The Auto Sort Is Broken
Inventory-sorting puzzles set inside a failing online role-playing game
Fractal Projects · Released Jan 23, 2025
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 96
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Jan 27, 2025
What is The Auto Sort Is Broken?
A single-player puzzle game about running an inventory-organizing shop for fantasy adventurers. You group identical items in increasingly cluttered bags while customers describe an online world undermined by its developers' greed. Coins earned from jobs buy secret achievements that reveal more of that story.
For you if...
- +you enjoy spatial puzzles and methodical item organization
- +you like dark humor about online role-playing game problems
Not for you if...
- −you want varied mechanics beyond moving and sorting items
- −you prefer puzzles without time pressure
What players say
79% of 96 reviews are positive
Players praise the sorting puzzles and the way the story connects them. Their most common complaint is imprecise drag-and-drop placement, especially during timed puzzles, and several wish the game were longer.
Screenshots and trailer
The Auto Sort Is Broken system requirements
Minimum: 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Auto Sort Is Broken?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
- Processor
- 2 Ghz Dual Core
- Memory
- 2 MB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Does The Auto Sort Is Broken have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Auto Sort Is Broken run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 23
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil.
Does The Auto Sort Is Broken use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam