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Hamster Kombat's development team claims it has over 300 million players, and it has become so popular in some countries that the deputy chief of Iran's military criticised the game for distracting people from the recent presidential election. Even the charm of Cookie Clicker, with its pleasing visuals and potentially unlimited playtime, is missing - often replaced with mobile game-style barriers designed to keep you coming back every few hours, or spend money. | Image credit: Eurogamer"For Catizen, in order to enable the automatic mode of [combining] kittens, I spent some money," a player from Singapore who wished to remain anonymous tells me.

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