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Games Like Ropuka's Idle Island

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Relaxing, Casual, Cute, Simulation.

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A cozy idle game that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch the frog cut grass, upgrade his tools, and decorate the island while you work or relax.

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive — 96% — of 3,937 reviews
Released: 2025-01-29
Developer: Moczan
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 49.6 hrs
Mean playtime: 135.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 95%

Overview

Ropuka's Idle Island excels by blending low-pressure idle mechanics with a charming, desktop-friendly aesthetic that encourages relaxation while you work. These recommendations focus on titles that prioritize cozy atmospheres, passive progression, and desktop-integrated utility, ensuring you have the perfect companion for your daily routine.

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,403 reviews2024
    Dev: Mister Morris Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 23.2 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

    Why similar: Idler 25.3%, Farming Sim 22.3%, Building 10.4%, Nature 9.9%, Management 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: This game shares the perfect desktop-idle format, allowing you to manage a farm while you work in other windows.

  2. #2 Virtual Cottage
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,950 reviews2020
    Dev: DU&I
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    Why similar: Utilities 23.6%, Cozy 23.2%, Music 13%, Idler 10.5%, Life Sim 8%

    Why You'll Like It: A quintessential desktop companion that focuses on creating a cozy, productive atmosphere for your workspace.

  3. #3 Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,754 reviews2024
    Dev: Mooncube Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 109.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.

    Why similar: Utilities 24.5%, Cozy 22.3%, Idler 13%, Music 13%, Life Sim 7.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this serves as a productivity utility that provides a relaxing, lo-fi environment to keep you focused.

  4. #4 Croakoloco
    95% matchVery Positive91% of 503 reviews2024
    Dev: Ryan Forrester
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Croakoloco is a relaxing frog collecting idle game. Watch them jump, croak, and eat delicious flies. Grow frogs, feed frogs, or take control of one in “Froggy Mode” for a more active play style!

    Why similar: Idler 27%, Cozy 19.2%, Clicker 18.1%, Nature 9.4%, Resource Management 6.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This game shares the frog-themed charm and creature-collection mechanics found in the seed game.

  5. #5 Garden Galaxy
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,593 reviews2022
    Dev: Anneka Tran
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Discover, collect and organise to create your own unique garden in this relaxing idle / creative sandbox!

    Why similar: Cozy 22.2%, Idler 21.4%, Building 11.8%, Nature 11.4%, Relaxing 10%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly relaxing, sandbox-style building experience that rewards patience and passive observation.

  6. #6 Ribbit Ranch
    94% matchVery Positive99% of 98 reviews2025
    Dev: Jack McAllister
    Windows

    Ribbit Ranch is a cozy idle simulation game for casual play. Collect over 200 million types of frogs, raise them in real time, and sell them for profit. Customize habitats with decorations, rare species, and ultra-rare special frogs.

    Why similar: Cozy 26.5%, Idler 25.1%, Management 10.6%, Relaxing 9.8%, Nature 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on managing a frog-filled environment with cozy, idle-friendly gameplay.

  7. #7 Tiny Pasture
    93% matchVery Positive93% of 8,163 reviews2025
    Dev: CaveLiquidPub: Gamersky Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 26.5 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Meet your new little desk buddies! They’ll snooze, scratch, and scamper around while you work or study (don’t worry, they’ve been trained not to invade your workspace). If you’re good at animal management, they will occupy the bottom of your screen with different kinds and colors!

    Why similar: Idler 21%, Farming Sim 19.3%, Clicker 13%, Nature 10.3%, Building 9.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art idle game that focuses on the same farming and growth mechanics as the seed game.

  8. #8 Chillquarium
    92% matchVery Positive92% of 8,063 reviews2023
    Dev: Ben Reber
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 51.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Chillquarium is a cozy and relaxing idle game. Buy fish and raise them in real time, then sell them to turn a profit! Customize your aquarium as you progress from a simple starter tank to your dream setup by filling your collection with rare exotic fish and ultra-rare color variants!

    Why similar: Idler 26%, Cozy 21.1%, Clicker 13.9%, Relaxing 10%, Nature 9.1%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines idle growth mechanics with a relaxing, nature-focused aquarium theme that is perfect for passive play.

  9. #9 Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 402 reviews2025
    Dev: Destroyer Doggo
    Windows · Mac

    Relax in Bao Bao’s Cozy Laundromat, an idle game where you join Bao Bao, a charming panda, in creating the coziest laundromat. Purchase colorful washing machines, add delightful decorations, and hire panda helpers. Watch your cozy laundromat bustle with life, even when you’re not around!

    Why similar: Cozy 25%, Idler 23.3%, Farming Sim 17.4%, Relaxing 8%, Building 8%

    Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the cozy, cute, and low-stress management loop found in the seed game.

  10. #10 Tiny Glade
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,365 reviews2024
    Dev: Pounce Light
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.

    Why similar: Cozy 33.2%, Building 21.6%, Relaxing 14.6%, Nature 11.1%, Family Friendly 4.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This game provides a stress-free, cozy building experience that emphasizes aesthetics and relaxation over complex goals.

  11. #11 Chill Corner
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 9,638 reviews2021
    Dev: Low-Hi Tech
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    This is just an idle game for chilling, relaxing or focusing.

    Why similar: Utilities 23%, Idler 18.4%, Music 14.1%, Relaxing 11.7%, Clicker 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play utility that excels at providing a cozy, atmospheric space for users to relax while multitasking.

  12. #12 Idle Waters
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 348 reviews2025
    Dev: Ignita Games
    Windows
    Median: 39.0 hrsMean: 68.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A relaxing idle fishing game that waits for you at the bottom of your screen. CATCH fish, BUY upgrades, COMPLETE your collection, and DISPLAY them in your aquarium.

    Why similar: Idler 22.3%, Cozy 12.7%, Utilities 12.2%, Nature 10.7%, Management 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It provides a simple, fishing-focused idle experience that fits perfectly into a relaxing daily routine.

  13. #13 Hot Springs | 温泉 (Onsen)
    89% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: Peach PartyPub: Low-Hi Tech
    Windows

    This is a simple idle game with productivity tools, relaxing minigames, and decor options, all centered around the serene theme of an onsen (Japanese hot spring).

    Why similar: Utilities 26.9%, Idler 19.3%, Cozy 14.7%, Music 9.2%, Nature 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: This utility-focused idle game provides a peaceful, colorful environment that is easy to keep running in the background.

  14. #14 Townscaper
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
    Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%

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    Why similar: Building 24.6%, Nature 18.4%, Relaxing 17.8%, Family Friendly 9.5%, Cute 7.9%

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  15. #15 Capybara Spa
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,658 reviews2022
    Dev: Cozy Bee Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Build your own capybara spa in this relaxing point and click simulation game! Grow fruits, craft soaps and clean towels to pamper the capybaras during their visit. Furnish the mountain with gardens, baths and decorations to design the best capybara spa!

    Why similar: Farming Sim 22.5%, Clicker 16%, Management 9.8%, Building 9.3%, Relaxing 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It features a similar management-lite approach with a heavy emphasis on cute, relaxing visuals.

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    86% matchVery Positive92% of 139 reviews2026
    Dev: Nature Rituals StudioPub: Etherous Games Limited
    Windows

    Tiny Isle is a cozy island-building simulation game. Grow crops, collect crystals, expand and customize your magical island, and welcome sprites and animal residents. Play actively with hands-on planning, or relax with full idle progression as your island comes to life at your own pace.

    Why similar: Idler 16.4%, Clicker 12.7%, Building 12.2%, Nature 10.5%, Farming Sim 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This game shares the island-building theme and relaxing, management-focused gameplay loop.

  17. #17 Cloud Gardens
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,285 reviews2021
    Dev: Noio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

    Why similar: Nature 35.3%, Building 22.8%, Relaxing 20.5%, Simulation 6.1%, Casual 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: This title blends nature-themed building with a slow-paced, meditative progression system.

  18. #18 Lakeside Bar
    85% matchVery Positive86% of 734 reviews2025
    Dev: BITCOVER
    Windows
    Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A cozy management sim where the jazz is smooth, the cocktails are cooler than the evening breeze, and the lake reflects your perfect escape.

    Why similar: Idler 19.1%, Farming Sim 12.4%, Clicker 11.7%, Building 10%, Nature 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This game offers a cute, resource-management loop that fits the cozy, idle-friendly vibe of the seed game.

  19. #19 Island Robot Farm
    84% matchVery Positive88% of 160 reviews2025
    Dev: MoraCocoPub: Wise Games
    Windows

    Build a super large island with robots in this relaxing idle farm simulation game. Assign tasks to robots to plant, raise animals and build various buildings to expand your island. Even when you're busy, the game can run quietly at the corner or bottom of the screen and keep developing your farm.

    Why similar: Idler 27.8%, Farming Sim 24.1%, Building 11.3%, Management 9.9%, Relaxing 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines automation and farming on an island setting, providing a similar progression-based idle experience.

  20. #20 Tiny Terraces
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 460 reviews2025
    Dev: VuVuu
    Windows

    A cozy idle farming game, watch tiny guys do tasks around the terrace, expand, progress, and decorate your Tiny Terrace.

    Why similar: Idler 23.7%, Farming Sim 22.3%, Relaxing 8.5%, Management 8.2%, Building 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, 2D farming-sim that focuses on small-scale, cozy island development.

  21. #21 Tiny Biomes: Cozy Idle
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 228 reviews2026
    Dev: Orca Point Studio
    Windows

    Tiny Biomes is a relaxing idle game where animals peacefully produce resources and you gather wood in a calm harvesting zone. Build small biomes, earn gold, and enjoy steady progression without pressure, timers, or stress. Play at your own pace and unwind.

    Why similar: Idler 28.9%, Clicker 17.4%, Cozy 12.4%, Relaxing 10.5%, Nature 9%

    Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, relaxing idle game that focuses on building small, nature-filled environments.

  22. #22 Whimside
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 402 reviews2025
    Dev: ToadzillartPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    Why similar: Cozy 25.5%, Farming Sim 25.3%, Nature 10.4%, Management 10.3%, Relaxing 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a cute, atmospheric farming and automation experience that feels very similar in tone to the seed game.

  23. #23 PomoFarm
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 528 reviews2022
    Dev: wormpod
    Windows · Mac

    PomoFarm is half focus timer and half idle farming game! As Tomato the Duck, grow your farm as you focus on tasks in the real world!

    Why similar: Farming Sim 24.1%, Idler 23.6%, Nature 8.2%, Management 7.8%, Cozy 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: This title integrates time-management techniques with farming-sim elements for a productive idle experience.

  24. #24 Idle Fishing
    81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,844 reviews2024
    Dev: AO Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 182.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    Why similar: Idler 23.9%, Cozy 22.2%, Clicker 14.4%, Management 10%, Relaxing 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic, low-stress idle experience centered around the relaxing act of fishing.

  25. #25 Unpacking
    80% matchVery Positive93% of 39,045 reviews2021
    Dev: Witch BeamPub: Balor Games
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    79% matchVery Positive94% of 7,336 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows
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    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,619 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,988 reviews2019
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  30. #30 A Little to the Left
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 17,479 reviews2022
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    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,566 reviews2025
    Dev: foolsroom
    Windows
    Median: 74.6 hrsMean: 124.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    77% matchVery Positive90% of 325 reviews2025
    Dev: Ostend Games
    Windows

    Desktop Fishing is a cozy idle game that sits in the corner of your screen. Go about your usual desk work (or don't) while your frog buddy catches fish, discovers new outfits, and unlocks fishing spots.

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    76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,052 reviews2025
    Dev: 9FingerGames
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    76% matchVery Positive87% of 286 reviews2024
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    Windows

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  35. #35 The Dream Globe
    74% matchVery Positive97% of 277 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 187 reviews2025
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    Dev: KotieDev
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    Dev: Siesta Studio
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  41. #41 Under the blue horizon
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 185 reviews2024
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    71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,547 reviews2025
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    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,139 reviews2025
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    72% matchVery Positive88% of 267 reviews2024
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    69% matchVery Positive95% of 2,784 reviews2025
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    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 71 reviews2026
    Dev: Frozen Logic Studios
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    72% matchMixed69% of 52 reviews2024
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    Dev: Sunny Syrup StudioPub: Flyhigh Works
    Windows
    Median: 36.2 hrsMean: 83.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Cozy idle cafe management that keeps you company while you work. Grow fresh ingredients, cook, and serve delicious food to adorable animal customers. Build your dream cafe that sits at the bottom of your screen.

    Why similar: Idler 24.8%, Farming Sim 19.6%, Building 13.1%, Management 10.9%, Life Sim 9.9%

  52. #52 Loafing Town
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 505 reviews2025
    Dev: GoblinZzPub: IndieArk
    Windows
    Median: 43.0 hrsMean: 87.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    A relaxing and humorous idle god simulator that stays at the bottom of your screen or on a second monitor while you do other things. With physics-based dragging interactions, it feels just like playing with desk toys.

    Why similar: Idler 29.1%, Clicker 17.5%, Relaxing 11.4%, Life Sim 9.6%, Building 9.3%

  53. #53 Furry Company
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 186 reviews2025
    Dev: Dreamscape Studio
    Windows

    This is an idle-style casual game that appears at the bottom of your screen. In the game, you’ll hire adorable animals to work at the company you’ve founded. You be the boss and make sure they don’t slack off. The earnings can be used to renovate or expand your cozy office.

    Why similar: Idler 24.3%, Farming Sim 23.1%, Clicker 15.3%, Life Sim 10.1%, Building 8%

  54. #54 Mini Painter
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2025
    Dev: Tilt Station
    Windows

    A cozy isometric desktop game about a tiny artisan who paints miniatures. Don’t press him too hard… but don’t let him slack off, either.

    Why similar: Cozy 32.9%, Idler 26.8%, Clicker 13.4%, Relaxing 7.2%, Life Sim 7.2%

  55. #55 Joyquarium
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 498 reviews2025
    Dev: Easyfun StudioPub: Gamersky Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Joyquarium is a relaxing casual fish-raising game. Buy various cute fry and sell them at a high price after they grow up. With the money you earn, you can purchase aquatic plants, driftwood, scenery stone, etc. to decorate your tank (you can freely adjust the color, size, and position).

    Why similar: Idler 20.9%, Cozy 20.1%, Farming Sim 16.8%, Clicker 12.5%, Relaxing 8.3%

  56. #56 Desktop Farm
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 687 reviews2020
    Dev: 3dm_live_wallpapers
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Relaxing game where you can build your farm on your desktop. Your farm will be your interactive live wallpaper. Perfect to play in the background doing other things.

    Why similar: Farming Sim 54.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Casual 9.4%, Cute 8%, 3D 7.5%

  57. #57 Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
    66% matchMostly Positive80% of 865 reviews2025
    Dev: KaiPlay StudioPub: Gamersky Games
    Windows
    Median: 24.8 hrsMean: 85.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.

    Why similar: Farming Sim 31.7%, Idler 30%, Management 7.8%, Simulation 7.4%, Casual 7.4%

  58. #58 Idle Colony
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
    Dev: Faith G.
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.

    Why similar: Idler 26.6%, Clicker 20.5%, Building 12%, Management 11.1%, Nature 9.1%

  59. #59 Shelldiver
    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 11,669 reviews2025
    Dev: Gagonfe
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!

    Why similar: Idler 29.7%, Management 15.1%, Clicker 14.2%, Relaxing 12%, Resource Management 11.2%

  60. #60 Vending Dokan!: Kozy Kiosk
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: Aftabi Games
    Windows

    Build a vending machine empire in this cozy idle sim! Manage staff, decorate locations, and watch your business thrive. Play actively or let it run passively in the background with relaxing music to enjoy while you work or unwind.

    Why similar: Cozy 25.3%, Idler 21.7%, Management 9.8%, Life Sim 9.7%, Clicker 8.6%

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