Idle Clicker (Cookie Clicker)

2010s Incremental / Idle — Click-to-earn incremental with exponential cost scaling, passive income generators, upgrade synergies, prestige reset mechanic, stat tracking. The genre that launched a thousand clones — and a Steam indie bestseller.

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Click & Counter

Concept: A cookie counter that increments on click. Display total cookies and cookies per second (CPS). The simplest game loop ever: click → number goes up.

02

Generators & Scaling

Concept: Add purchaseable generators (cursor, grandma, farm, mine) that produce CPS. Each generator costs exponentially more. The math: cost = baseCost × 1.15^owned.

03

Upgrades & Synergies

Concept: Add upgrades that multiply generator output. Synergies between generators. Golden cookies with random timed bonuses. Stat tracking.

04

Prestige & Polish

Concept: Prestige reset that grants permanent multiplier based on total cookies earned. Grandmapocalypse-style endgame content. Save/load system. Offline CPS calculation.