Cookie Run: Kingdom
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| Developer(s) | Devsisters |
| Publisher(s) | Devsisters |
| Producer(s) | Ji-hoon Lee |
| Engine | Unity |
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| Release | January 19, 2021 |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Cookie Run: Kingdom is an action role-playing gacha game by Devsisters and the sixth game in the Cookie Run series. It was released worldwide on January 19, 2021.
The game features new Cookies and over 200 levels. It tells the story of the cookies getting used to their new lives in their new Kingdom, after escaping from the witch that brought them to life. Cookie Run: Kingdom has an overarching narrative of the cookies setting out on an expedition to rediscover the lost Ancient Kingdoms, before Dark Enchantress Cookie possesses them.
Gameplay
Cookie Run: Kingdom is a free to play role-playing & city-building battle simulator. The game is mainly played by building the player's Cookie Kingdom and collecting Cookies using the game's gacha to fight in various game modes.
There is an Arena Mode where there are 9 tiers, Chocolate, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Crystal, Diamond, Master, Elite, and Grandmaster, which is the top 0.5% of players in the server. In Grandmaster I, it is the top 30 in the server.
Story
In a world populated with anthropomorphized dessert items (created by witches using cookie batter and Life Powder), the Five Ancient Cookies - Pure Vanilla, White Lily, Hollyberry, Dark Cacao, and Golden Cheese - created their own kingdoms and were given Soul Jams, which granted them special powers and immortality. One day, White Lily Cookie wanted to know about the origin and creation of cookies, so she tried to contact the witches to seek an answer. Upon learning the horrible truth that cookies were meant to be eaten, she fell into the ultimate dough and was re-baked as Dark Enchantress Cookie, who planned to use Cake Monsters to create a new world order. Pure Vanilla was forced to seal Dark Enchantress Cookie away and have the Ancient Cookies fall into hiding, leaving their kingdoms in disarray.
A long time after Dark Enchantress Cookie was sealed away, GingerBrave was baked by a witch and escaped. He later learned that his friends Wizard Cookie and Strawberry Cookie had escaped from the witch too. They were found by the Sugar Gnomes and they started to rebuild a long-forgotten kingdom and explore Earthbread, the Cookie world.
Gingerbrave was able to defeat Dark Enchantress Cookie with the help of Wizard, Strawberry, Chili Pepper, And Custard III. After that, they found Pure Vanilla, Hollyberry, Dark Cacao, and Golden Cheese Cookie. As of our current standing, White Lily Cookie is MIA. Along with the Ancient heroes, our 5 protagonists have found the legendary cookie, Moonlight Cookie and the greenish-red dragon, Pitaya Dragon Cookie.
Reception
The game had gained massive popularity in the wake of Genshin Impact's anniversary rewards controversy and the similar free-to-play gacha model featured in both of the games.[1]
Cookie Run: Kingdom is ranked 31st in the Free Role-Playing Game category in Thailand.[2] In terms of free games, Japan ranked 1st on the Apple App Store and Google Play[3] and 3rd in the Free Role-Playing game category in the United States.[4] It was also ranked 1st in South Korea, 2nd in Taiwan, 3rd in Thailand, and 5th in Hong Kong in the Free Game on Apple App Store category in January 2021.[5] In South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, the game's revenue is ranked 1st on the Apple App Store, and in Hong Kong and Singapore, it is ranked 3rd in January 2021.[3] Cookie Run: Kingdom had 10 million downloads in the first two months after its release[3][6] and has been downloaded over 150 million times as of June 2021.[3]
Google Play Games for PC
On July 12, 2023, Cookie Run Kingdom was released on Google Play Games for PC.
References
- ^ Ana Diaz (June 28, 2023). "Cookie Run: Kingdom's sudden popularity, explained". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 28, 2023.
- ^ Sensor Tower (October 31, 2021). "Category Rankings of Cookie Run: Kingdom - Kingdom Builder & Battle RPG in Thailand". Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Devsisters USA (April 30, 2021). "DEVSISTERS' HISTORY". Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Sensor Tower (October 31, 2021). "Category Rankings of Cookie Run: Kingdom - Kingdom Builder & Battle RPG in US". Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Chateaw (January 25, 2021). "Cookie Run Kingdom : Episode 1 Land Of Little Big Dreams Gameplay". YouTube. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
- ^ Sensor Tower (October 31, 2021). "Overview of Cookie Run: Kingdom - Kingdom Builder & Battle RPG". Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.