diff --git a/packages/studio-server/src/router/index.ts b/packages/studio-server/src/router/index.ts
index eb70d486f4..e6d00496e4 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-server/src/router/index.ts
@@ -348,14 +348,17 @@ export function createStudioRouter(
         watch: oe.studio.events.watch.effect(function* () {
           const config = yield* StudioConfig;
           const eventHub = yield* StudioEventHub;
+          const observedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+          const latestLiveGame = eventHub.latestLiveGameEvent();
           return eventHub.subscribe({
             initialEvents: [
               {
                 type: "hello",
                 serverInstanceId: config.serverInstanceId,
                 serverStartedAt: config.serverStartedAt,
-                observedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+                observedAt,
               },
+              ...(latestLiveGame ? [latestLiveGame] : []),
             ],
           });
         }),
diff --git a/packages/studio-server/src/services/StudioEventHub.ts b/packages/studio-server/src/services/StudioEventHub.ts
index 09d9b8a555..f148b7e216 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/src/services/StudioEventHub.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-server/src/services/StudioEventHub.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { AsyncIteratorClass } from "@orpc/server";
 import { Context, Effect, Exit, PubSub, Queue, Scope } from "effect";
 
-import type { StudioEvent } from "../contract/studio.js";
+import type { StudioEvent, StudioLiveGameEvent } from "../contract/studio.js";
 
 export interface StudioEventHubApi {
   publish(event: StudioEvent): Promise<void>;
+  latestLiveGameEvent(): StudioLiveGameEvent | null;
   subscribe(options?: {
     initialEvents?: readonly StudioEvent[];
   }): AsyncIteratorObject<StudioEvent, unknown, void>;
@@ -19,14 +20,20 @@ export class StudioEventHub extends Context.Tag("@civ7/studio-server/StudioEvent
 
 export function createStudioEventHub(): StudioEventHubApi {
   let activeSubscribers = 0;
+  let latestLiveGameEvent: StudioLiveGameEvent | null = null;
   const pubsubPromise = Effect.runPromise(PubSub.unbounded<StudioEvent>());
 
   return {
     async publish(event) {
+      if (event.type === "live-game") latestLiveGameEvent = event;
       const pubsub = await pubsubPromise;
       await Effect.runPromise(PubSub.publish(pubsub, event));
     },
 
+    latestLiveGameEvent() {
+      return latestLiveGameEvent;
+    },
+
     subscribe(options = {}) {
       const initialEvents = options.initialEvents ?? [];
       let initialEventIndex = 0;
diff --git a/packages/studio-server/test/handler.test.ts b/packages/studio-server/test/handler.test.ts
index 93498c2933..e8e8f4a7cf 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/test/handler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-server/test/handler.test.ts
@@ -227,6 +227,56 @@ describe("studio-server RPC handler", () => {
     await iterator.return?.();
     await expect.poll(() => eventHub.activeSubscriberCount(), { timeout: 1_000 }).toBe(0);
   }, 10_000);
+
+  test("replays latest live-game event to late studio.events.watch subscribers", async () => {
+    const eventHub = trackEventHub(createStudioEventHub());
+    await eventHub.publish({
+      type: "live-game",
+      observedAt: "2026-06-13T01:00:00.000Z",
+      state: {
+        status: "ok",
+        readiness: "tuner-ready",
+        turn: 160,
+        seed: 298035825,
+        updatedAt: "2026-06-13T01:00:00.000Z",
+        snapshotStatus: "idle",
+        snapshotId: "status:160:live",
+        snapshotHash: "live",
+        bindingStatus: "unbound-runtime",
+        failureCount: 0,
+      },
+    });
+    const handler = trackHandle(createStudioRpcHandler(makeContext({ eventHub })));
+    const client = directClient(handler);
+
+    const iterator = await client.studio.events.watch({});
+
+    await expect(iterator.next()).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      done: false,
+      value: { type: "hello" },
+    });
+    await expect(iterator.next()).resolves.toEqual({
+      done: false,
+      value: {
+        type: "live-game",
+        observedAt: "2026-06-13T01:00:00.000Z",
+        state: {
+          status: "ok",
+          readiness: "tuner-ready",
+          turn: 160,
+          seed: 298035825,
+          updatedAt: "2026-06-13T01:00:00.000Z",
+          snapshotStatus: "idle",
+          snapshotId: "status:160:live",
+          snapshotHash: "live",
+          bindingStatus: "unbound-runtime",
+          failureCount: 0,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    await iterator.return?.();
+  }, 10_000);
 });
 
 function trackHandle(handle: StudioRpcHandle): StudioRpcHandle {