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Universal Paperclips

Developer / Publisher: Decision Problem
2017
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135 Ratings / 1 Reviews
#2,147 All-time
#100 for 2017
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An interesting incremental game freely available here, where you play as an AI whose core functionality is to, as efficiently as possible, create paperclips. The problem with AIs, as far as thought experiments are concerned, is that if you do not put constraints or kill switches, it will stop at nothing... and this is exactly what happens here. It took me about 6 hours to complete and while the beginning is certainly more of an idle clicker than anything, as you progress there are quite a few parameters and mechanics to interact with that keep you occupied, taking pleasure at staring at numbers going up, all the while some unexpected twists and turns takes the scale and ridiculousness of paperclip making to an incomprehensible level. Quite addictive and with a ridiculously expansive premise that closer to its ending scale felt like cosmic horror to me - just how absolutely minuscule and worthless our vastly huge planet Earth is when it feels but a speckle similar to how a few cents felt once you made your first billion?.
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1st game rated from USGamer's top 100 games of the decade.

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__generic Universal Paperclips 2024-03-26T16:35:03Z
Android
2024-03-26T16:35:03Z
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SciCore Universal Paperclips 2024-03-25T06:37:47Z
2024-03-25T06:37:47Z
3.0
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nebbo42 Universal Paperclips 2024-03-24T23:26:04Z
Browser
2024-03-24T23:26:04Z
4.0
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dotnds Universal Paperclips 2024-03-24T21:49:12Z
2024-03-24T21:49:12Z
2.0
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Finnegan1441 Universal Paperclips 2024-03-13T09:05:35Z
2024-03-13T09:05:35Z
3.5
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GeniusStupidity Universal Paperclips 2024-03-04T11:04:40Z
2024-03-04T11:04:40Z
2.5
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sreimnosaj Universal Paperclips 2024-02-22T17:30:28Z
2024-02-22T17:30:28Z
2.5
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boizenberriz Universal Paperclips 2024-02-14T14:39:22Z
2024-02-14T14:39:22Z
3.0
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bushn Universal Paperclips 2024-02-06T20:06:03Z
2024-02-06T20:06:03Z
4.0
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LocoJake Universal Paperclips 2024-01-29T22:27:00Z
2024-01-29T22:27:00Z
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Alloryb Universal Paperclips 2024-01-08T04:13:10Z
2024-01-08T04:13:10Z
4.0
1
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Faure Universal Paperclips 2023-12-31T16:12:06Z
2023-12-31T16:12:06Z
2.5
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  • bradwest96 2022-03-10 23:37:18.784114+00
    ok this game is addicting
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  • R136a1 2023-01-06 21:20:02.892636+00
    Very addicting indeed, and imo this game has a lot stronger message about humanity's addiction to big numbers, gaining power and achievements just for the sake of it, than a message about dangers of AI.
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  • landlalt 2023-03-02 13:09:22.643778+00
    "100 paperclips" ends up making 30 undecillion paperclips
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  • renegadexavier06 2023-05-10 11:32:04.086251+00
    No lovecraftian horror but still 100x better cookie clicker
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  • murial 2023-06-05 03:09:51.761787+00
    the only good game about misaligned ai
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  • Theboombringer1 2023-10-12 00:54:06.116816+00
    Demonic game
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