Is The Sorting Bureau still being updated?
What the evidence tells us
No. The Sorting Bureau appears to be dormant.
The latest developer post we hold for The Sorting Bureau is from 27 days ago. 11 substantial updates recorded in the past six months, 2 of which were major. Across their history this team posts roughly every 1 days, which is what makes the current gap measurable rather than a guess.
About this evidenceLast successful Steam news check: . This check time is separate from the date of the developer’s last post.
What the developers have actually shipped
- Sep 10, 2026 · significantNew Update 1.0.7: A lot of improvements and fixes
- Aug 27, 2026 · significantUpdate 1.0.6: Order balance
- Aug 26, 2026 · significantUpdate 1.0.5: Controls, and settings for them
- Aug 25, 2026 · significantUpdate 1.0.4: Piles and fixes
- Aug 24, 2026 · significantUpdate 1.0.3: FPS limit and fixes
Related questions
Is The Sorting Bureau dead?
By the only measure we can observe — developer activity — The Sorting Bureau shows the pattern of a game that has stopped receiving work. The developers last posted 27 days ago. This describes communication and shipped updates, not whether anyone is still playing.
Has The Sorting Bureau been abandoned?
We cannot know a studio's intentions, only its behaviour. The Sorting Bureau has gone 27 days without a developer post, which is the pattern abandoned games show. It is not a statement about the studio's plans.
When was the last update to The Sorting Bureau?
The most recent developer announcement we hold is dated September 10, 2026.
Is The Sorting Bureau worth playing?
79.3% of 343 Steam reviews are positive, and its Elixir Rating is 72.7 — a score combining that reception with how actively the game is still being developed. Whether it suits you is your call; those are the measurements.
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.