About the Game
SYNOPSIS
Last night's earthquake left the museum in ruins. Display cases shattered, marble plinths cracked in half, centuries of history scattered across the exhibit halls. As the newly appointed museologist, you have one week before the board decides whether the museum reopens or closes its doors for good. Somewhere under all that rubble is a swordsmith's blade, a pharaoh's death mask, the skull of a creature that hasn't walked the earth in sixty million years. Find them. Rebuild them. Put the museum back together, one fragment at a time.
GAMEPLAY: MUSEUM RESTORATION SIMULATOR
This is a puzzle-driven restoration simulator set inside a museum torn apart overnight.
Fragment Matching: Swords, shields, fossilized dinosaur bones, ceremonial masks, ancient coins, and full statues every exhibit has been reduced to a pile of loose pieces. Study each fragment's shape and follow its glowing outline to figure out exactly where, and how, it fits.
Massive Collection: 3,513 fragments make up 543 objects, and the halls look hopeless on day one. But finish an exhibit and you'll unlock new restoration techniques that make the next room go noticeably faster.
KEY FEATURES
A Museum Reborn: There's a particular kind of satisfaction in watching a wrecked hall turn back into something you'd actually pay to see cracked glass replaced, pedestals righted, the rubble on the floor slowly disappearing.
Plan Your Own Workflow: Which hall do you tackle first? Which abilities do you stack together? The order you choose changes how fast the chaos clears, and finding your own rhythm is half the fun.
A Living Building: Empty halls echo. Restored ones don't. As you work, the museum's ambient sound shifts around you a small, constant reminder of how far you've come.
The Board Is Watching: Every hall you finish is scored on accuracy, not just speed. Sloppy placements drag your rating down, and your rating decides whether the museum reopens at all.
RESTORATION TECH
Clear halls to unlock museum-issued gadgets that speed up your work:
Delivery Drones: Hold a fragment, and send your micro-drones into the rubble. They will find and bring all remaining pieces of that object directly to your hands.
AR Visor: Activate your smart glasses to scan the room. The visor highlights scattered pieces belonging to the same object, making them easy to spot in the mess.
Auto-Snap Tool: Instantly lock the fragment you are holding into its correct position. No fumbling or manual alignment required.
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Patch Notes
New
Lost & Found is now always listed in the pause menu. It becomes usable when 50 or fewer pieces are left. Until then, pressing it tells you how many pieces are still missing.
When Lost & Found becomes available, a notice now stays on screen until you open the pause menu, so you won't miss it.
A new Difficulty page joins the questions asked when you first start the game, with the Easy Placement option. Players who already answered those questions will see them once more after this update. Your current settings stay as they are unless you change them.
Fixes
Fixed the colliders on some sword pieces:
Iron Verdict (piece 2)
Blood of the Agiads (pieces 2, 3 and 5)
One Edge Enough (pieces 1 and 2)
Splinter of the Nightwatch (piece 2)
The Accolade (piece 3)
The Duelist's Apology (piece 3)
Added more safeguards to protect your saves from being lost.
Thank you for your reports, please keep them coming!
Patch Notes
- Fixed the missing icon for the Coachman Hat.
- Fixed bench collisions in the Victorian room.
- Fixed metallic objects showing up black.
- Added new safeguards to stop objects falling through the floor.
- Controller: you can now walk slowly by tilting the left stick only a little.
- New: Easy Placement at the very bottom of Options > Game. When it's on, a piece only fits its own exhibit, so you only see that exhibit's outlines. This is our first step toward difficulty options.
Thank you so much for all your feedback. Every fix in this update came from your reports, so please keep them coming!
We've read every single one of your kind reviews on Steam. Knowing that the game has brought fun to so many of you makes us truly happy. Thank you so much!
If you're enjoying your time in the museum, leaving a Steam review would mean a lot to us. We're a small team of just two people, and every single review makes a real difference. Thank you!
Patch Notes
Fıxes
- Half Word Truth 4: Fixed the box collider. Pieces no longer sink into the floor.
- Fixed most objects clipping into stairs and carpets.
- Fixed textures on the following exhibits:
- Templar's Ward
- Oathkeeper's Wall
- Crusader's Vow
- Grip of the Draugr
- Pulse of the Ankh
- Templar's Ward
Performance
- Small optimizations and stutter fixes.
Thanks for playing and for all your reports! Keep them coming on our Discord.
HOTFIX: STAIRS ISSUE REOLVED
- Fixed an unexpected bug caused by our previous update regarding the stairs.
Patch Notes
Exhibits
- Ulyseus&Argos: Piece "10" has been merged with its neighbour.
Patch Notes
New
- Flashlight: Press F (hold Select on a controller) to cycle through Low, Medium and High, then off. You can rebind it in Options > Controls.
- Colorblind mode: Turn on Distinct Colors in Options > Game > Interface.
Lost & Found
- Now tells you when the missing pieces are already in your bag.
- Pieces no longer get stuck inside other objects or land in strange places.
- Fixed pieces placed in the wrong spot sometimes not being brought.
- Brought pieces now glow for a short time so they are easy to spot.
- A small hint now shows where to find Lost & Found when you are near the end.
Exhibits
- Temple of Guardian: Updated the icon for piece 5.
- Age of Chivalry: Fixed the map.
- The Broken Order: Fixed the paladin hammer.
- Magyar's Defiance: Piece 6 is no longer hollow.
- Sun Temple: Improved the quality of the mask rack.
- Bronze of Ares: Piece 7 has been merged with its neighbour.
- Horus the Avenger: Fixed the texture on piece 6.
- Poseidon: Fixed the text on the sign.
Thanks for playing and for all your reports! Keep them coming on our Discord, in the Steam Discussions, or through Report a Problem in the pause menu.
Thanks for all the feedback so far. Several of the things you asked for are now in the game.
Correct pieces stay put
A piece in its correct spot no longer comes off with a quick tap. To take it back, hold the interact key until the bar under the prompt fills. So when you reach for a wrong piece sitting right next to a finished one, you won't grab the finished one by accident. Wrongly placed pieces still come off with a single tap, like before.
If you'd rather have correct pieces locked for good, turn on Options > Game > Comfort > Lock Correct Pieces.
Toggle Sprint
You no longer have to hold the sprint key. Press it once to start running and press it again to stop. Running also stops by itself when you stand still or crouch, so you won't dash into a display by mistake.
Turn it on in Options > Game > Controls > Toggle Sprint.
Jukebox Music Selection
You can now choose exactly which tracks you want to listen to while you work! Just head over to the jukebox in-game to open the brand-new menu. From there, you can select your favorite songs, customize your playlist, and manage how the tracks transition between each other.
Map Improvements & Bug Fixes
Map Signs & Collision: Fixed the display of signboards on the map and resolved stuttering and getting stuck issues while moving around.
Chinese Localization: Implemented a fix for the Chinese localization on the map. Everything should display correctly now.
New Achievement Added
For the completionists who want an extra challenge, we added the "Nobody Asked for Help" achievement for finishing without using any skills. Keep an eye out, as even more achievements will be coming in the future!
We will try to add more sound effects and quality-of-life changes as much as possible in the coming days. Keep the suggestions coming, we read all of them. Thank you for your support!
Current Release
Build 25678586
Uploaded Oct 06, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
Museologist Tidy Up the Museum!.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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