantial updates have shipped in the past six months, 2 of which were major. Across their history this team posts roughly every 11 days, which is what makes the current gap measurable rather than a guess.
What the developers have actually shipped
- Aug 22, 2026 · significantUpdate 1.0.1: Fixes and QoL
- Aug 21, 2026 · releaseThe Sorting Bureau is out. It started with a strange idea one morning
- Aug 15, 2026 · significantThe Sorting Bureau launches August 21: piles, fewer drags, and a lot of fixes
- Jun 13, 2026 · significantDemo Update 0.8.1 — the cat now reacts when you click on him
- Jun 2, 2026 · majorDemo Big Update 0.8.0 + Devlog
Related questions
Is The Sorting Bureau dead?
No. The Sorting Bureau is still receiving developer attention: the last post was yesterday, and 5 substantial updates shipped in the past six months.
Has The Sorting Bureau been abandoned?
There is no evidence of abandonment. Developer communication has continued, most recently yesterday.
When was the last update to The Sorting Bureau?
The most recent developer announcement we hold is dated August 22, 2026.
How we know this. Every figure here comes from announcements the developers posted themselves on Steam; press coverage is excluded. “Substantial” means a patch, release, or major update rather than a sale or event notice. Nothing on this page is an opinion about whether the game is good. See the full record or check the development status of every game we track.