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what is Cookie clicker?

An idle game focused on baking cookies and upgrading production, continuously developed since 2013.

Cookie Clicker challenges players to bake cookies by clicking and automating production. Since its 2013 release, it has evolved with new upgrades and features, emphasizing incremental growth and strategy.

It sits in the Clicker / Idle / Prestige / Numbers / Strategy corner of the genre. Like most idle games it runs on a simple loop — earn, reinvest, automate — but the depth is in how long that loop keeps unfolding. Expect to check in, make a few decisions, and watch the numbers climb whether you're at the keyboard or not.

New to incrementals? Read our beginner's guide first, or just hit play — these games are built to teach themselves.