Candy Rush is a top-down roguelike where you set the pace — and the pace is greed.

The clock is yours. Most survivor games put you on a timer. Candy Rush hands you the timer. Fights never end on their own: the waves loop, and every loop escalates. Enemies shift colour as they get stronger — the colour is the difficulty meter. The exit is always open. Leave when you like, or stay one more round for more candy, more gold, and a harder fight.

Every run is a route you choose. A run is a chain of short rooms — fight, shop, smash-and-grab, survive, hunt, duel — ending at a boss. At each step you pick your own path forward. Will you stop and spend at the shop, or take on the gauntlet and double down? Every junction is a bet on how greedy you can afford to be.

Build something broken. Level up by hoovering the candy your kills drop, and pick from three upgrades each time — or reroll, skip, or banish a weapon out of the run entirely. Carry five weapons and five passives, then find the pairing that evolves one into something far tastier. Dozens of combinations are on the table — and a level-up screen that quietly asks whether you have the discipline to say no.

Five worlds, five bestiaries. Each world fields its own creatures, hazards and boss, and each one runs longer and meaner than the last. Clear one to unlock the next.

Bank it and come back sharper. Gold you carry out buys permanent upgrades and new characters, each starting with a different weapon. Hidden achievements unlock keepsakes — run-long trinkets that rewrite the rules, like one that removes every shop but makes each chest richer. Respec whenever you like; the refund is free.

One seed, everyone, every week. The Weekly Challenge pins the same stage and the same layout for every player on the planet, Monday to Monday. Clear it and your run is submitted automatically, then see exactly where you placed on the weekly leaderboard. How do you stack up?

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