Cookie Clicker

You start by clicking a cookie to make more cookies, then spend your growing supply on helpers and producers such as Grandmas, Farms, Factories, and Portals.

As production grows, you unlock upgrades and achievements, and can click special Golden Cookies for temporary boosts. The game also includes side activities such as growing plants, magic, and a stock market.

Long-term progression includes ascending to earn prestige and unlock permanent upgrades. You can pursue more achievements, upgrades, and production milestones over extended runs.

Players often enjoy watching cookie production and numbers scale, unlocking layers of upgrades and progression, and leaving the game running in the background. Many describe its absurd humor and simple-to-start loop as compelling, while some say the later game becomes repetitive and progress or achievements can demand long waits and extended play.