diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
index d9a9dd9d..c5686f74 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ void Game::init(void)
 
     deathcounts = 0;
     gameoverdelay = 0;
+    framecounter = 0;
+    seed_use_sdl_getticks = false;
     resetgameclock();
     gamesaved = false;
     gamesavefailed = false;
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Game.h b/desktop_version/src/Game.h
index 9d2d4c9d..672dba86 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Game.h
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Game.h
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ public:
     int lastsaved;
     int deathcounts;
 
+    int framecounter;
+    bool seed_use_sdl_getticks;
     int frames, seconds, minutes, hours;
     bool gamesaved;
     bool gamesavefailed;
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Script.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Script.cpp
index f62dad15..6a2cfc77 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Script.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Script.cpp
@@ -3094,8 +3094,15 @@ void scriptclass::hardreset(void)
 {
     const bool version2_2 = GlitchrunnerMode_less_than_or_equal(Glitchrunner2_2);
 
-    /* The RNG is 32-bit. We don't _really_ need 64-bit... */
-    xoshiro_seed((Uint32) SDL_GetTicks64());
+    if (game.seed_use_sdl_getticks)
+    {
+        /* The RNG is 32-bit. We don't _really_ need 64-bit... */
+        xoshiro_seed((Uint32) SDL_GetTicks64());
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        xoshiro_seed(game.framecounter);
+    }
 
     //Game:
     game.hascontrol = true;
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
index 0ff3d587..4632a3d6 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     char* baseDir = NULL;
     char* assetsPath = NULL;
+    bool seed_use_sdl_getticks = false;
 
     vlog_init();
 
@@ -478,6 +479,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         {
             vlog_toggle_error(0);
         }
+        else if (ARG("-seed-use-sdl-getticks"))
+        {
+            seed_use_sdl_getticks = true;
+        }
 #undef ARG_INNER
 #undef ARG
         else
@@ -546,6 +551,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     graphics.init();
 
     game.init();
+    game.seed_use_sdl_getticks = seed_use_sdl_getticks;
 
     // This loads music too...
     if (!graphics.reloadresources())
@@ -838,6 +844,8 @@ static void focused_end(void)
 
 static enum LoopCode loop_end(void)
 {
+    ++game.framecounter;
+
     //We did editorinput, now it's safe to turn this off
     key.linealreadyemptykludge = false;