NEW ON STEAM
Tidy Up Together
At a glance
Tidy Up Together game facts
Steam store information checked 2026-08-27。- Studio
- Malum Games Published by Malum Games
- Release
- Aug 14, 2026 Released
- Official genres
- Casual · Indie · Simulation
- Play mode
- Single-player · Multiplayer · Online co-op
- Desktop platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Playable Some controller prompts do not match Steam Deck controls.
- Controller
- Full support
- Steam features
- Achievements · Cloud · Family Sharing
- Languages
- 1 listed languages Englishlanguages with full audio support
What that means for your setupMalum Games is both the developer and publisher behind Tidy Up Together, which released on Steam on August 14, 2026, listed under Casual, Indie, and Simulation. Play is supported in single-player, in standard multiplayer, and in online co-op, and the Steam store page notes full controller support. On PC the game targets Windows, and Steam Deck verification lands at Playable with a note that some controller prompts do not match Steam Deck controls, so handheld players may want to keep a mental map of which button does what. Supported features include Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. Languages are listed as English with full audio support, which is worth knowing if you were hoping for localized menus or voice in another tongue. Pricing on Steam is currently the regular $5.99 USD with no active discount, marked as a new Steam release.
Picture thousands of potions, sushi, and greatswords flung across the floor of a fantasy shop, and your only job is to put every last one back where it belongs. That is the oddly calming premise of Tidy Up Together, a low-pressure organizing sim from solo-friendly studio Malum Games where there are no time limits, no fail states, and a friend can hop into your lobby whenever the mess starts feeling too mighty. Whether you tidy in solo or open the doors to a co-op crew, the appeal is the same: steady, satisfying shelf work with just enough variety to keep you reaching for the next category.
What the game actually feels like
The core loop is item recognition plus placement: scan a sea of loot, decide which of the fourteen categories each object belongs to, and carry it to a matching shelf, with each successful tidy nudging a completion percentage upward.
Three stores offer escalating scale, starting around 650 items, stepping up to roughly 2500, and culminating in the Leviathan shop with almost 10000 items, so you can pick a session length that matches your evening.
Magic-inspired abilities unlock as you tidy, including highlight markers that reveal where stray items belong and an auto-grab that saves you running across the room, giving solo players a bit of breathing room when the mess sprawls.
There are no time limits and no game over state, only an end-of-run completion timer, so the experience stays firmly in cozy territory rather than devolving into a stressful chore.
What early players are seeing
What is landing
- Several players call out the multiplayer as the standout feature, with one reviewer writing that playing with their bestie is so much fun that they can highly recommend it, and another noting the cartoony art style paired with co-op is something they had not seen before in the tidy-up space.
- A reviewer who put in over seven hours praised it as a super cozy and fun sorting game, singling out the chill vibe even while working through the largest store.
- Multiple reviewers highlighted the human-made, no-AI angle as a meaningful plus in a category they describe as oversaturated, with one calling Tidy Up Together everything and more precisely because of that.
- One player reported playing from start to finish without encountering a bug, and another summarized it as satisfying and amazing fun, complete with a pet-able cat tucked into the world.
What still needs watching
- Shelf sizing in the Leviathan store can split a single category across multiple shelves, which several reviewers say breaks the neat, picture-perfect look organizers are usually chasing.
- Solo players in the biggest shop may find the carry limit and percentage-based coin progression more tedious than relaxing, with one reviewer finishing the 9k-item store alone over roughly 24 hours and wishing for a higher carry cap.
Is Tidy Up Together worth buying now?
Current decision
Worth tryingThe evidence supports a clear recommendation: a warm review score, multiple positive notes about the cozy loop, the multiplayer hook, and the affordable price, balanced against very real complaints about Leviathan-level shelf sizing and slow solo progression on the biggest map. That mix lands squarely in worth-trying territory, especially if you plan to play with at least one friend and can start on the smaller stores to learn the rhythm before tackling the giant.
Who this is for
A good fit if you…
- Anyone craving a cozy organizing sim with zero fail states and a friendly pace.
- Friends or couples who want a light co-op activity to share in the same lobby.
- Fans of tidy-up and sorting games who have been wishing one of them added multiplayer.
- Solo players who like working through big 'just one more shelf' sessions at their own tempo, provided they start with the smaller stores.
- Players who specifically want to support a small, human-made release without AI-generated art or content.
Wait if you…
- You strongly prefer solo play and want the largest, 10000-item store to feel smooth, since reviews flag shelf sizing and carry limits as friction points there.
- You need language support beyond English, as the Steam listing currently advertises English only with full audio.
- You are a Steam Deck purist who wants perfect input prompts out of the box, given the Playable rating and the note about mismatched controller prompts.
- You only enjoy tidy-up sims that lean heavily on physics-driven object chaos, since some reviewers feel the physics presence here is lighter than in comparable titles.
If Tidy Up Together is not quite your game
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Choose it ifChoose Tidy Up Together if your group wants calm co-op, and Golf With Your Friends if you want loud, fast multiplayer competition.
How it comparesOnline multiplayer party vibe Golf With Your Friends turns group sessions into competitive mini-golf chaos for up to twelve players, while Tidy Up Together keeps groups cooperating quietly on the same shelving puzzle, with no scoring race and no failure state.
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Wobbly Life
Choose it ifPick Tidy Up Together for a focused, low-pressure tidy loop with friends, and Wobbly Life if you want a broader sandbox to explore together.
How it comparesOpen-feeling co-op sandbox with customization Wobbly Life throws you into a vibrant open world packed with jobs, vehicles, and story missions, whereas Tidy Up Together keeps the action contained inside three progressively larger shops focused purely on sorting.
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How to Fish
Choose it ifGo with Tidy Up Together if sorting and tidying is your comfort food, and How to Fish if you want short, physics-driven laughs with a couple of friends.
How it comparesSmall-team physics co-op on a budget How to Fish is a 1-4 player physics comedy about a wrecked boat and learning to fish, while Tidy Up Together is a higher-item-count organizing sim with magic abilities and a fantasy shop setting instead of a beach.
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