Hands On: Clicker Heroes on PS4 Is Going to Become a Problem

Not this again! A handful of you may know that this author's addiction to so-called "clicker" AdVenture Capitalist became such a problem that we had to delete it from the office PlayStation 4. But now there's a new danger in town: Clicker Heroes.

The premise is much the same: you start out smashing the square button in order to deal damage on tropical enemies. Each kill earns you cash which can be invested into an army of soldiers who'll do the clicking for you. As you progress you'll be able to level up your recruits to deal more damage per second, and so the never-ending loop goes on.

It's addictive – really bloody addictive. The thing about the game is that it requires just enough interaction to keep you engaged, but there's just enough downtime that you can multitask while doing other things. For this reason it's probably better suited to a smartphone – it's already available there, actually – but the fact that you keep making progress even when you've got the client closed means that it can be hard to resist the temptation to load it up each time you switch on your PS4.

And once you've started playing, the reality is that you're not going to stop. You always want to leave yourself in the best possible position that you can so that you maximise your income during downtime, and this leads to the subconscious justification that you've just got "one more thing" to do. Of course, "one more thing" becomes one hundred.

We're waiting to reach the end-game before penning our review – it looks like you can reset the world like AdVenture Capitalist and start all over again – but we can already conclude that Clicker Heroes is a danger to society. Don't start playing this or you'll never stop.

Have you already sold your soul to Clicker Heroes? Are you a fan of clicker games? Push square 10,000 times in the comments section below.