A sudden flash of inspiration last night and I realised what Treasure Madness really is – it’s a scratch card with mini games.

That’s basically it. Each map is just a giant scratch card where you win XP and HP and things to complete meaningless collections. The collecting is the point of the game and the game itself.

Treasure Madness

You even level up in each mini game separately. The game has lots of lovely, lovely numbers.

Still, I like doing scratch cards and I like watching numbers increase – I played The Linear RPG for far longer than it took to get the joke – so Treasure Madness suits me. A few clicks every few hours, some new items, some bright colours and the odd mini game.

It’s the bowl of peanuts on the gaming bar that you munch while waiting for a foaming pint of real game, basically.