The rain stopped before it reached the pavement. Across the city of Meridia, every clock agreed on the same impossible second.
You are the keeper of Iona's workshop, suspended one second before midnight. That second can be made larger on the inside. Catch moments of time, build machines that turn them into more, and give a frozen city a way home.
A calm idle and incremental game with a story, made to be played at your own pace.
BUILD A WORKSHOP INSIDE A SECOND
• Tap or hold the central clock to catch Moments.
• Install Splitters, Lenses, Reservoirs, Echo Chambers and more: twelve machines, each with its own role.
• Route machines into chains so each stage strengthens the next.
• Grow from a single ring to three rings and 36 sockets.
• Pinch to zoom in on your rings and plan the perfect layout.
FOLD TIME, CHANGE THE RULES
When your workshop is ready, Fold the final second and rebuild under a new law of time:
• Forward Time rewards long, clockwise production chains.
• Looping Time lets closed circuits build resonance.
• Branching Time splits your workshop into two boards that work best in balance.
Chronons earned by Folding buy permanent research, and discoveries unlock new workshop blueprints and machine modifications.
After three Folds, optional Trials ask you to Fold under one rule and earn a seal for it.
A STORY IN THE HELD SECOND
Meet Iona, the clockmaker who stopped midnight, and Mara, the signal operator still waiting for the last train. New transmissions arrive as your workshop grows, across twenty chapters and eight places in the atlas of Meridia.
PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE
• Your workshop keeps producing while you are away: up to 4 hours, and up to 24 hours with research.
• No daily login streaks and no timers that punish you for stepping away.
• A hands-on tutorial teaches the basics in a separate practice workshop.
• Reduced motion, separate music and effects volume, and hold-to-catch for comfortable play.
• Plays offline.
• Playable in twelve languages.
FAIR, OPTIONAL EXTRAS
The full game can be played without spending money. Optional rewarded videos give a temporary production boost, and they are off until you choose to turn them on. Optional purchases include Prisms, time skips and workshop colour palettes. Prisms can also be earned through discoveries and experiments.
Privacy policy: https://5rage.github.io/last-second-workshop-privacy/
A calm idle clockwork game: catch moments, build machines and fold time.