Cookie Clicker

Ethanslater435 — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:34:30 +0000

Cookie Clicker is the ultimate "granddaddy" of the incremental (or "idle") game genre. Released in 2013 by French programmer Julien "Orteil" Thiennot, it’s a game that starts with a simple premise and quickly descends into chaotic, addictive absurdity.

How It Works
The gameplay loop is deceptively simple:

The Click: You start by clicking a giant cookie on the screen. Each click gives you one cookie.

The Investment: You use those cookies to buy assets that bake cookies for you—starting with extra fingers and Grandmas, then moving up to cookie farms and mines.

The Escalation: Eventually, you’re buying Alchemy Labs to turn gold into cookies, Portals to the Cookieverse, and Time Machines to bring cookies from the past before they were even eaten.

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Cookie Clicker