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File Hoard

File Hoard

by Static Signal

★ 75%
Price $4.99
Avg Players 0
Reviews 4
Released Mar 5, 2026
2DCasualClickerController
Prestige loop
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File Hoard strips idle gaming down to its essence: download files, buy generators to automate the process, and periodically prestige to reset progress with multipliers. Mini-games and a tape archival system provide occasional breaks from the number-climbing core loop. It's lightweight and deliberately silly, appealing to players who want quick dopamine hits from watching exponential growth without narrative baggage or long-term commitment.

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What players are saying

▼ Not recommended 0 hrs
This game probably has about an hour of playtime to it and there really isn't anything going on for that hour. Very shallow gameplay even in the clicker genre. Prestige system has hardly noticable effects and doesn't change gameplay in any way. I'm being really critical here because this game is being sold for $7. You've pretty much seen all the game has to offer in the first 10 minutes.
4 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 12 hrs
I've been really enjoying this! It started off quite simple and builds up at a good pace (which is perfect because I'm impatient). The prestige system is awesome and now my game is absolute chaos of crazy numbers.

I love the little charm in the descriptions, file names and how ridiculously you go from slowly downloading a file of a few bytes to taking over the entire internet. The developer seems to be quite active with updates on their games, too, which is always a promising sign.

Oh and it works great on steam deck, which makes it even more addictive :D
2 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 0 hrs
Very fun clicker game!
Numbers go brrr and dopamine goes up!
Can definitely recommend, its a steal for that price
1 found helpful Steam ↗

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Latest updates

Update 1.2.0 - Format & Drive Upgrades

130 days ago
Format System (Second Prestige)A new prestige layer. Reset your tapes for Drives - a permanent currency that persists through everything. The nuclear option for your download farm. Calculates the max you can afford in one click. No maths required.15 Drive upgrades across 3 tiers. You'll have to earn them to see what they do.Each format permanently boosts your click power and file value.A 16th generator exists now. Somewhere. Behind a lock. Defrag Mini-GameThere's another tab. Something to do with organising your hard drive. Unlocks after a few prestiges. 45 seconds. Do well enough and your downloads speed up. That's all you're getting. Colourblind friendly. Letters on everything.Groups flash when you make a good swap. Score popups so you know it worked. Stray PacketsRandom network packets drift across your screen every minute or two. Click them for free stuff. Speed boosts, bonus bytes, or tapes. Ignore them if you want. They'll fade away. They always do. Three types. Colour coded. You'll figure it out.They make a sound when they appear. You'll learn to listen for it.Clicking one shows what you got.Controller supported. Press Y. Achievements TabBrowse all 80 achievements in a proper grid. Icons and everything. Unlocked ones show their details. Locked ones show "???". Hidden ones show even less. 17 new achievements. Some are obvious. Some are not.Reward bonuses visible on locked cards so you know what you're chasing. Automation TabNew tab for managing your automation systems. Toggle things on and off. Everything's disabled by default when purchased - we're not monsters. Tab shows ??? until you have something to automate.Auto-clicker toggle syncs with the big AUTO button now. Seasonal ContentIt's April. Some files look different. Some have a .egg extension. April 1st is... different. Steam LeaderboardsYour scores are now being tracked. Highest BPS, total bytes, tapes earned, scanner streak, formats, and defrag scores. View rankings in-game via Stats > Leaderboards, or...

Update 1.1.1 - Bug Fixes & Balance

138 days ago
Fixes Generators no longer briefly show as all unlocked on a new save. You haven't earned those yet. Events no longer stack on top of each other during dismiss. One crisis at a time. Tooltips no longer show for locked ??? upgrades and generators. The mystery is the point. Tooltips no longer appear during the archive animation. Let the tape have its moment. Stats panel scroll no longer cuts off the bottom rows. The data was there. You just couldn't see it. New Game button no longer silently overwrites your first save when all slots are full. We're sorry. Delete a slot manually like a responsible adult. Auto-Clicker button now clearly shows green when on, grey when off. We heard you. Several times. Improvements You can now click anywhere on a file row in the virus scanner. The quarantine button was too small. We know. Locked upgrades now show what you need to unlock them. No more guessing why the buy button hates you. New tutorial hint suggests the Hard Drive tape upgrade if you keep running out of space. Just trying to help. Balance Events trigger less frequently. You were getting interrupted too much. We get it. Events no longer repeat the same one back to back. Variety is the spice of downloading. Hard drive upgrades rebalanced. The top few were a bit generous. They're still good. Just less absurd. File type unlocks now require a large enough hard drive. No more downloading .iso files on a 10MB drive. That was never going to work. 23 new upgrades spread across the endgame. More speed tiers, more click tiers, more storage, more generator multipliers. The dead zone between TB and EB is alive now. If you felt like you'd bought everything and had nothing to do - check again.

Update 1.1.0 - Synergies, Rewards & More

141 days ago
Generator SynergiesGenerators now boost each other. A new upgrade type ties generators together - own more of one, the other gets stronger. 10 synergy upgrades across all tiers. Strategic depth, or at least the illusion of it. Cursors scale with Download Managers and vice versaLate-game synergies get up to 5% per owned source generatorBonuses update dynamically as you buy moreFound in the Generators tab. I didn't make a whole new tab for 10 items. Achievement RewardsEvery achievement now does something. Small permanent bonuses that persist across prestiges. All 63 achievements grant rewardsBonus types: all income, click power, download speed, file value, tape gain, crit chance, HDD capacityHarder achievements give bigger bonuses. Obviously.Check the new Achievement Bonuses section in the Stats panel More EventsThe event pool has more than doubled. Runs should feel less repetitive. Should. 7 new positive events (CDN Cache, Solar Flare, and friends)7 new negative events (your cat chews cables now)12 new neutral events (cookie notices, CAPTCHA existential crises, etc.)6 new challenges including bytes-earned challenges59 total events, up from 27 New Mini-GameThere's a new tab. Something to do with suspicious files. Quarantine the bad ones for bonus bytes, but click a clean one and it'll cost you. Builds streak for bigger multipliers.Unlocks after enough downloads. You'll know when.30 second rounds, 5 minute cooldownStreak multiplier up to 5x for consecutive correct quarantinesGood performance grants a temporary speed boostTab shows "???" until unlocked. Don't worry about it.OtherSave version updated. Old saves load fine.

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