Sort In Silence

Roadmap

Four more residents, five in total

Mika and her university library are available now. During Early Access, we plan to create and introduce four additional characters progressively, each with their own map, transformation, behaviors and gameplay mechanics.

These additional residents and their locations are planned content and are not available yet. We will share progress as they take shape. Details and release order may evolve with development and player feedback.

About the Game

About the Game

The university library has been ransacked. Up to 8,500 books lie on the floor, the lights barely work, and your job is to put every single one back where it belongs.

Mika is still here. She reads at her desk in the reading room, and she does not want anyone tidying her library. Work too fast, run, or talk too loudly and she will notice. Push her too far and she stops being Mika.

Gameplay

Pick up books from the floor, find their section and shelve them slot by slot. Every first placement, completed shelf and finished zone earns money that you spend on the library computer: faster movement, more carrying capacity, guides that show where each book goes, and chain or batch shelving.

Mika reacts to how you work. She shushes you, walks over to throw your freshly shelved books back on the floor, and cuts the lights. When the lights are out she whispers from the dark, and when you turn away from the computer she may already be standing behind you. When her patience runs out she transforms and hunts you through the aisles. Your flashlight can hold her back, but not for long; light switches and fuse boxes bring the lights back, and wardrobes and tables let you hide. If she sees you hide, she will find you. If she inspects your hiding spot, stay completely silent: she can hear your microphone too.

Better Together, Quieter Apart

Play alone or invite up to three friends. In co-op, the library grows with the group, money and upgrades are shared, and you can lift a downed teammate back to their feet. Proximity voice chat lets you coordinate in the dark, but every word you say can draw Mika to you.

Features

• A satisfying sorting job in a dark PSX-style library: up to 8,500 books, each with its own place.
  
• A monster that reacts to how you work: speed, noise and your real voice all make Mika angrier.
  
• Scares that change every run: an empty chair, a whisper in the blackout, someone standing behind you at the computer.
  
• Four forms of Mika, each more dangerous than the last, with hunts that escalate as the library fills up.
  
• Flashlight, light switches, fuse boxes, wardrobes and tables to survive the dark.
  
• 21 permanent perks and 8 single-use tools: decoys, a truce box, a protective amulet, a first-aid kit and more.
  
• Work orders during the shift that reward you with extra tools.
  
• Solo or online co-op for up to 4 players with proximity voice chat.
  
• Hardcore mode: one life, and the run is gone if you die.
  
• 40 Steam Achievements, a fastest-time leaderboard and Steam Cloud saves.
  
• Supports keyboard and mouse or a controller, and 10 interface languages.

Early Access

Sort In Silence is in Early Access with one complete location: the university library and Mika. More locations are planned, shaped by your feedback.