# So I've found the most addicting game that exists on the internet. No, seriously **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 21, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356 "2013-09-21T00:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/962 "2016-03-17T21:21:58Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Thanks **Chronos**. I like to keep my buildings in multiples of 10 even though it isn’t perfectly optimal, it’s just another weird OCD thing. And if I have to increase it by less I still try to keep them on even numbers. In my current game I have (top to bottom): 470/460/420/410/390/380/350/340/320/300/290/280/280\*/254. I have 8 more achievements to get before beating the game. Diminishing returns definitely get more pronounced again in the very late game stages. > > \*Might try for 300 antimatter condensers this run, but not sure yet. 8 more for me to go too. 300 condensers is a lot tougher than I expected. I have all but 1 heavenly upgrade (chimera) and can get 100% upgrades in like 3 or 4 hours (depending on how quick I can get those damn eggs.) Resetting every 1 million prestige. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/963 "2016-03-17T21:43:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > OK, my absolute last word (I think) on optimal build: Assuming at least 250 of everything and hence all upgrades, and based on actually buying one of each thing and seeing how much it increased CPS (and thus taking everything into account): Do you know about the Cookie Monster cheat plugin? It calculates the payback period of each investment in realtime and provides visual cues as to the best purchase at any point in time. Just curious whether you knew about that or if you found a better analysis. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/964 "2016-03-17T21:59:55Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I can’t believe I just talked about cookie curser on friday night, my day off. Forgive me. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/965 "2016-03-17T22:03:07Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Forgive me. NEVER! or I had already forgotten about it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/966 "2016-03-18T01:28:34Z")
I’ve used Cookie Monster in the past, but after some update or another, I had a hard time finding a current version and getting it to work, so I forgot about it. At this point, it’s mostly irrelevant. And the last few prestige upgrades are a real grind. The most expensive one I’ve gotten so far was Synergies II, and that was amazing. Now, though, it’s “Well, I guess I might as well get Permanent V and Chimera”, and I guess they’re not quite completely useless, but they’re five million each. Oh, and I also have yet to get Five-Fingered Discount, but that’s pretty near useless at this point too (who has a hard time affording upgrades by this point?), and the custom dairy one, which is (so far as I can tell) completely useless. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/967 "2016-03-18T02:51:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > and the custom dairy one, which is (so far as I can tell) completely useless. Only useless in terms of gameplay, but the exotic milks are purrrty! (I got it 3rd to last) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/968 "2016-03-18T02:54:35Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Only useless in terms of gameplay, but the exotic milks are purrrty! (I got it 3rd to last) I got it 2nd to last. It would have been completely last if chimera wasn’t so damn expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/969 "2016-03-19T12:15:37Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > 8 more for me to go too. 300 condensers is a lot tougher than I expected. Yeah, it takes about 1.7 decillion. I have 2.135 decillion CBAT, so still a ways off from amassing enough. What’s worse is that’s only 0.21% of an undecillion (and those all have to be baked in one run for the achievement). If my math is right, to bake an undecillion over the period of a week, one would need about 1.6 **nonillion** net CpS. Even if you let it run for a month straight, you’d still need ~367 octillion CpS. I have about 225 septillion CpS currently (with golden switch on), and it doesn’t go up that much with each ascension anymore. I know the wrinkler bonus is substantial (does anyone know how much it actually is with all upgrades including the prestige and easter egg bonuses?) but still, oy vey. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/970 "2016-03-19T13:17:15Z")
Oh, and a random observation: Looking back through my old saves, I noticed that I had one from way back before Christmas existed where I actually had 100% upgrades and achievements. At the time, my CpS was 688 billion. Nowadays, if I ascend and then make a single click to purchase the single cheapest thing that can be bought, I’m already over that. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/971 "2016-03-20T16:24:17Z")
Yeah, cookie clicker has been running in the background, mostly forgotten, since 2013 I think. Before the upgrade, I was a couple months from hitting one octillion. Now I can get that in less than 10 minutes, a nonillion in an hour. ~700 nonillion CABT, and I am not trying very hard. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/972 "2016-03-22T00:30:29Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > You’ll be back. Oh, you’ll be back. sooner than later, you’ll be back. Back with us scum in the pits of cookie clicker hell… You’re right.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/973 "2016-03-22T19:43:02Z")
Anyone mind giving me an old saved game link? Like, one that makes a ton of cookies, already? I lost my game long ago and just never wanted to restart and do all that work. : p ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/974 "2016-03-22T22:38:58Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Anyone mind giving me an old saved game link? Like, one that makes a ton of cookies, already? I lost my game long ago and just never wanted to restart and do all that work. : p Here ya go. This is from where I was on January 7th. I don’t have a clue how far along I was then, however. 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%3D%3D%21END%21 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/975 "2016-03-22T22:40:16Z")
Here’s another one i found from Feb 8th, if that’s more to your liking… 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%3D%3D%21END%21 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/976 "2016-03-24T02:42:38Z")
1 Decillion baked this session! Tomorrow when I reset, I’ll get that achievement as well, leaving me with just six (6) left to get! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/977 "2016-03-24T05:13:26Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > 1 Decillion baked this session! Tomorrow when I reset, I’ll get that achievement as well, leaving me with just six (6) left to get! 'Bout to hit that as well… I think we’re pretty close. What is your CBAT at? Just passed 3 decillion here. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/978 "2016-03-24T23:49:42Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > 'Bout to hit that as well… I think we’re pretty close. What is your CBAT at? Just passed 3 decillion here. 3.486 ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/979 "2016-03-30T07:38:18Z")
If you got bored with cookies, theres a pretty fun variation Doomsday clicker now available for iOS. Doesn’t have as many complicated interactions but it has a couple of new interesting mechanics. Resetting is much more a part of the actual game than a “meta game”. [‎Doomsday Clicker on the App Store](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doomsday-clicker/id1073501073?mt=8) ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/980 "2016-03-30T19:03:13Z")
I’m quite a way back - 19 achievements to go - with just over 300 octillion baked all time and running at ~61 sextillion cps. Just approaching the end of a long run in order to afford my first Prestige upgrade costing over 100,000 (actually not quite true - have Seraphim as away on business often when I turn off the home PC it is running on). Have been aiming at Permanent Upgrade Slot 4 but wondering if I might not be better off getting Synergies Vol 11 plus either Starspawn or Starsnow (or both by hanging on a little longer). Any advice from those that have been though those decision points already? Thinking for going to Kitten Experts next run, when I guess I should be going for Slot 4 if I don’t buy it this time. Sound thinking? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356/981 "2016-03-30T19:33:19Z")
I’ve shut it down. Got Chimera, about 6dec all time cookies, still don’t have 300 prisms. I may continue to start it up every now and then and buy some more prisms, but no more active clicking!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356.md?page=50)