diff --git a/src/app/App.tsx b/src/app/App.tsx
index e2d82b8b..705450b6 100644
--- a/src/app/App.tsx
+++ b/src/app/App.tsx
@@ -14244,6 +14244,7 @@ export function App({ store, initialStatusMessage }: AppProps) {
                   world={editorState.document.world}
                   sceneDocument={editorState.document}
                   editorSimulationController={editorSimulationController}
+                  editorSimulationPlaying={editorSimulationPlaying}
                   projectAssets={editorState.document.assets}
                   loadedModelAssets={loadedModelAssets}
                   loadedImageAssets={loadedImageAssets}
@@ -14308,6 +14309,9 @@ export function App({ store, initialStatusMessage }: AppProps) {
                   onSelectionChange={(selection) =>
                     applySelection(selection, "viewport")
                   }
+                  onPlayEditorSimulation={handlePlayEditorSimulation}
+                  onPauseEditorSimulation={handlePauseEditorSimulation}
+                  onStepEditorSimulation={handleStepEditorSimulation}
                 />
               ))}
               {layoutMode !== "quad" ? null : (
diff --git a/src/app/app.css b/src/app/app.css
index 62e9da9c..ac2f6c2b 100644
--- a/src/app/app.css
+++ b/src/app/app.css
@@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@ button:disabled {
   pointer-events: none;
 }
 
+.viewport-canvas[data-active="true"] .viewport-canvas__overlay {
+  max-width: calc(100% - 132px);
+}
+
 .viewport-canvas__overlay-badges {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
@@ -1447,6 +1451,72 @@ button:disabled {
   backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
 }
 
+.viewport-canvas__time-transport {
+  position: absolute;
+  right: 10px;
+  bottom: 10px;
+  z-index: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 3px;
+  padding: 4px;
+  color: #f8efe3;
+  background: rgba(8, 10, 14, 0.72);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22);
+  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
+  pointer-events: auto;
+}
+
+.viewport-canvas__time-button {
+  width: 30px;
+  height: 28px;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding: 0;
+  color: #f8efe3;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.14);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  line-height: 1;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  touch-action: none;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+.viewport-canvas__time-button:hover,
+.viewport-canvas__time-button:focus-visible {
+  color: #ffffff;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
+  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.28);
+}
+
+.viewport-canvas__time-button:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid rgba(240, 197, 116, 0.78);
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+
+.viewport-canvas__time-button:active {
+  transform: translateY(1px);
+}
+
+.viewport-canvas__time-button--primary {
+  width: 34px;
+  color: #20180e;
+  background: #f0c574;
+  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.24);
+}
+
+.viewport-canvas__time-button--primary:hover,
+.viewport-canvas__time-button--primary:focus-visible {
+  color: #140f08;
+  background: #ffd68a;
+}
+
 .viewport-region__splitter {
   position: absolute;
   z-index: 3;
diff --git a/src/viewport-three/ViewportPanel.tsx b/src/viewport-three/ViewportPanel.tsx
index bfc583ea..595383ea 100644
--- a/src/viewport-three/ViewportPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/viewport-three/ViewportPanel.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ interface ViewportPanelProps {
   world: WorldSettings;
   sceneDocument: SceneDocument;
   editorSimulationController: EditorSimulationController;
+  editorSimulationPlaying: boolean;
   projectAssets: Record<string, ProjectAssetRecord>;
   loadedModelAssets: Record<string, LoadedModelAsset>;
   loadedImageAssets: Record<string, LoadedImageAsset>;
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ interface ViewportPanelProps {
   onTransformCommit(transformSession: ActiveTransformSession): void;
   onTransformCancel(): void;
   onSelectionChange(selection: EditorSelection): void;
+  onPlayEditorSimulation(): void;
+  onPauseEditorSimulation(): void;
+  onStepEditorSimulation(deltaHours: number): void;
 }
 
 const VIEWPORT_DISPLAY_MODES = ["normal", "authoring", "wireframe"] as const;
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ export function ViewportPanel({
   world,
   sceneDocument,
   editorSimulationController,
+  editorSimulationPlaying,
   projectAssets,
   loadedModelAssets,
   loadedImageAssets,
@@ -172,7 +177,10 @@ export function ViewportPanel({
   onTransformPreviewChange,
   onTransformCommit,
   onTransformCancel,
-  onSelectionChange
+  onSelectionChange,
+  onPlayEditorSimulation,
+  onPauseEditorSimulation,
+  onStepEditorSimulation
 }: ViewportPanelProps) {
   const shouldShow = layoutMode === "quad" || isActive;
   const panelStyle = shouldShow ? style : { ...(style ?? {}), display: "none" };
@@ -195,6 +203,7 @@ export function ViewportPanel({
         world={world}
         sceneDocument={sceneDocument}
         editorSimulationController={editorSimulationController}
+        editorSimulationPlaying={editorSimulationPlaying}
         projectAssets={projectAssets}
         loadedModelAssets={loadedModelAssets}
         loadedImageAssets={loadedImageAssets}
@@ -224,6 +233,9 @@ export function ViewportPanel({
         onTransformPreviewChange={onTransformPreviewChange}
         onTransformCommit={onTransformCommit}
         onTransformCancel={onTransformCancel}
+        onPlayEditorSimulation={onPlayEditorSimulation}
+        onPauseEditorSimulation={onPauseEditorSimulation}
+        onStepEditorSimulation={onStepEditorSimulation}
       />
 
       <div className="viewport-panel__overlay viewport-panel__overlay--top">