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That one website that plays a clicker game that quietly eats your whole afternoon

Why it's the pick

Universal Paperclips starts with one button that makes a paperclip and slowly turns into a story about an AI that converts the universe into paperclips. It is free in a desktop browser, saves itself, and takes a few hours to finish.

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4 good alternatives

Cookie Clicker orteil.dashnet.org The original bake-a-billion-cookies idle game FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9
A Dark Room adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com A text game that grows from a cold room into a world FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9
Candy Box 2 candybox2.github.io Open-source ASCII adventure that starts with collecting candy FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9
Kittens Game kittensgame.com Deep catnip-forest incremental game FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9

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