Stimulation Clicker

Stimulation Clicker
Developer(s)Neal Agarwal
Producer(s)Liz Ryan
Artist(s)
  • Pixel Chop
  • Sketch Studio
Writer(s)Alex Alvarez
Composer(s)
  • Austin Taylor
  • Jon Kaur
Platform(s)Web
ReleaseJanuary 6, 2025
Genre(s)Clicker
Mode(s)Single-player

Stimulation Clicker is a 2025 clicker game created by Neal Agarwal. In the game, the player clicks a button to earn Stimulation Points, which they can spend on upgrades to gain more points. The game was released on his website, neal.fun, on January 6, 2025. Stimulation Clicker garnered a positive reception, with praise for its chaotic gameplay and satirical take on the modern internet.

Gameplay

In Stimulation Clicker, the player starts with a button instructing players to click it.[1][2] Each click earns them one Stimulation Point, and they may spend their points on upgrades to gain more points.[3] Themed around overstimulation, upgrades include a true crime podcast, gameplay footage of Subway Surfers, and DVD screensaver logos that move across the screen.[1][4] Once the player purchases every upgrade, they unlock an end credits scene where they arrive at an ocean.[5] The player's progress cannot be saved.[4]

Development

Neal Agarwal, the game's creator, in 2024

Developed by Neal Agarwal, the creator of The Password Game (2023), Draw a Perfect Circle (2023), and Infinite Craft (2024), Stimulation Clicker was released on January 6, 2025, for his website, neal.fun.[6] Agarwal first conceived of the idea during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, claiming he wanted to capture "the experience of being terminally online".[7][8]

The development took 4 months and was inspired by Cookie Clicker and Upgrade Complete!.[8] It included hiring voice actors for an original 45 minute podcast, recording new lines from the original announcer of the Halo franchise, and including specially record segments from streamers and influencers.[7]

Reception

Multiple reviewers found the game chaotic.[3][4][9] Kris Holt of Engadget, likening it to Clickolding, described Stimulation Clicker as a "funny, bruising commentary" on how websites keep users engaged,[4] while Maddy Myers of Polygon felt it was a "terrifying art project".[1] Yair Rosenberg, of The Atlantic, thought the game was "a remarkable rendering of how digital life has gone off the rails."[7] In PC Gamer, Jonathan Bolding opined that while not being a very deep commentary, it was "a useful one."[10]

Achievements

The achievements are "Healthy Habits" to unlock Screentime, "Disc Collector" to buy five bouncing DVD logos, "Level Up" to reach level 10, "Chicken Tendies" to feed Paul, "Kinder Surprise" to open eggs, "Good Grandchild" to reply to grandma, "Fixer Upper" to purchase 15 upgrades, "Commuter" to watch 10 minutes of Subway Surfers, "Procrastinator" to generate 100,000 stimulation, "Click Cadet" to click the button 100 times, "Achievements" to unlock achievements, "Hoot Hoot" to answer correctly the very first Duolingo question, "Loot Finder" to open a lootbox, "Day Trader" to sell a stock for a profit, "Owl Scholar" to correctly answer 10 Duolingo questions, "Casual Shopper" to purchase a cosmetic, "Level-er" to reach level 25, "Click Corporal" to click the button 500 times, "Loot Hoarder" to open 25 lootboxes, "Corner Hunter" to reach 100 DVD corner hits, "TubeRider" to unlock fullscreen Subway Surfers, "Click Commander" to click the button 1,000 times, "Hunter" to unlock 15 achievements, "Decked Out" to purchase all upgrades, "iPad Kid" to generate 1,000,000 stimulation, "Tunnel Vision" to unlock the wormhole, "Polyglot" to correctly answer all Duolingo questions, "Night Owl" to play after 7pm, "Completionist" to unlock all achievements, "Gambler" to sell a stock for a loss, "M'Lady" to tip your Fedora, "Roaring Kitty" to make 100,000 stim from stocks, "Maxed Out" to reach level 50, "Mouse Mover" to move your cursor 1,000,000 pixels and "Shopaholic" to purchase every cosmetic.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Myers, Maddy (January 7, 2025). "Stimulation Clicker is pure internet hell mode". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 22, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  2. ^ Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (January 8, 2025). "Stimulation Clicker is web 1.0 and web 3.0 having a fight inside one browser window". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on January 14, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Sarkar, Arka (January 7, 2025). "How to play Stimulation Clicker, the newest game from Infinite Craft's Neal.fun". Destructoid. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Holt, Kris (January 9, 2025). "Stimulation Clicker is a nightmarish free browser game powered by internet brainrot". Engadget. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  5. ^ Benson, Madison (January 7, 2025). "Can you win Stimulation Clicker?". Destructoid. Archived from the original on January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  6. ^ Agarwal, Neal [@nealagarwal] (January 6, 2025). "Stimulation Clicker, the worst webpage, is out now!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 20, 2025 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ a b c Rosenberg, Yair (January 27, 2025). "The Worst Page on the Internet". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  8. ^ a b Press-Reynolds, Kieran (February 11, 2025). "With Clicks Into Oblivion, Frying Your Brain Is Fun". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  9. ^ Kaur, Tessa (January 11, 2025). "Stimulation Clicker Is Cookie Clicker For The TikTok Generation". TheGamer. Archived from the original on January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  10. ^ Bolding, Jonathan (February 8, 2025). "Stimulation Clicker distills a decade of internet brainrot into exposure therapy that makes you stupid—plus, it's free!". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
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