Candy Box!

's curious combination of ASCII 'graphics', role-playing elements and resource management has caught on with hundreds of thousands.

"[3] According to Mashable, the "charming ASCII art style belies a very deep game that can quickly get addictive".

[4] PC Gamer editor Shaun Prescott found the game particularly addictive, describing it as "Cow Clicker as RPG.

"[2] Justin Davis of IGN stated that, together with A Dark Room and Cookie Clicker, Candy Box!

[9] It received broad public reception[10][11][12][13] and was recommended in a PC World review in October 2013 with the words "Play this right now".

Candy Box! starts with only a save button and a candy counter.