<s>
WorldBox	B-Application
is	O
a	O
sandbox	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
indie	O
game	O
developer	O
Maxim	O
Karpenko	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
creatures	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
civilizations	O
(	O
humans	O
,	O
orcs	B-Language
,	O
elves	B-Application
and	O
dwarves	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
civilizations	O
can	O
grow	O
,	O
declare	O
war	O
on	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
and	O
suffer	O
rebellions	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
he	O
released	O
it	O
on	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
version	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
playable	O
due	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
support	O
ending	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
continued	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
on	O
IOS	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
coming	O
in	O
early	O
February	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
his	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
he	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
next	O
update	O
in	O
mid-December	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
update	O
was	O
later	O
delayed	O
and	O
ultimately	O
released	O
4	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
12	O
March	O
2023	O
,	O
to	O
Steam	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
IOS	B-Application
between	O
March	O
13	O
to	O
14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
27	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
WorldBox	B-Application
has	O
more	O
than	O
14	O
000	O
reviews	O
on	O
Steam	O
,	O
with	O
94%	O
of	O
them	O
being	O
positive	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
"	O
Very	O
Positive	O
"	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graham	O
Smith	O
of	O
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
'd	O
probably	O
had	O
my	O
fill	O
of	O
WorldBox	B-Application
after	O
around	O
4	O
hours	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
happy	O
four	O
hours.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Joseph	O
Knoop	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
funny	O
how	O
much	O
WorldBox	B-Application
shares	O
with	O
big	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
despite	O
not	O
presenting	O
an	O
ultimate	O
goal	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
and	O
almost	O
always	O
ending	O
with	O
a	O
boredom-killing	O
nuclear	O
bomb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considering	O
WorldBox	B-Application
is	O
about	O
to	O
become	O
an	O
Early	O
Access	O
game	O
on	O
Steam	O
,	O
I	O
'm	O
eager	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
other	O
maniacal	O
tools	O
get	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
toybox.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
Maxim	O
reported	O
that	O
a	O
shell	O
company	O
known	O
as	O
Stavrio	O
LTD	O
copied	O
WorldBox	B-Application
after	O
he	O
refused	O
to	O
let	O
them	O
buy	O
it	O
at	O
a	O
DevGAMM	O
conference	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
attempted	O
to	O
trademark	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
resulted	O
in	O
Maxim	O
attempting	O
to	O
get	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
to	O
take	O
action	O
against	O
the	O
company	O
by	O
starting	O
the	O
hashtag	O
"	O
#saveworldbox	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
