Dopaminer

Dopaminer (2026)

Otto Development · March 27, 2026 · Casual, Incremental, Idler, 2D, Singleplayer

Dopaminer is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Dopaminer price

Dopaminer is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Dopaminer

Dopaminer lets you poke your brain to mine dopamine. Click the floating Synapse bits to earn DP, invest that DP in strategic upgrades, automate your Dopamining and use Rewire to increase efficiency with each run.
Increase your Effective Score to unlock higher tiers where new mechanics become available. Encounter rare dopamine bits that provide larger payouts. Automation features allow steady progression whether you are actively clicking or letting it play for you while you’re away. Play Daily Challenges and earn Cortexium (CX) to buy upgrades in the shop. 


Key Features

Click Synapses. Upgrade. Automate. Rewire. Easy to learn, hard to stop. Numbers go brrr.Four Upgrade Tabs
  • Core: Increase Synapse value, spawn speed, lifetime, and chain reactions.
  • Automation: Start Auto-Collecting, enable Magnet Bursts to gather bits, place Pulse nodes and Overclock those upgrades!
  • Rarity: Increase the spawning of valuable Synapse bits and increase multipliers on them.
  • Meta: Spend Synapse Points on permanent perks that will increase efficiency on each run.

Tier ProgressionAchieve key score milestones to unlock new automation and expanded upgrade options.

RewireUse Rewire to reset your run while retaining Synapse Points, boosting future runs through permanent meta-upgrades Future Dopamine flows faster.

Daily ChallengesThese short skill-based tests pause the idle grind for pure action. Rack up CX to supercharge your Dopamining.

  • Cognitive Echo: Memorize flashing tile patterns, and repeat the pattern.. 
  • Corruption Defense: Click incoming corrupted Synapse bits before they hit the core of your brain.
  • Falling Bits: Target one rarity Synapse only and survive.


Offline ProgressLeave it running. Return to piles of dopamine waiting for you.
Steam AchievementsMany to be mined! Get even more real life dopamine by achieving all the achievements! Your brain factory awaits. Click that first synapse. Then the next. Automate it all. Dopamine real dopamine!

Dopaminer — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Apr 7, 2026
Another boring clicker. This clicker feels like nothing more than a school project. People might have appreciated something like this in 2016, but in 2026, players expect much more content from a clicker game. I would advise the developer to keep working on it so that it can actually live up to the name Dopaminer.
4 found this helpful
Not recommended May 5, 2026
1/10 grind of all grinds....
3 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 12, 2026
After few updates the game is really good now.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Apr 12, 2026
Imagine having an achievement that requires you to deletes your save and whole progress if you didn't do it first thing when starting the game while having no idea how the game works. Also another dev who is not helpful at all and can't even respond to people asking what upgrades even do. Enjoy your negative review
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 20, 2026
another clicker game, its a dime a dozen. You just click the neuron sprites for points, then use points for upgrades 1/10
Not recommended Apr 4, 2026
I did not enjoy any part of this game. Everything feels like chore. Upgrades are not satisfying.

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