diff --git a/src/components/Topbar.tsx b/src/components/Topbar.tsx
index 23e8390..2c6c258 100644
--- a/src/components/Topbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Topbar.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import type Decimal from 'break_eternity.js';
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import type { PointerEvent } from 'react';
 
 interface Props {
   time: Decimal;
@@ -7,7 +9,47 @@ interface Props {
   onInitialize: () => void;
 }
 
+const HOLD_TICK_INTERVAL_MS = 1000;
+const MIN_TICK_INTERVAL_MS = 50;
+
 export default function Topbar({ time, onTick, onReset, onInitialize }: Props) {
+  const timeoutRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
+  // Mutable, not React state: doTick reschedules itself via setTimeout, so it must always read
+  // and write the CURRENT speed directly — a value captured in a render's closure (e.g. via
+  // useState) would stay frozen for the lifetime of that closure, since nothing ever forces
+  // doTick to be re-created from a fresh render while a hold is in progress.
+  const speedRef = useRef(HOLD_TICK_INTERVAL_MS);
+
+  function stopHolding() {
+    if (timeoutRef.current !== null) {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+      timeoutRef.current = null;
+    }
+    speedRef.current = HOLD_TICK_INTERVAL_MS;
+  }
+
+  function doTick() {
+    onTick();
+    speedRef.current = Math.max(MIN_TICK_INTERVAL_MS, Math.pow(speedRef.current, 0.97));
+    timeoutRef.current = setTimeout(doTick, speedRef.current);
+  }
+
+  function startHolding(e: PointerEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) {
+    if (e.button !== 0)
+      return;
+    e.currentTarget.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+    stopHolding();
+    doTick();
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    window.addEventListener('blur', stopHolding);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('blur', stopHolding);
+      stopHolding();
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <div className="topbar">
       <h1 className="topbar__title">
@@ -24,7 +66,12 @@ export default function Topbar({ time, onTick, onReset, onInitialize }: Props) {
       <button className="btn" onClick={onReset}>
         Reset
       </button>
-      <button className="btn btn--primary" onClick={onTick}>
+      <button
+        className="btn btn--primary"
+        onPointerDown={startHolding}
+        onPointerUp={stopHolding}
+        onPointerCancel={stopHolding}
+      >
         Tick ▶
       </button>
     </div>