Clicker Heroes
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Real money buys the premium currency 'rubies', which can be spent on gilds, mercenaries and progression boosts that affect play.
The player clicks cartoon fantasy monsters to defeat them for gold; the creatures simply vanish when killed, with no blood, wounds or gore.
Ruby purchases are entirely optional and the game can be completed without paying; rubies are also handed out for free over time.
Who can reach your kid
What it is
Clicker Heroes belongs to the idle genre: players tap or click one cartoonish beast repeatedly until it drops, gather the gold it leaves behind, and use those winnings to hire and level up a cast of oddball heroes who then attack on their own. The action keeps advancing whenever the app is left open, and the draw lies in seeing the damage totals and gold counts swell into huge values written in scientific notation. Every fight is cartoon-styled, with foes drawn as playful fantasy beasts that blink out of existence once beaten, showing nothing in the way of blood, injury, or gore. Players find no meaningful plot, no messaging, and no interaction with anyone else. Its one grown-up-leaning feature is how it earns money: the download costs nothing, yet a paid currency named rubies can be purchased with actual cash and put toward boosts and upgrades that quicken advancement.
How it's framed
Its constant fighting is cast as breezy number growth instead of something heavy or threatening, with the beasts portrayed as silly targets whose sole purpose is being clicked. The title asserts nothing about right or wrong and offers no plot-driven consequences; its build revolves instead around bit-by-bit reward cycles, ascension restarts, and figures that climb ever higher. Rubies bought with cash serve as a discretionary way to hurry that cycle along, while the very same currency also arrives at no cost during regular play.
Details
- Developer
- Playsaurus
- Publisher
- Playsaurus
- Released
- May 13, 2015
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