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Tidy Up the Town

What have you done to the market?! Practising your amateur sorcery in the town square might not have been the best idea… You should really tidy up the market stalls before everyone arrives for a hard day’s work!

Released
Platforms
Linux, PC

Tidy Up the Town is a cozy tidy-up game where your apprentice-level magical mishaps have caused the entire contents of the town's market stalls to end up strewn around the main square...

Power up and upgrade your magical abilities to collect and sort hundreds of different items into their correct market stalls and shelves for the merchants, and bring life back to your town!

High Quality over High Item Counts

Rather than 10,000 items where you might be bored two hours in after picking up the fiftieth copy of the same sword to shelve, I focused on creating a high quality, polished experience with ~1,000 interesting items and a whole bunch of secrets and life to discover in the world!

I want you to have a great time dipping in and out of the game and perhaps trying to top the in-game leaderboards, rather than slogging through twenty hours of the same content.

I've priced the game a little lower than other tidy-ups to try and make this clear.

Tidy up your own Magical Mess

Restore the Marketplace

Use your (questionable) magical powers!

Key Features

• Over 1,000 items (no AI generation) across 10 different market stalls including Blacksmith, Apothecary, Scribe, Butcher and more!

• Full Controller support.

• Unlock magical Spells and Abilities to speed up your sorting.

• Obtainable animal companions - both cat and dog with customizable breeds.

• Optional Steam and Online Leaderboards to compete with your friends and the wider community!

• No time limits, no game over state. Tidy Up at your own pace.

Quality of Life Features

A big focus on QoL features - full key rebinding, head-bob and motion sickness toggles, FoV settings, and much more.

Additionally, you don't need to actively hold the relevant item to shelve it - the appropriate items are automatically selected when clicking.

How the launch is going

Ranked 17th of 346 games released on 16 Oct. 6 Steam reviews so far: too few to judge. At its busiest, 103 people were playing at once.

  • 103 Peak players
  • 6 Positive
  • 6 Steam reviews