Paperclip Empire — the Architect at his corkboard of blueprints, strung together with red thread

It starts with one bent paperclip. It does not stop there.

Idle tycoon · iPhone & iPad · Free

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What it is

A shop, a ledger, and a man who will not stop building.

Paperclip Empire is a narrative idle clicker. You open a stationery shop in the 1950s with one bent paperclip and a set of books that barely balance, then automate your way out of it — machines, staff, upgrades, and income that keeps stacking while you're away. Eight volumes carry the business somewhere it was never meant to go, and each one rewrites the floor, the workers, and the man running them. Claudius keeps building. Nobody ever asks him to stop.

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Eight volumes. It does not stay a stationery shop.

Inside the game

Ten screens from the factory floor.

Swipe to look around

From a bent paperclip to an empire — The Idle Tycoon that Never Stops!
Automate and earn while away — idle income keeps stacking, even offline
Tap, automate, upgrade, repeat — rush-hour combos surge your output
Hire the line, hit milestones, multiply — staff every machine
Renovate and restart — keep your reputation, reset everything else
Breakdowns, inspectors, viral orders — fix the chaos fast, or ride it out
Fortune falls from the line — rare treasure showers down from every world
Eight worlds, one obsession — a story that mutates as your empire grows
You won't believe where this ends up — from paperclips to somewhere stranger
Start with a bent paperclip — build the empire

The Lost Files

Up & Coming!Available now!

File #FF03 — Cash on Delivery.

FF03 · Ten scenes recovered

More recovered scenes. The Architect explains, in his own words, who he booked to fly Claudius to Mars in Volume III.

Available November 25 — free, and yours to keep.

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Finish Volume III and File #FF02 to unlock it in-game.

Lost File FF03, recovered scene 1 of 10: the Architect at a valve radio, headphones on, as somebody picks up the line
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The Lost Files

Up & Coming!Available now!

File #FF02 — Cold Call.

FF02 · Ten scenes recovered

The red thread runs from the shop floor to the Arctic ice. The Architect is already there when it runs out.

Available September 25

Available in…00:00:00:00

Finish Volume II and File #FF01 to unlock it in-game.

Lost File FF02, recovered scene 1 of 10: the Architect's expedition into the Arctic
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The Lost Files

Up & Coming!Available now!

File #FF01 — The Architect.

FF01 · Ten scenes recovered

Ten recovered scenes. The Architect explains, in his own words, how he framed Claudius and built Volume I.

Available August 15

Finish Volume I to unlock it in-game.

Lost File FF01, recovered scene 1 of 10: the Architect at his desk with the master plan
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Start with a bent paperclip.

Free on iPhone and iPad. The rest is up to Claudius.

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