Pile Sorter 📦

A calm to-do list game online: little to-dos like emails, laundry and a birthday card drift slowly onto a pile. Pop each one into Now, Later or Let go (those float away as balloons 🎈) and watch the pile shrink. The pile never gets too big, and there is no wrong answer.

How to play

1. Drag the top thing into a box (or just tap a box).
2. Now ⚡, Later 🕐, or Let go 🎈. Any choice is fine.
3. Sort 20 things and see your pile shrink.

Touch: Drag or flick into a box, or tap a box · Mouse: Drag into a box, or click a box · Keyboard: 1, 2, 3, or arrows and Enter

Why we made it this way

Pile Sorter is a brain dump you can play. When everything feels urgent, the hardest part is often just deciding, so we give you three big boxes, Now ⚡, Later 🕐 and Let go 🎈, and one thing to decide at a time. There are no wrong answers: the point is the act of sorting, not getting it 'right'.

We kept the pace slow on purpose. A new to-do arrives every 2.2–2.8 seconds and the pile never holds more than 6, so it can't run away from you. After 20 things you see how many went in each box, with a gentle nudge like 'just start with the first one'. Let-go items turn into balloons and float off.

Drag, flick or tap a box on a touch screen, or press 1, 2 or 3 on a keyboard. It's one of the quieter sorting games online, with no timer, and it suits adults facing a long list, students before exams, or a class practising how to prioritise.

Good for these moods

• 🤯 Overwhelmed: When everything feels like a lot, sorting one thing at a time makes the pile feel smaller. Slow pace, no wrong answers.

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