Incremental games

Incremental Games
aka Idle Games or Clickers

The most efficient of Skinner Boxes. There's usually zero or one buttons to press, accumulating score, and you occasionally make choices on what to spend your score on to accumulate more score. It's the exception that has a story or exploration, it's all about watching numbers go up.

Incremental games usually feature:


 * an active mode where you gain score by clicking repeatedly and quickly (thus the name "mousebreaker games") (autoclickers are cheating but everyone does it)
 * a passive mode where you just leave the game alone for hours or days to accumulate score for spending. Some games require you to leave it running to accumulate score, other games you can shut off and it uses the system clock to let you "catch up".
 * ascension events, where you discard all the progress you've made to start the game over with ascension-only advantages

jesus christ these things can get addictive.

The thread on /vg/ if there is one

Web Games
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; width: auto; table-layout: fixed;" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" !Title !Description !Picture

Requires HTML5. Also: Apple Android Steam
 * Clicks Per Second
 * Clicks Per Second Test is a game that tells you how many clicks you can do every second. It is also known as the CPS Test.
 * Clicks Per Second Test is a game that tells you how many clicks you can do every second. It is also known as the CPS Test.
 * Clicks-per-second.png
 * AdVenture Capitalist
 * AdVenture Capitalist
 * Sell stuff to make money to buy stuff to sell to make more money. Eventually go into space to find more stuff to sell.

Requires Unity player.
 * Adventure_capitalist.png
 * Anti-Idle The Game
 * A smorgasboard of minigames that all include a waiting element.
 * A smorgasboard of minigames that all include a waiting element.

Requires Java and Flash. Also has a wiki.
 * Anti_Idle_the_game.png
 * 2D'''
 * Watch pathetic mutant carts try to run a racecourse, work hard, and improve.
 * Watch pathetic mutant carts try to run a racecourse, work hard, and improve.

Requires Flash.
 * Boxcar2d.jpeg
 * Candy Box
 * Start by eating candy. Patience is rewarded with frogs and witches and lollipop farms. Great Halloween clicker.
 * Start by eating candy. Patience is rewarded with frogs and witches and lollipop farms. Great Halloween clicker.

Note: this game is technically defunct, but still playable on the Wayback Machine. No saving! Uses Java.
 * Candy_box_1.png
 * Candy Box 2
 * Ascii-art animation for an idler/adventure mix. For those who thought Candy Box needed some form of actual gameplay. Has a Wiki if you need help.
 * Ascii-art animation for an idler/adventure mix. For those who thought Candy Box needed some form of actual gameplay. Has a Wiki if you need help.

Note: this game is technically defunct, but still playable on the Wayback Machine. Yes, this one lets you save! Uses Java.
 * Candy-box-2.jpg
 * Candy Clicker
 * Basically Coin Clicker only in Unity and with Candy.
 * Basically Coin Clicker only in Unity and with Candy.

Requires Unity player.
 * Candy_clicker.png
 * City Game
 * Sim City kinda thing. Hire people, build a city strategically, purchase more land and expand. Red tiles are high vale, green tiles are low value. Who you hire will affect build time and prices so choose wisely!
 * Sim City kinda thing. Hire people, build a city strategically, purchase more land and expand. Red tiles are high vale, green tiles are low value. Who you hire will affect build time and prices so choose wisely!

Save/load is manual and can be glitchy. Try saving then refreshing your browser to make sure it works for you.

HTML5
 * City_clicker.png
 * Civ Clicker
 * Build a civilization from hunter-gatherer to the stars! You will need more cats and dieties. Always.
 * Build a civilization from hunter-gatherer to the stars! You will need more cats and dieties. Always.

HTML5 and Java.
 * Civ_clicker.png
 * Clicker Heroes
 * Beat on single monsters standing still. Sell their loot. Hire heroes to beat on them for you.
 * Beat on single monsters standing still. Sell their loot. Hire heroes to beat on them for you.

Requires flash.
 * Clicker_heroes.jpg
 * Clickpocalypse
 * Delve that dungeon. Find more party members to join you. Collect artifacts. Buy/find better gear to equip your dungeon delvers. Runs in real time so pay attention!
 * Delve that dungeon. Find more party members to join you. Collect artifacts. Buy/find better gear to equip your dungeon delvers. Runs in real time so pay attention!

Uses Java/HTML5
 * Clickopalypse_2.png
 * Cookie Clicker
 * Click the cookie. Enslave grandmothers to make more cookies for you, until they learn secrets grandma wasn't meant to know, and bring about the grandmapocalypse. You;ll need the Wiki for all endings.
 * Click the cookie. Enslave grandmothers to make more cookies for you, until they learn secrets grandma wasn't meant to know, and bring about the grandmapocalypse. You;ll need the Wiki for all endings.

Uses Java.
 * Cookie_clicker.jpg
 * Clicking Bad
 * Drugs are bad m'kay? The Crystal Blue Persuasion cooking simulator clicker. Get your goatee and pork pie hat, suit up, and try to avoid the DEA and the tax man. Will mariachi sing your praises or will you end up in jail?
 * Drugs are bad m'kay? The Crystal Blue Persuasion cooking simulator clicker. Get your goatee and pork pie hat, suit up, and try to avoid the DEA and the tax man. Will mariachi sing your praises or will you end up in jail?

Java. Also: Android
 * Clicking_Bad.png
 * A Dark Room
 * A Dark Room
 * Starts with just a book of matches in a cold dark shack. Turns into an ascii art sandbox adventure game with a surprisingly deep and intricate plot.

Uses Java.
 * A_Dark_Room.jpg
 * Diamond Hunt 2
 * Dig to get precious stones. Use the stones to get better diggers, to get more precious stones.
 * Dig to get precious stones. Use the stones to get better diggers, to get more precious stones.

It's server side and requires a free account to play.
 * Diamond_hunt_2.png
 * Gather X
 * Angela Annaconda's diminutive cousin needs you to poke him into doing chores. Has an energy system so autoclickers won't help.
 * Angela Annaconda's diminutive cousin needs you to poke him into doing chores. Has an energy system so autoclickers won't help.

Requires Flash.
 * Gatherx_clicker.jpg
 * Incremental Zoo
 * Borrow money. Buy animals, at least two of each species. Wait for them to breed. Sell some. Buy other animals.
 * Borrow money. Buy animals, at least two of each species. Wait for them to breed. Sell some. Buy other animals.

Uses Java
 * Incremental_zoo.png
 * Kittens Game
 * You are a kitten in a catnip forest. Progress through higher levels of tech and civilization to where you're mining unobtanium from gas giants and trading liquified unicorn coprses with space whales.
 * You are a kitten in a catnip forest. Progress through higher levels of tech and civilization to where you're mining unobtanium from gas giants and trading liquified unicorn coprses with space whales.

Uses Java.
 * Kittens_clicker.jpg
 * Learn To Fly Idle
 * Flightless penguins haet walls. Destroy. Rise above.
 * Flightless penguins haet walls. Destroy. Rise above.

Requires Flash.
 * Learn_to_fly_idle.png
 * Megami Quest
 * Send pixel girls out to automatically fight monsters for XP and gold. Why? Because you are a weeaboo chibi loving fuck, that's why.
 * Send pixel girls out to automatically fight monsters for XP and gold. Why? Because you are a weeaboo chibi loving fuck, that's why.

Click a location to start. From there it runs automatically with minimal clicks. Be sure to hit the save button before closing! Uses Java/HTML5. Also: Android iPhone
 * Megami_Quest.png
 * The Monolith
 * The Monolith
 * The Monolith
 * Worship the Monolith. Punish the Beast. Advance so you can worship and punish better than ever before. Watch for light bulbb and swords to appear. Click them for a boost!

Runs automatically for the most part once you buy a few units. Minimal clicking.

HTML5/Java.
 * The_monolith.png
 * OTSM
 * It's basically an RPG where you click on monsters to kill them. Has a stat system, stamina system, skill tree, multiple shops, and a level system.
 * It's basically an RPG where you click on monsters to kill them. Has a stat system, stamina system, skill tree, multiple shops, and a level system.

This game is not compatible with auto-clickers and is very click heavy. HTML5
 * OSTM.png
 * Parameters
 * A clicker abstracting an rpg delver into boxes. Uses flash. In Japanese, but there is an English switch.
 * Progress Quest
 * Web version of the do-nothing windows game. Roll up a character in the style od Dungeons and Drgons with fascinating races such as "Trans-kobold" and "Enchanted Motorcycle". Choose your class (Battle-Felon? Pantherburglar?) then watch the loading bar at the bottom to see the story progress. Hey, it's like a cut scene without the graphics! Yay?
 * Progress Quest
 * Web version of the do-nothing windows game. Roll up a character in the style od Dungeons and Drgons with fascinating races such as "Trans-kobold" and "Enchanted Motorcycle". Choose your class (Battle-Felon? Pantherburglar?) then watch the loading bar at the bottom to see the story progress. Hey, it's like a cut scene without the graphics! Yay?
 * Web version of the do-nothing windows game. Roll up a character in the style od Dungeons and Drgons with fascinating races such as "Trans-kobold" and "Enchanted Motorcycle". Choose your class (Battle-Felon? Pantherburglar?) then watch the loading bar at the bottom to see the story progress. Hey, it's like a cut scene without the graphics! Yay?

Almost no clicking. Just a lot of waiting. HTML5.
 * Progress_quest_web.png
 * Rebuild the Universe
 * Start with the most tiny, basic elements of time and space and build them up into an entire universe! Actually educational: teaches about particle physics and the makeup of the universe. Also sort of short in comparison to other games.
 * Start with the most tiny, basic elements of time and space and build them up into an entire universe! Actually educational: teaches about particle physics and the makeup of the universe. Also sort of short in comparison to other games.

HTML5 (element heavy). Light on clicking. Has music!
 * Expand_the_Universe.png
 * SandCastle Builder
 * An idle game based on an XKCD comic? Has a Wiki because XKCD.
 * An idle game based on an XKCD comic? Has a Wiki because XKCD.

Jquery/HTML5
 * Sand_castle_builder_XKD.png
 * Space Lich Omega
 * Defeat the Lich! Eventually.  If you don't get cursed first...
 * Defeat the Lich! Eventually.  If you don't get cursed first...

Very low on clicking, runs light and had Ascii graphics. Java/Jquery.
 * Space_Lich_Omega_2.png
 * Speed Warp
 * Gotta go fast.  Faster.  And play vidya gaemes but maybe not that fast.
 * spacebar counter
 * Improve you spacebar clicking with spacebar counter tool.
 * spacebar counter
 * Improve you spacebar clicking with spacebar counter tool.

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Smartphone Games
note: we only have this ancient list from an /igg/ thread, but we're working on more.

Android

Apple

Making Idle Games
You'd think it would be damn easy, but it's hard not to make a clone of something already out there. Kongregate and Armor Games are flooded with idle games that aren't even worth your time to read the titles. It's worse than Flappy Bird.


 * http://dhmholley.co.uk/incrementals.html
 * http://orteil.dashnet.org/experiments/idlegamemaker/help
 * http://spacebarcounter.org/cpstest