Steal a Brainrot, a new and extremely punishing Roblox game, has soared up the playing charts by captivating millions of players.

According to Roblox, the game has had about 9bn visits since it was created in March. It says 35% of the Garden's players up until now have been aged 13 and under.

Players of Grow a Garden, which features on the online gaming platform, Roblox, do exactly what the title suggests. When I gave the game a go, I was presented with my own little brown patch of land.

As I closed out of the game, I sat back and wondered what about it had so successfully raked in over 10 billion visits in a matter of months.

Over the last 14 days, the experience has averaged 2.7m concurrent users and surpassed 10m only twice. Still, the experience is currently Roblox's top-ranking game for revenue. As for total lifetime ...

"tbh would rather you pirate our game than play this microtransaction-riddled @Roblox slop ripoff," the post reads, alongside screenshots of the game's lobby and store page.