diff --git a/epymorph/event.py b/epymorph/event.py
index d9f905ae..2a665873 100644
--- a/epymorph/event.py
+++ b/epymorph/event.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class OnTick(NamedTuple):
 
     tick_index: int
     percent_complete: float
+    dim: SimDimensions
 
 
 ###################
diff --git a/epymorph/log/messaging.py b/epymorph/log/messaging.py
index a8c5cf9f..a8fed637 100644
--- a/epymorph/log/messaging.py
+++ b/epymorph/log/messaging.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import partial
+from math import ceil
 from time import perf_counter
 from typing import Generator
 
+import humanize
 from humanize import naturalsize
 
 from epymorph.event import AdrioProgress, EventBus, OnStart, OnTick
@@ -39,20 +41,38 @@ def on_start(e: OnStart) -> None:
         nonlocal start_time
         start_time = perf_counter()
 
+    # keeping track of the length of the last line we printed
+    # lets us clear any trailing characters when rendering stuff
+    # after the progress bar of varying width
+    last_progress_length = 0
+
     def on_tick(tick: OnTick) -> None:
-        print(f"  {progress(tick.percent_complete)}", end="\r")
+        nonlocal last_progress_length
+        ticks_complete = tick.tick_index + 1
+        total_process_time = perf_counter() - start_time
+        average_process_time = total_process_time / ticks_complete
+
+        ticks_left = tick.dim.ticks - ticks_complete
+
+        # multiply the remaining ticks by the average processing time
+        estimate = ticks_left * average_process_time
+
+        time_remaining = humanize.precisedelta(ceil(estimate), minimum_unit="seconds")
+        formatted_time = f"({time_remaining} remaining)"
+        line = f"  {progress(tick.percent_complete)}"
+        # if no time remaining, omit the time progress
+        if estimate > 0:
+            line += f"{formatted_time}"
+        print(line.ljust(last_progress_length), end="\r")
+        last_progress_length = len(line)
 
     def on_finish(_: None) -> None:
         end_time = perf_counter()
-        print(f"  {progress(1.0)}")
+        line = f"  {progress(1.0)}"
+        print(line.ljust(last_progress_length), end="\n")
         if start_time is not None:
             print(f"Runtime: {(end_time - start_time):.3f}s")
 
-    # keeping track of the length of the last line we printed
-    # lets us clear any trailing characters when rendering stuff
-    # after the progress bar of varying width
-    last_progress_length = 0
-
     def on_adrio_progress(e: AdrioProgress) -> None:
         nonlocal last_progress_length
         if e.ratio_complete == 0:
diff --git a/epymorph/simulator/basic/basic_simulator.py b/epymorph/simulator/basic/basic_simulator.py
index 7cd15df5..732f2a41 100644
--- a/epymorph/simulator/basic/basic_simulator.py
+++ b/epymorph/simulator/basic/basic_simulator.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def run(
                 out.compartments[tick.sim_index] = tick_compartments
 
             t = tick.sim_index
-            _events.on_tick.publish(OnTick(t, (t + 1) / dim.ticks))
+            _events.on_tick.publish(OnTick(t, (t + 1) / dim.ticks, dim))
 
         _events.on_finish.publish(None)