Incremental game (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Incremental game" in English language version.

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4web.archive.org

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4kotaku.com

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271^st place

3kongregate.com

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2worldcat.org

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2ign.com

53^rd place

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1gamerant.com

1,655^th place

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1dailydot.com

998^th place

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1tutsplus.com

low place

1gdcvault.com

low place

9,844^th place

1pcgamer.com

428^th place

286^th place

1screenrant.com

98^th place

75^th place

1wired.com

193^rd place

152^nd place

1cowclicker.com

low place

1newyorker.com

146^th place

110^th place

1cirri.al

low place

1faedine.com

low place

1tynmagazine.com

low place

1bloodrizer.ru

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1polygon.com

180^th place

133^rd place

1dashnet.org

low place

bloodrizer.ru (Global: low place; English: low place)

Bloodrizer (2014). "Kittens Game". bloodrizer.ru. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

cirri.al (Global: low place; English: low place)

Cirr (2016). "Shark Game". Cirri.al. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

cowclicker.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Bogost, Ian (2017). "Cow Clicker". Official website. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

dailydot.com (Global: 998^th place; English: 632^nd place)

Sankin, Aaron (12 February 2014). "The most addictive new game on the Internet is actually a joke". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

dashnet.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

orteil.dashnet.org

"Idle Game Maker Documentation". Orteil.dashnet.org. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

faedine.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

FaeDine (2016). "Crank". faedine.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

gamerant.com (Global: 1,655^th place; English: 1,004^th place)

Croce, Diana (14 February 2024). "10 Best Incremental Games for Mobile". Game Rant. Retrieved 4 December 2025.

gdcvault.com (Global: low place; English: 9,844^th place)

Anthony Pecorella (February 2015). Idle Games: The Mechanics and Monetization of Self-Playing Games (Recorded presentation with slides.). Game Developer Conference (GDC) 2015.

ign.com (Global: 53^rd place; English: 44^th place)

Davis, Justin (8 January 2015). "The Inside Story of the Most Incredible Video Game No One Has Played". IGN.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Sandcastle Builder is one of the most compelling, rewarding, and unique video games I've ever experienced. It is very close to earning a spot on my favorite games of all time short list.
Davis, Justin (10 October 2013). "Inside Cookie Clicker and the Idle Game Move". IGN. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

kongregate.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

blog.kongregate.com

Pecorella, Anthony (5 April 2016). "A Brief Look at the Idle Games Genre". Kongregate Blog. Kongregate.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
Pecorella, Anthony (18 March 2016). "Idle Chatter: GDC 2016". Kongregate Blog. Kongregate.com. pp. 87–88. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

kongregate.com

"Earliest idle games on Kongregate". Kongregate. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

kotaku.com (Global: 401^st place; English: 271^st place)

steamed.kotaku.com

Grayson, Nathan (18 May 2015). "Clicker Heroes Is Super Popular On Steam... For Some Reason". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015. You can also "ascend" to essentially start over, but you'll unlock more special powers in the process.
Grayson, Nathan (18 May 2015). "Clicker Heroes Is Super Popular On Steam... For Some Reason". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
Grayson, Nathan (30 July 2015). "Clicker Games Are Suddenly Everywhere On Steam". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

kotaku.com

Good, Owen (5 May 2013). "Candy Box: A Game That's Simple, Sweet, and Strangely Compelling". Kotaku. Retrieved 27 October 2025.

newyorker.com (Global: 146^th place; English: 110^th place)

Thomsen, Michael (11 June 2014). "A Dark Room: The Best-Selling Game That No One Can Explain". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 30 October 2025.

pcgamer.com (Global: 428^th place; English: 286^th place)

Morton, Lauren (13 December 2017). "Realm Grinder beginner's guide". PC Gamer. Retrieved 24 October 2025.

polygon.com (Global: 180^th place; English: 133^rd place)

Crecente, Brian (30 September 2013). "The cult of the cookie clicker: When is a game not a game?". Polygon. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

screenrant.com (Global: 98^th place; English: 75^th place)

King, Austin (19 October 2020). "How Long Cookie Clicker Takes To Beat (& What Happens)". ScreenRant. Retrieved 27 October 2025.

tutsplus.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com

King, Alexander (22 May 2015). "Numbers Getting Bigger: What Are Incremental Games, and Why Are They Fun?". Tutsplus. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

tynmagazine.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The longest video games ever: From least to most hours". TyN Magazine (in Spanish). 21 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Grayson, Nathan (18 May 2015). "Clicker Heroes Is Super Popular On Steam... For Some Reason". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015. You can also "ascend" to essentially start over, but you'll unlock more special powers in the process.
Sankin, Aaron (12 February 2014). "The most addictive new game on the Internet is actually a joke". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
Grayson, Nathan (18 May 2015). "Clicker Heroes Is Super Popular On Steam... For Some Reason". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
Grayson, Nathan (30 July 2015). "Clicker Games Are Suddenly Everywhere On Steam". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

wired.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 152^nd place)

Rogers, Adam (21 October 2017). "The Way the World Ends: Not with a Bang But a Paperclip". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 27 October 2025.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Rogers, Adam (21 October 2017). "The Way the World Ends: Not with a Bang But a Paperclip". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
Thomsen, Michael (11 June 2014). "A Dark Room: The Best-Selling Game That No One Can Explain". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 30 October 2025.

Incremental game (English Wikipedia)

bloodrizer.ru (Global: low place; English: low place)

cirri.al (Global: low place; English: low place)

cowclicker.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

dailydot.com (Global: 998th place; English: 632nd place)

dashnet.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

orteil.dashnet.org

faedine.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

gamerant.com (Global: 1,655th place; English: 1,004th place)

gdcvault.com (Global: low place; English: 9,844th place)

ign.com (Global: 53rd place; English: 44th place)

kongregate.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

blog.kongregate.com

kongregate.com

kotaku.com (Global: 401st place; English: 271st place)

steamed.kotaku.com

kotaku.com

newyorker.com (Global: 146th place; English: 110th place)

pcgamer.com (Global: 428th place; English: 286th place)

polygon.com (Global: 180th place; English: 133rd place)

screenrant.com (Global: 98th place; English: 75th place)

tutsplus.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com

tynmagazine.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

wired.com (Global: 193rd place; English: 152nd place)

worldcat.org (Global: 5th place; English: 5th place)

search.worldcat.org

dailydot.com (Global: 998^th place; English: 632^nd place)

gamerant.com (Global: 1,655^th place; English: 1,004^th place)

gdcvault.com (Global: low place; English: 9,844^th place)

ign.com (Global: 53^rd place; English: 44^th place)

kotaku.com (Global: 401^st place; English: 271^st place)

newyorker.com (Global: 146^th place; English: 110^th place)

pcgamer.com (Global: 428^th place; English: 286^th place)

polygon.com (Global: 180^th place; English: 133^rd place)

screenrant.com (Global: 98^th place; English: 75^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

wired.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 152^nd place)

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)