Games Like Cookie Clicker: Idle Clicker Games to Play Online
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Games like Cookie Clicker are incremental clickers: you click one big object to earn currency, spend it on helpers that keep producing on their own, and later reset for a permanent boost. Cookie Clicker is a 2013 browser game by the French programmer Julien "Orteil" Thiennot. Below are original clicker and idle games by independent studios that run on the same loop, with what each one adds.
How Cookie Clicker works
According to Wikipedia's article on Cookie Clicker, you start by clicking a large cookie for one cookie per click. Cookies buy buildings, such as cursors, grandmas, farms and factories, that bake without clicks. Each building costs 15% more than the last one of the same type, so prices climb fast.
Golden cookies appear at random spots and fade after a few seconds; click one in time for an effect such as a short production boost. Later you can ascend: you lose your progress but earn prestige levels, each worth a permanent 1% more production. Achievements add their own bonuses, and the game has no ending.
| Cookie Clicker idea | What it means | Where you find it below |
|---|---|---|
| One big thing to click | Clicks are your first income | Cat Clicker MLG, Raccoon Clicker, Earth Clicker |
| Buildings | Helpers that produce without clicks | Cat Clicker MLG, Raccoon Clicker |
| Golden cookies | A random bonus to catch | Earth Clicker, TheCheesiestClicker |
| Ascension | Reset for a permanent bonus | Cat Clicker MLG, Grass Rush Adventure, Pets Roll |
| Achievements | Goals that pay | Cat Clicker MLG, BTC clicker |
| News ticker | Joke headlines as you grow | Raccoon Clicker |
Closest to Cookie Clicker
- Cat Clicker MLG is the nearest match. Click the kitty for gold, then spend it on 12 buildings, 12 skills, 12 upgrades and 9 accessories. It has a two-layer prestige system with its own shop, a farm whose crops sell for emeralds, and an endgame at the 20th ascension. Getting all achievements gives a big boost to your income.
- Raccoon Clicker has you tap a big raccoon for coins and buy helpers such as mama raccoons, parks, trash planes and space upgrades. Funny news headlines about strange raccoon activity run alongside, much like Cookie Clicker's news ticker.
- Earth Clicker: Idle Clicker swaps the cookie for the planet. Tap Earth for coins, buy upgrades in the shop, and work through 110 levels and quests. Random asteroid drops boost your earnings, so catch them the way you would a golden cookie.
- BTC clicker is the loop with nothing extra: click the Bitcoin, buy upgrades such as an autoclicker and more Bitcoin per click, and collect achievements such as getting 100 Bitcoin.
Same loop, sweeter theme
If the bakery theme is part of the appeal, these produce food.
- Tap Candy: sweets clicker puts you in a candy factory. Keep tapping to make candies for customers, and upgrade your production tools to keep up.
- Idle Dairy Tycoon starts with a single cow. Collect milk, sell it for coins, buy upgrades, automate the farm, and turn milk into butter, cheese and yogurt.
- Sweet Bite Idle Game grows a small pastry shop into a confectionery empire. Grow sugar cane and fruit, make desserts for customers, and hire workers.
- TheCheesiestClicker has a giant cheese wheel, 33 upgrades and a golden cheese that floats across the screen for a big bonus. Prestige trades your run for permanent Moldy Cheese.
More idle, less clicking
Later in Cookie Clicker the buildings do almost all the work. These games lean that way from the start.
- Deep Drill plays itself. The bit is already turning when the page loads, every metre pays ore, and there is no timer, no lives and no way to lose. You spend ore on twelve rig tracks, such as a bigger bit for speed or a night shift that makes coming back tomorrow worth more. It keeps paying while the tab is closed.
- Your Idle farm grows a single wheat patch into a valley of crops, chickens, cows and bees, with workshops that make bread, cheese, jam and juice. Hire workers and the farm keeps running while you are away.
- Magic Farm: Clicker grows an enchanted farm with every click. Harvest magical crops, buy upgrades and automate the harvest.
Clickers with rebirth and collections
- Grass Rush Adventure has you cut grass across six worlds and find more than 300 treasures. Sell them for stronger tools, then rebirth for permanent Strength and Gold bonuses. Move with WASD or the arrow keys and swing with Space.
- Pets Roll: Clicker is about rolling eggs: 187 pets in 11 rarity grades, 17 egg tiers, daily quests and a Rebirth prestige system.
- Capybara Beaver Evolution: Idle Clicker turns clicks into coins and coins into evolutions. A gift multiplies your clicks by 30, and the goal is 200 million coins.
Cookie Clicker habits that work here
- Buy helpers early. Income that does not need clicks adds up while you do something else.
- Compare price with output. When each copy costs more than the last, a cheaper helper can be the better buy.
- Catch the random bonuses. Golden cookies fade after a few seconds, and asteroid drops in Earth Clicker and the golden cheese in TheCheesiestClicker reward the same attention.
- Chase achievements that pay. Cat Clicker MLG says a full set boosts your income a lot.
- Reset when the climb slows: ascension in Cookie Clicker, prestige in Cat Clicker MLG, rebirth in Grass Rush Adventure and Pets Roll. When to reset is covered in idle and clicker games explained.
- Leave a game running only if it says so. Deep Drill and Your Idle farm keep producing while you are away; for the others, check the description.
Games like Cookie Clicker FAQ
What kind of game is Cookie Clicker?
An incremental game, also called an idle or clicker game. Wikipedia credits it with a part in the rise of idle games.
What is ascension in Cookie Clicker?
A reset you choose. You lose your cookies and buildings but earn prestige levels, each worth a permanent 1% more production. Cat Clicker MLG calls it prestige, Grass Rush Adventure and Pets Roll call it rebirth.
Do these games keep earning when the tab is closed?
Deep Drill says it keeps paying while the tab is closed, and Your Idle farm keeps running while you are away. Many clickers only count while the game is open, so check each description.
Can I play clicker games on a phone?
Yes. Raccoon Clicker and Pets Roll are made for tapping, and Earth Clicker plays with a finger or a mouse. The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer.
More clickers and idle games are in the clicker category.
