Glossary Entry: Idle Game

Idle games are a weird bunch. Essentially, they are games that run in the background, working on whatever the game is about while you do something else on your computer. The "gameplay" is generally limited to the player occasionally micromanaging the game's activities while numbers keep going up.

Easily the most famous example is Cookie Clicker, which spends its time baking virtual cookies.

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