LOW VALUE JOB

LOW VALUE JOB is a dystopian job simulation game.

A purely monotonous task awaits you: sorting the parts scattered across your desk by type.

Bolts of various lengths. Nuts. Washers.

Your job is to pick up these parts one by one, examine them, and sort them.

This game offers nothing but atmosphere and work. There is no story.

Why not experience the utter emptiness of sorting parts in a dimly lit future?

Features

Simple parts-sorting action you can quietly lose yourself in

Shared results that let you sense the presence of other players, even in single-player

Online matches for up to 8 players, competing on sorting speed and accuracy

Voice lines that let you send deep breaths and throat-clearing to your opponents

An office interior that changes as you progress

Hardcore Mode for those who want to sort stoically by hand

Co-op Mode for up to 64 players (Early Access)

The True Ending

The world this game offers may be an escape from a reality that demands complex, difficult decisions, and a place for people who want to find peace in quiet, simple work. At first, players concentrate on telling the parts apart, but as they get used to the work, their minds gradually gain room to wander, and they begin to think about all sorts of things.

If you find yourself thinking, “I want to do something else,” that is your moment to quit. Putting this game down and starting something else is the true ending. No matter how many parts you have sorted, you have reached the ending.

Who Is This Game For?

A game design that asks players to perform endless simple work is not something everyone will accept. However, we believe the feeling and atmosphere this game brings will strongly resonate with certain people.

We recommend it to those who love solitary, simple work, and to those looking for a simple competition to enjoy casually with friends.

Streaming and Video Content

LOW VALUE JOB welcomes content creation such as gameplay videos, live streams, reviews, and commentary.

Whether you are an individual or a company, you are free to monetize your content, including ad revenue, Super Chats, and similar features.

No prior contact or permission is needed, but please stream within the terms of your platform and applicable laws.

We have posted download links to usable image assets on the community discussion board. Please use them if you need them.

Information for Streamers

This is a work-style game, so the footage tends to look much the same over time.

In single-player, the ending is triggered once you have sorted 5,000 parts.

Reaching the ending is expected to take about 90 minutes.

*The ending is placed only as a stopping point; there is nothing like a story.

We Recommend Saying “Yeah, Let’s Stop”

The work this game offers suits some people and not others. If you feel it is not for you, please don’t force yourself to continue — just stop playing. Streamers and content creators may find it hard to stop partway. We would be grateful if viewers, too, would praise this “courageous stop” and accept it warmly.

User Information Displayed In-Game

On the leaderboards: a unique ID for each user (sequential number), score, and the date the score was updated

In single-player: a unique ID for each user (sequential number), score, and the date and time the score was updated (only the latest 20 entries worldwide are kept)

During online matches: a unique ID for each user (sequential number), score, and connection quality with the server (rated on a 5-level scale)

Normally, no arbitrary text or voice entered by users is used

Violence and Similar Content

There is no blood or direct depiction of violence in the game, but some elements may suggest violence to create the game’s atmosphere (for example, references to people who fall into debt and disappear, in the setting of online matches).

To Those Who Work in Parts Sorting

LOW VALUE JOB is a work of fiction. Portraying parts sorting as the epitome of worthless work is part of the game’s setting, and we do not intend to diminish the value of the people who do parts-sorting work in the real world. We would like to add that the developer once did parts sorting as a job, and it was necessary work.

This kind of parts-sorting work is often not fully valued (and tends to be looked down on), but we sincerely hope that affordable tools to help with it will become far more widely available.

About Gifting

We don’t really recommend giving this game to your friends as a gift.

As the seller, we would be very happy, but it might take away one of the few chances to make a decision left to the people in this game’s world: to start of their own will, and to stop of their own will.

If you like, we would be grateful if you would quietly recommend the store page instead.