Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! turns sorting 3,072 books into a single-player goal, with spells gradually expanding how you organize them. At Kinguin, it costs ≈ $5.07, giving you a concrete figure to weigh against your budget rather than a reason to assume how long the task will take. The 94%% positive rating across 25,679 reviews adds a broad player response as another point of reference. The offer at Kinguin costs ≈ $5.07; compared with Steam’s current price, this comparable offer saves ≈ $0.92.

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94%Steam Reviews25.7K reviews

Released: Apr 30, 2026

Relaxing · Organizing · Collectathon · Artificial Intelligence · Singleplayer

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01About Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

A magical library is in disarray, with 3,072 books waiting to be put back. Sort them from a first-person view, using titles and cover designs to find the right sections. Progress unlocks spells that help locate matching volumes, summon them to hand, or shelve books automatically. On Steam, 94%% of 25,679 reviews are positive.

Credits

Developer

ArtRising

Publisher

ArtRising

Steam player reviews

94%positiveVery Positive25,679 Steam reviews

Lowest recorded in 36 months

$5.092026-04-30 · SteamBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.

Language support

Language	Interface	Subtitles	Audio
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	—
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes	—
English	Yes	Yes	—

Show 1 more languages

Language	Interface	Subtitles	Audio
Japanese	Yes	Yes	—

Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-19

02Before you buy

Single-player sorting

This is a single-player simulation about sorting 3,072 books into library sections using clues from titles and covers. As you progress, you unlock spells that make organizing more efficient.

Controller and languages

The Steam PC version has full controller support. Listed interface languages are English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Russian, with subtitles listed for them; full audio is not listed.

03Frequently asked questions

What do you do in the game?

Sort scattered books into the correct library sections using clues from their titles and covers.

What abilities can you unlock?

You can unlock spells that summon other books in a series, highlight matching volumes, or shelve books in your hands automatically.

How does the evaluation work?

The Principal evaluates how many rows are shelved according to the rules; accuracy and speed matter for a top evaluation.

Popular Steam reviews

Native-language selection · 10 reviews

Selected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.

RecommendedSteam player

05/03/2026

I have zero interest in trying to complete this game quickly or using any of the spells to help in my task. Leave me to my books. It took me 25 meditative hours to sort them all one by one and I have never been more satisfied. 11/10.Show moreShow less

30.3 hours at review1,476 people found this helpful

Not recommendedSteam player

05/23/2026

I was excited to try the game but the only way to know if you place a book correctly is by it's color on the shelf. It is either red or green and as a colorblind person I can't differentiate both colors. A colorblind mode would be pretty great, I'll have to try it later I guess.Show moreShow less

0.1 hours at review2,624 people found this helpful

RecommendedSteam player

05/24/2026

I've played this game a few times through and really enjoyed it. Its kinda therapeutic and a good way to relax after playing more competitive games. Would love to see maybe a second library that is way bigger and have the capability to play with friendsShow moreShow less

14.5 hours at review1,304 people found this helpful

Not recommendedSteam player

06/18/2026

This is a really fun little game. I'm probably going to continue playing it since it scratches a certain itch in my neurodivergent brain. However I can't in good conscience recommend it now that I've found out that the devs used genAI in a few assets. I can understand using it for grammar if english isn't your first language, english is super hard and most translators nowadays are genAI, it's kind of inescapable. But there's really no need to use genAI for art to put on the walls. The 3 art pieces in question are bland-looking landscapes with the telltale yellow filter genAI art tends to have. Stock images could have been used, and the art doesn't really add anything to the game. I can't speak for others but I wouldn't have noticed if there were no paintings on the walls, I'm just here to sort books and put them away. genAI has caused a lot of problems lately, not least of which is driving the price of computer components through the roof, not to mention the negative impact of datacenters. I hope the devs reconsider using genAI art in the future.Show moreShow less

27.9 hours at review737 people found this helpful

RecommendedSteam player

05/31/2026

I'm going to comment here in two forms, sort of. One, to discuss this game as it is on its own merits. Two, to discuss the evident use of AI in this game and my general thoughts around that. First, the game. I've been thinking about this quite a bit recently, now that I've completed the puzzle and put the books back in order. A few thoughts come to mind - Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! (what a mouthful, lets call this L:TU) is a title that would be best appreciated by gamers who enjoy those 'search out' games, like 'find the cats in the scene' games. It'd also likely be appreciated by people who enjoy putting together jigsaw puzzles. There's a very low-intensity whimsy here in seeking out book titles that is suprisingly addictive. But then, as I was playing, I was appreciating this game and I knew that this game wouldn't be for everyone. I'm here actually enjoying myself, but then again, I give Lawn Simulator a 10/10. But I digress, slightly. The gameplay itself is an FPS experience that can be played on keyboard/mouse or with a controller - I chose the latter. There are ~3000 books that need to be shelved, each one in it's own section, and each section having book sets of 3, 5, and 10 books. They're organized by color, shape, naming convention and subject (by floor). In order to get the full appreciation of all of this you're going to require a few things. First, you're going to have to not be colour blind. If you are, forget it. Or at least know you're going to be be playing with a significant, but not insurpassable, experience. Second, you're going to have to have a very strong command of the English language and to appreciate how the book, "Rules and Regulations for a Multi-Classed Adventurers Party" belongs in the "Jurisprudence" section, where as "Everyone's Dwarvish: Common Introductions" belongs in the "Languages" section. At first the game is slow, while you're absolutely lost and trying to find books in sequence, desparetly hoping to complete a row. The more rows you complete, the more experience you gain, which can then be spent on spells. The spells are the part that instantly make the searching component bareable, as these are game changers in speeding up the process. They'll provide the ability to highlight books, bring books in to your hand, organize them in your hands, and place them on the shelves automatically. Pretty soon the process has gone from painstaking to actually sorta kinda fun somehow. The whole thing's over in around 5 hours, probably less if you're faster than me, and you probably will be. There's a, in my opinion, very pleasant reward for completing the task that's very reminiscent of Disney's Fantasia cartoons, and I'll leave it at that. Now, the AI part. (Some of) the reviews are staunchly anti-AI and I appreciate that. I do. If you feel strongly about AI, and you should, and if that's enough to put you off this game, then I appreciate that too. It's a modern, polarizing topic. In this game, it feels quite clear to me that the AI was used to create book titles as well as differentiate book covers themselves. It's done with good effect, and I don't believe there's any direct 'stealing' or plagarizing of public works here, however, it's also pretty lazy. There's a sort of laziness behind it, and behind the use of AI in this game. I think the AI is used in the most inoffensive way possible here in 2026, but it will offend people nonetheless, and quite honestly I can agree with them to a point: AI didn't need to be used here, just more time for real humans to provide real content. The game itself is a fun, lighthearted and enjoyable experience and quite honestly I would love to do this again, more of it, bigger libraries, crazier books, maybe open a book or two, but I would like it done with human content, human titles, I'd like to see more use of human art in the next iteration. So it's a thumbs up here, but it teeters on the precipise of thumbs down, not only because AI feels very much leaned-on in this project, but also because I don't really think it was necessary - just more thought and time required to build more assets. But it's primarily a thumbs-up because I enjoyed the game, and that's what it's about. But also, guys, I enjoyed Lawn Simulator.Show moreShow less

7.1 hours at review838 people found this helpful

Source: original Steam user reviews. Helpful votes are an archived snapshot, not live data. Last collected: 08/15/2026.