Based on our record, Candy Box 2 seems to be a lot more popular than Godville. While we know about 25 links to Candy Box 2, we've tracked only 2 mentions of Godville. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I believe https://godvillegame.com/ is very close to what you are aiming at. And they have pre-moderation that takes months (that is, your game has to have that much time). But apart from that I was enjoying this game for around 4 years and creating content was maybe the most fun part of it, even as only 2-5% of the creations were accepted. Source: over 2 years ago
Godville (https://godvillegame.com) seems inspired by it, but taken to 11. You can play as actively as you want, but you can also close the tab and not return for years, and your character will happily quest/level up/buy/sell/eat/fish/heal/revive/change guilds/get drunk/etc. On its own. IIRC it even allows spending money if that's your thing. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Candy Box 2 -- there is more to this than meets the eye: https://candybox2.github.io/. Source: 11 months ago
Looking as an outsider you will see a bunch of weird-ass ASCII art that doesn't even look that good compared to, say, Candy Box, while as the actual player you're actually wrestling an eldritch beast made of deadly gas into the ground as you pulp it with a dead giant's body. Source: over 1 year ago
Not really like the games you mentioned but Candy Box 2, A Dark Room, and Kittens Game are some of the best browser-based idle games ever. Source: over 1 year ago
Not Candy Box or Candy Box 2, was it? Dubious guess but it does keep coming up. Source: over 1 year ago
I appreciate anyone suggesting CC Classic, but since I'd expect a JS Console minigame to be text-based, then maybe it should be more like Candybox2 (https://candybox2.github.io/ which if I'm not mistaken was part of the inspriation for CC!). Source: over 1 year ago
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A Dark Room - A Dark Room is an incremental clicker game with a minimalist interface and intriguing story.
The Ensign - The Ensign is a Text-based, Role-playing, and Single-player iOS video game created by Amirali Rajan.
Cookie Clicker by Orteil - Cookie Clicker is a Wonderful, Casual, Idle-Clicker, and Single-player video game developed and published by redBit games.
Candy Box - Candy Box is a browser-based, Role-playing, Text-based and Single-player video game created and published by Aniwey.
Progress Quest - Progress Quest is a next generation computer role-playing game.