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what is When the Clock Stops?

Survive in a basement by hunting insects to feed a lurking creature before time runs out.

In When the Clock Stops, you are trapped in a cold basement with a hungry creature beneath the floorboards. Your goal is to hunt insects and feed the creature to survive while managing time and upgrades.

It sits in the Idle / Prestige / Numbers / Management / Prototype corner of the genre. Like most idle games it runs on a simple loop — earn, reinvest, automate — but the depth is in how long that loop keeps unfolding. Expect to check in, make a few decisions, and watch the numbers climb whether you're at the keyboard or not.

New to incrementals? Read our beginner's guide first, or just hit play — these games are built to teach themselves.