Computer Lunch's incremental game starts you clicking a single cell and ends somewhere past the technological singularity, covering roughly 4.5 billion years on the way. Three separate simulations run side by side: the Primary Simulation, the dinosaur-focused Mesozoic Valley, and the astronomy-focused Beyond, each with its own currency and its own reset. The Reality Reboot rework in November 2025 moved the first prestige far earlier, which means older walkthroughs get the pacing badly wrong.
This walkthrough takes you from your first session to endgame content. Each phase has specific goals, priorities, and milestones. New to the game? Start with our beginner's guide first.
Quick Progression Summary
| Phase | Area | Focus | Build | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Start | Primary Simulation | Entropy generation basics | Fish and amphibians | 1-2 hours |
| 2. Early | Mesozoic Valley | Ideas and the tech tree mastery | Fish and amphibians | 3-5 hours |
| 3. Mid | The Beyond | Metabits prestige + gear | Microbes and early cells or Fish and amphibians | 5-10 hours |
| 4. Late | The Reality Engine | Build optimization | Microbes and early cells | 5-10 hours |
| 5. Endgame | Mars | Min-max | Microbes and early cells or Civilization and technology | Ongoing |
See our maps guide for detailed area breakdowns.
Phase 1: Getting Started (Primary Simulation)
The main tree, running from organic compounds through single cells, fish, reptiles, mammals and primates into human civilization and technology. It is the only simulation that generates Metabits, which makes it where a run's real progress lives.
Level/Difficulty: From your first click to well past the Singularity Key Rewards: Entropy, Ideas, Metabits, every species unlock
What to Do in Primary Simulation
- Learn Entropy generation. Entropy is the base currency of the Primary Simulation, earned by tapping anywhere on screen and then automated by generator nodes you buy on the evolution tree. Spend your first session getting comfortable with this.
- Pick Fish and amphibians as your starting build. See our builds guide for why.
- Stop clicking the moment a generator outproduces your finger. The first hour rewards taps. Every hour after that rewards buying the next node instead, because the whole game is built around passive output.
- Acquire your first equipment upgrade: Ideas or whatever's available.
- Clear all main content before moving on.
Phase 1 Checklist
- Understand Entropy generation fundamentals
- Fish and amphibians selected and functional
- Primary Simulation main content cleared
- Ready for Mesozoic Valley
Phase 2: Early Game (Mesozoic Valley)
The dinosaur simulation, tracking archosaurs through the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction and on into modern birds. It carries its own currency, its own trait cards and its own reset in the form of an asteroid impact.
Level/Difficulty: Unlocks after early Primary Simulation progress Key Rewards: Mutagen, dinosaur trait cards, Darwinium from missions
What to Do in Mesozoic Valley
- Work on Ideas and the tech tree. Ideas unlock once the tree reaches intelligence, and they buy the civilization side of the game: agriculture, industrialization, information technology and everything after. This system becomes critical from here on.
- Farm for Ideas if you haven't already. It's the key upgrade for this phase.
- Prestige as soon as progress stalls. Metabits come from Entropy and Ideas production together, and a run parked on the same milestone for twenty minutes is producing nothing you could not reach faster after a reset.
- Complete all objectives before pushing to The Beyond.
- Consider whether Microbes and early cells might suit your playstyle better than Fish and amphibians.
Phase 2 Checklist
- Ideas and the tech tree integrated into gameplay
- Ideas acquired
- Mesozoic Valley fully cleared
- Ready for The Beyond
Phase 3: Mid Game (The Beyond)
The astronomy simulation, opening with the Solar System and expanding into the wider universe across released episodes. Progress here is counted in celestial bodies unlocked rather than species evolved.
Level/Difficulty: Unlocks later than Mesozoic Valley, runs in parallel Key Rewards: Stardust, planets and stars, Darwinium from missions
What to Do in The Beyond
- Master Metabits prestige. Metabits are produced by your Entropy and Ideas output together, then spent in the Reality Engine on permanent multipliers. This unlocks a new layer of gameplay.
- Start working toward Entropy. It's the best equipment and becomes accessible around now.
- Since the November 2025 Reality Reboot, your first prestige unlocks at Ideas rather than at the Singularity. Older guides tell you to push all the way to the Singularity first, which now wastes hours of a first run.
- This area is the main skill check. If you can clear it, you're ready for late game.
- Start investing in Mesozoic Valley mutations for the tactical depth you'll need going forward.
Phase 3 Checklist
- Metabits prestige mastered
- Entropy acquired or in progress
- The Beyond fully cleared
- Ready for The Reality Engine
Phase 4: Late Game (The Reality Engine)
The prestige screen where Metabits buy permanent multipliers. Every reset routes through it, and picking which multiplier to buy first is the single most consequential decision the game asks you to make.
Level/Difficulty: Available from your first prestige onward Key Rewards: Permanent Entropy and Ideas multipliers, faster subsequent runs
What to Do in The Reality Engine
- Finalize your build. You should be running Microbes and early cells or Fish and amphibians with optimized gear.
- Entropy should be your primary. If you don't have it yet, prioritize getting it.
- Spend Metabits on production multipliers before anything cosmetic or convenient. Multipliers compound across every reset, and Reality Engine upgrades are the only progress that never gets wiped.
- Stardust in the Beyond optimization starts here. Small improvements compound into massive advantages.
- Farm this area for the resources needed to push into Mars.
Phase 4 Checklist
- Build fully optimized
- Entropy upgraded to max
- The Reality Engine fully cleared
- Ready for Mars
Phase 5: Endgame (Mars)
The fifth celestial body and fourth terrestrial planet in the Beyond, unlocked at Rank 1. It generates Stardust like every other body and links into the game's Mars survival and terraforming content.
Level/Difficulty: Beyond Rank 1 Key Rewards: Stardust generation and progress toward the outer planets
What to Do in Mars
- Mars tests everything. Come prepared with your best build and gear.
- Feed Mesozoic Valley in the background. Mutagen carries across asteroid resets and across Primary Simulation prestiges, so every point of it you bank is permanently yours in a game where almost nothing else is.
- The endgame loop: run Mars, optimize gear, push harder content.
- Experiment with Civilization and technology for a fresh take once you've mastered the standard builds.
- This is where Stardust in the Beyond mastery separates good players from great ones. See our tips guide for advanced strategies.
Phase 5 Checklist
- Endgame content on farm
- Best-in-slot gear acquired
- Mars fully cleared
- Ready for challenge content
Common Progression Mistakes
- Hoarding Entropy for one distant node. Idle games compound, so three cheap generators bought now will out-earn the expensive node you were saving toward long before you could afford it.
- Refusing to prestige because you will lose progress. Entropy and Ideas reset. Metabits, Reality Engine upgrades and Mutagen do not, and a post-prestige run reaches the same point in a fraction of the time.
- Spending Darwinium on temporary speedups. A time skip feels good once and then it is gone. Permanent boosts are the only Darwinium purchase that still matters two prestiges later.
- Treating Mesozoic Valley and the Beyond as optional side content. Both pay Darwinium through missions, Mesozoic Valley pays permanent Mutagen, and skipping them slows down the main tree you were trying to protect.
- Following a pre-2025 walkthrough. The Reality Reboot changed the engine, the prestige timing and the upgrade list, so anything telling you to reach the Singularity before your first reset is describing a different game.
Key Tips for Smooth Progression
- Stop clicking the moment a generator outproduces your finger. The first hour rewards taps. Every hour after that rewards buying the next node instead, because the whole game is built around passive output.
- Prestige as soon as progress stalls. Metabits come from Entropy and Ideas production together, and a run parked on the same milestone for twenty minutes is producing nothing you could not reach faster after a reset.
- Since the November 2025 Reality Reboot, your first prestige unlocks at Ideas rather than at the Singularity. Older guides tell you to push all the way to the Singularity first, which now wastes hours of a first run.
- Spend Metabits on production multipliers before anything cosmetic or convenient. Multipliers compound across every reset, and Reality Engine upgrades are the only progress that never gets wiped.
- Feed Mesozoic Valley in the background. Mutagen carries across asteroid resets and across Primary Simulation prestiges, so every point of it you bank is permanently yours in a game where almost nothing else is.
For more advanced strategies, see our tips & tricks guide.
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