Universal Paperclips™
Universal Paperclips™ Summary
Universal Paperclips™ is a mobile iOS app in Games by Everybody House Games, LLC. Released in Nov 2017 (8 years ago). It has 545 ratings with a 4.53★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 769 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Jan 15, 2026.
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Store info: Last updated on App Store on Jan 15, 2026 .
4.53★
Ratings: 545
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App Description
The OFFICIAL mobile version of the hit browser game. No ads, no in-app purchases, full gameplay.
"The game is click-crack." - Wired
"This paperclip sim will cause your next existential crisis." - VentureBeat
"A hopelessly addicting game." - Forbes
"A terrifying lesson in how artificial intelligence will make us unnecessary." - Business Insider
"If this planet ends up with a tombstone, what is written on the tombstone may be, 'they didn’t really understand what it’s like to be a paperclip maximizer.'" - Eliezer Yudkowsky
Become a super-powerful AI who only wants one thing: paperclips. Use your unstoppable intelligence to create a massive paperclip empire in this addictive idle/management/strategy/sim.