About Cookie Clicker 5
Cookie Clicker is the idle game that started the genre's modern era. Click a cookie to bake cookies; spend cookies on cursors that click for you, grandmas that bake, farms, mines, factories, banks, temples and things stranger than that; buy upgrades that multiply everything; and watch the number grow from one cookie to numbers with words like 'septillion'. Julien Thiennot (Orteil) released it in 2013 as a joke, and it never stopped.
This page runs a browser build in the classic form — cookie, buildings, upgrades, golden cookies, achievements. It saves in your browser, earns while the tab is open in the background, and is the reason a generation of students learned what a quintillion is.
How to play Cookie Clicker 5
- Bake
- Click the big cookie
- Buy buildings / upgrades
- Click them in the store
- Golden cookie
- Click it before it fades — big bonus
- Save
- Automatic in the browser; the menu also exports a save
- Click the cookie to bake your first cookies.
- Buy cursors and grandmas — they bake cookies per second without clicking.
- Buy upgrades when they appear; they multiply the output of what you own.
- Click golden cookies when they show up for a burst of cookies or a frenzy.
- Keep expanding into new buildings as they unlock. There is no end; ascending resets for permanent bonuses.
Cookie Clicker 5 tips
- Always buy the item with the best cookies-per-second per cookie spent — usually the newest building, not the cheapest.
- Never miss a golden cookie; a single frenzy can be worth minutes of production.
- Upgrades are almost always better value than another building.
- Ascend when the prestige gain is worth it — the heavenly chips make the next run far faster.
Cookie Clicker 5 — questions
Does Cookie Clicker save my progress?
Yes, automatically in your browser's storage. The menu can also export a save code you can import on another device.
Does Cookie Clicker earn when the tab is closed?
Only partially: it calculates a reduced amount of offline production when you return. Leaving the tab open in the background earns at full speed.
Does Cookie Clicker work on a school Chromebook?
Yes. It is one of the lightest games there is and runs in the browser with nothing to install, including in a background tab.