Play The Time Machine — an interactive story where YOU are the hero

after the classic by H. G. Wells, 1895

Push the lever and watch eight hundred thousand years blur past. Walk among the gentle Eloi, descend to the Morlocks' machines, and fight to recover the one thing that can bring you home. Time is the story — spend it well.

A moment from one playthrough

The machine is GONE — only drag-marks in the grass, leading toward the bronze doors of the White Sphinx. Night is coming, and with it, the Morlocks. Follow the marks to the doors, or find fire first?

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Start free — 10 Somni Coins when you confirm your email. No subscription; narrated aloud; plays in 26 languages.

The Somni Tales reader: an open book with two pages of a story, an ink illustration, and a “write what you do” bar below.

Live The Time Machine, don't just read it

In this interactive telling of The Time Machine, you don't read about the hero — you are the hero. The Storyteller keeps H. G. Wells's world true to the original — its characters, its places, its mood, all held as canon — then narrates every scene aloud and draws the moment you're in as an ink illustration. You type or speak what you do next, and the world answers: it remembers the promises you made, the things you took, and the people you crossed. Follow H. G. Wells's plot faithfully, or step off it and watch a brand-new version of The Time Machine unfold — one that still reaches a real ending.

How it works

The Storyteller holds the world of the book as canon — its characters, places and mood — and opens with you as the hero.
Type or speak anything: the world reacts, remembers, and stays true to the original's spirit.
Every playthrough is a brand-new story. Follow the plot — or break it and see what happens.

Common questions about playing The Time Machine

Is The Time Machine free to play on Somni Tales?

You get 10 Somni Coins free when you confirm your email — enough to open The Time Machine and step into the first scenes. After that, Somni Coins cost from $5 with no subscription, and unused Somni Coins are refundable within 14 days.

Do I have to follow H. G. Wells's original plot?

No. The Storyteller holds The Time Machine as canon so its world, characters and mood stay true — but your choices write a brand-new telling. Follow the classic beats, or break from them and see where the story goes.

Can I play The Time Machine aloud and in my own language?

Yes — every scene is narrated aloud word by word, and The Time Machine plays in 26 languages. Change the language, voice and reading speed any time from the reader's Settings.