About Infinite Monkeys
Infinite Monkeys is an idle game built on the old idea that enough monkeys hitting random keys would eventually type out Shakespeare. Your job is to put that to the test. The target is King Lear, the whole first scene of Act I, and your monkeys work through it one letter at a time.
Each monkey types random letters until one of them lands on the right one, and every correct letter earns you $1. A strip across the middle of the building shows your place in the script, with the current letter highlighted, and a percentage counter tracks how much of the scene is done. It starts out tiny.
The money goes back into the office. Buttons on the top floor let you hire more monkeys and buy posters and banana trees that make the ones you have type faster. It's all drawn in cozy pixel art, a little building full of monkeys at their desks, with a radio you can click to switch the music and sound effects on or off. You can play Infinite Monkeys online here with nothing more than a mouse.
How to Play Infinite Monkeys
- Let your first monkeys start typing. They pick letters at random until one matches the next letter of the script.
- Earn $1 for every letter that lands in the right spot.
- Hire more monkeys from the controls on the building's top floor.
- Buy posters and banana trees to make your monkeys type faster.
- Click the radio to turn the music and sound effects on or off.
- Watch the percentage counter and the letter strip to see how far into King Lear you've gotten.
What to Expect in Infinite Monkeys
Expect a slow, funny idle game with a math joke at its heart. Random typing is wildly inefficient, and that's the point: progress crawls at first, and the fun is in stacking enough monkeys and speed boosts to make the percentage counter move.
It suits a second screen or a long break. You can leave Infinite Monkeys running and check back to see how many more words of the scene have appeared. Play Infinite Monkeys free here and see how close your monkeys get to the end of the scene.
Tips for Infinite Monkeys
- Hire more monkeys early. Each one is another stream of random guesses, so more typists means more correct letters overall.
- Balance hiring with posters and banana trees. More monkeys and faster monkeys both raise your earnings, so do not pour everything into one.
- Leave the tab open while you do something else. The monkeys keep typing as long as the game is running.
- Mute the radio before you leave it running in the background for a long stretch.
- Check the letter strip now and then. Watching real lines of King Lear appear out of random typing is the most satisfying part of the game.
Who Made Infinite Monkeys
Infinite Monkeys was made by Skullbutton Interactive, who released it on itch.io. It's built in Unity, with pixel art throughout. FunClicker embeds the creator's own version so you can play it here without downloading anything. We did not make the game, and the credit for its design, code, and art belongs to its creator. You can find the original on the Infinite Monkeys page on itch.io.
FAQ
Is Infinite Monkeys free?
Yes. Infinite Monkeys is free to play here in your browser, with nothing to install and no account to make. Your first monkeys start typing right away, and every correct letter they hit earns money you can spend on more help.
How do you play Infinite Monkeys?
Your monkeys type random letters on their own. When one hits the correct next letter of King Lear, you earn $1. Spend that money upstairs, where the top-floor buttons let you add monkeys or buy posters and banana trees that speed them up. Click the radio to toggle music and sound.
What is the goal of Infinite Monkeys?
The goal is to produce the complete opening scene of King Lear, Act I, Scene 1, with every letter picked at random by your monkeys. A percentage counter shows how much of it your monkeys have finished. It's a long climb, since every single letter has to come from random guessing.
Who made Infinite Monkeys?
Infinite Monkeys was made by Skullbutton Interactive, who released it on itch.io. It's built in Unity. FunClicker did not make the game. We embed the creator's own version so you can play it here, and the link in the Who Made section goes to the original.
Can I play Infinite Monkeys on a Chromebook or phone?
Infinite Monkeys runs in the browser and plays with simple clicks, so a Chromebook, laptop or desktop works well. You never type anything yourself, since the monkeys do all of it. Phones and tablets may run it, but the pixel art and small buttons are easier to handle on a bigger screen.
Is Infinite Monkeys unblocked at school?
Infinite Monkeys needs only a browser tab, with no download or plugin. Whether it opens on a school or work network depends on that network's filter, which we do not control. If the game loads, it plays the same way it does anywhere else.
Is Infinite Monkeys based on a real idea?
Yes. It plays on the infinite monkey theorem, the thought experiment that a monkey hitting keys at random for long enough would eventually type a work of Shakespeare. The game turns that into an idle loop, with you hiring and motivating the monkeys to speed the process up.
What do posters and banana trees do in Infinite Monkeys?
They motivate the monkeys you already have, so they type faster. Hiring adds more typists, while posters and banana trees boost the speed of each one. Both raise how many correct letters land over time, which means more money and faster progress through the scene.
