Draw Me A Pixel, the indie minds behind There is no Game are now developing a stretchy spin-off adventure called Crushed in Time.

Crushed in Time is an unorthodox point and click adventure game where your job is to help Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson by manipulating the elastic world around them.

While stretching and launching objects in the environment, players will act as an invisible force helping Sherlock and Watson along through their unfinished game.

While the game narrative involves time travel, you won’t be clashing swords with medieval knights or running away from dinosaurs. Time travel will be limited to the development time of video game production. Much like their previous title, There is no Game, meta-narrative will be the focal point of your experience. So expect alternative art-styles and lots of 4th wall breaking.

The game will release in 2026 on Windows and Mac (via Steam), then iOS and Android soon after, and lastly the Switch version will be released at a later point in time.

Here’s the rundown and a teaser trailer:

PANIC AT THE DEVELOPMENT STUDIO!

Just as the new Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson video game hit the market, one of its characters mysteriously went missing.
After their memorable appearance in the non-game There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, our extravagant investigators are back in their own adventure.
Armed with their iconic ineptitude, they must solve a mystery that transcends the space-time boundaries of their world…

But they won’t succeed without your help!
Travel to the very heart of the game’s creation and explore the various stages of its development to unravel the threads of this strange case.

WELCOME TO A WILDLY ELASTIC AND INFINITELY META EXPERIENCE!

Features

• Rediscover Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, joined by a cast of new, endearing characters.
• Dialogue recorded by real humans. All natural. Non-GMO and additive-free.
• A completely meta story of time travel that will take you through the design stages of the game.
• Chock-full of humor and surprises (and bugs, probably).
• An offbeat point and click adventure offering fun and elastic gameplay.
• Loads of puzzles that will require up to three neurons (we couldn’t keep up beyond that).
• Beautiful 2D graphics. Sorry, I meant 3D… Hold on. Which one was it again?