9-5: The office-sorting invite game by Plainwork

What is 9-5?

9-5 is a free, retro 8-bit office-sorting game you play in the browser. A stack of notes lands on your desk each workday. Drag every one into the matching filing cabinet before the clock runs out, and trash the junk. It's exactly the kind of repetitive busywork Plainwork automates: You spend the round doing by hand what the product does on its own.

How to play

1. Clock in to start your shift.
2. Drag each note onto the cabinet whose label matches it.
3. Drag the distractors (paper clips, staplers, or tape) to the trash.
4. Clear the whole stack before the wave timer hits zero. Leftovers cost a strike and three strikes ends the run.
5. Accuracy multiplies your score, so misfiling hurts more than it looks.

How the invite works

Every score posts to a weekly leaderboard that resets each Friday. Land in the week's top 10 and you instantly claim a Plainwork beta invite. Everyone who submits joins the waitlist, or you can request access directly.

Zen mode

Not in the mood to race? Pick zen mode on the start screen to sort at your own pace: No timer, no strikes, no management interruptions, and nothing saved to the leaderboard. It works fully offline and you can clock out whenever you're done.