Tiny Desks is a retro-80s inspired office automation game about turning chaos into flow. Tasks pile up on your desk. Employees each have their own strengths. Stress builds. Mistakes cost money. At first, you’ll be dragging every task by hand just to survive the day. Later, you'll carefully automate bottlenecks and optimise flow, to please your corporate overlords.

Manage the tasks

Tasks arrive on your desk throughout the day, and it's your job to keep the productivity high, make sure each employee gets assigned tasks that match their preferences. At first, everything is manual but later on your get a chance to upgrade the office and have more automation.

Hire more employees

Hire more employees, it helps your increase the task throughput but also causes more work and process for you.

Handle different tasks

Not every task is the same, and not every employee is suited to every job. As new task types appear, you’ll need to adapt your workflow around different specialties, priorities, and processing times

Upgrade

Use the money you earn to improve your efficiency, add more desks, train employees to work faster or add automation. The goal isn’t just to survive the day, it’s to build an office that increasingly runs itself, so think both short and long term.

Operations Terminal

Manage and observe your stats though the operational terminal.

Automation

Unlock the Switchboard to automate task routing. Keep it well maintained to avoid breakdowns, and use the calibration to improve routing efficiency.