Idle game guide
Idle Clicker Game Tips From a 150-Second Test Run
Key takeaways
- Power Click costs 50 cookies, then 250, 1,250 and 6,250: five times more each time.
- After one Power Click, five clicks gave 10 cookies; after three, a single click was worth 8.
- One Cat took the counter from 0.1 to 2.5 cookies in 10 seconds with no clicking.
- A 150-second run of clicking and buying ended near 550 cookies with 3 Power Click, 6 Cats, 4 Grandmas and 2 Farms.
The first idle clicker game tip is to buy Power Click before anything else: in Crumbrush it costs 50 cookies and doubles every click, while one Cat only added 2.4 cookies in ten seconds. The price of each upgrade jumps with every purchase, so it pays to know the numbers.
How the game works
Crumbrush has one big cookie and a column of nine upgrade cards. Each click on the cookie adds one cookie to the counter. The cards cost cookies: the first four cost 50 (Power Click), 15 (Cat), 100 (Grandma) and 1,100 (Farm). The cards after that ask for 12,000, 130,000, 1,200,000 and 20,000,000 cookies. Locked cards are grey and read “?????” until you can reach them.
What we measured
We played the game in a test browser at 1280 by 800 and read the counter and the card prices from the screen after each step.
| Step | Result |
|---|---|
| 15 clicks, nothing bought | 15 cookies |
| 50 clicks | 50 cookies |
| Cat bought (15 cookies): next Cat price | 23 cookies |
| One Cat, 10 seconds without clicking | 0.1 to 2.5 cookies |
| Power Click bought (50): five clicks afterwards | 10 cookies |
| Power Click: next price | 250 cookies |
| After a page reload | progress kept |
Single runs from one test browser; the Cat figure comes from one 10-second window.
Power Click gets expensive fast
Power Click is the only card that changes what a click is worth. The first one cost 50 cookies and after buying it five clicks gave 10 cookies. In a longer run the price went 50, 250, 1,250 and then 6,250, five times the previous price each time, while a click became worth 8 after three purchases.
A Cat pays slowly
With one Cat and no clicking at all, the counter went from 0.1 to 2.5 cookies in ten seconds. That is a small trickle next to clicking, so the helpers matter once you own several of them. In a 150-second run that mixed clicking and buying we ended near 550 cookies with 3 Power Click, 6 Cats, 4 Grandmas and 2 Farms.
4 tips that follow from the numbers
- Click first, buy Power Click at 50. It doubles the value of every click.
- Do not stack one card. Each purchase raises that card’s own price.
- Buy a Cat early. It earns a little with no clicking at all.
- Come back later. The counter and purchases are kept after a reload.
Where to try it
Try it yourself in Crumbrush. If you like watching numbers grow, Digsmith is an idle digging game too.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Power Click cost in Crumbrush?
The first one costs 50 cookies. We saw the price become 250, then 1,250, then 6,250 as we bought more.
How much is a click worth after Power Click?
In our test a click gave 2 cookies after one purchase and 8 after three, so every purchase doubles it.
How many cookies does a Cat make?
With one Cat and no clicking, the counter went from 0.1 to 2.5 cookies in 10 seconds (one test).
Is progress saved?
Yes. After a reload the counter and the purchases were still there; the game keeps them in the browser.
How many upgrades are there?
Nine cards. The first four cost 50, 15, 100 and 1,100 cookies; the rest start at 12,000.
Does Crumbrush work on a phone?
See the game page: we only claim what we tested on a phone-sized screen.