Cookie Run

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This article is about the video game series. For the video game, see Cookie Run (video game).
Cookie Run
Cookie run logo.png
Genre(s)Endless running game
Developer(s)Devsisters
Platform(s)
First releaseOvenBreak
12 June 2009
Latest releaseCookie Run: Kingdom
21 January 2021

Cookie Run (Hangul: 쿠키런; RR Kukileon) is a series of online mobile endless running games developed by Devsisters. Inspired by the classic folk tale The Gingerbread Man, the series is set in a world of sentient gingerbread cookies who were brought to life in an oven by an unnamed witch and have since escaped her evil clutches. Each game has a mechanic of the cookies running to earn points and items, overcome obstacles, and/or fight or escape enemies. The series is available on iOS and Android devices.

Gameplay[]

Cookie Run is a series of online mobile running games, with the most recent, non spin-off game being Cookie Run: OvenBreak, which features an ever-expanding collection of cookies, support pets, and useful treasures, all bearing a different number of points depending on the combination used. Cookie Run at the moment includes 6 modes, with other modes that will come and go for events.

Breakout[]

Breakout is the main mode of Cookie Run, where anywhere from 3 to 15 cookies run to escape the oven. Every relay adds more points onto the combined score, which is used to determine a player's rank for a certain period of time. Each rank will earn more crystals as well as legendary cookies if players reach Diamond or Rainbow Ranking at the end of the running period.

Cookie Trials[]

In Cookie Trials, players form teams from available collected cookies collected and try to earn points to move up the ranks, going from Bronze to Diamond. Rewards are given for climbing ranks. When a new cookie comes out with a Cookie Trial, players will receive a New Cookie Cup, which gives players extra rewards for each rank earned, such as more crystals or chests to be used in the game's Gacha to unlock new cookies, pets, or treasures.

Trophy Race[]

Trophy Race is an online multiplayer mode where up to 10 global players compete for the highest score to earn trophies. Trophies are used to unlock new lands up to Champion's League. The Champion's League is a mode where the most skilled players run in 3 arenas, to earn ranks at the end of a season. By running in the Champion's League, players earn Medals, which can be exchanged for items, cookies, costumes, pets, or treasures. The Champion's League also includes the Hall of Fame, where players pay tribute to the highest ranking players globally for free rewards such as crystals, rescue tickets, or coins.

The Island of Memories[]

In the Island of Memories, cookies run through the memories of "Hero Cookie", "Cheerleader Cookie", and "Dr. Wasabi and Mustard Cookie", with new types of boss fights for each Island. Every level played awards stars based on completing certain objectives, which are used to unlock items such as costumes, crystals, coins, and other islands and cookies.

Guild Run[]

Cookie Run's Guild Run, is a mode where guilds, or interactive groups of global players, can run, cook, and explore different regions together. Guild Runs are split into competitive seasons, where four Guilds run against each other in different lands bearing different bonuses each. The rank in Guild Run determines a guild's rank, which rewards players more or less depending on their participation, and the rank itself. The game has additional modes such as Friendly Run or Custom Run that are added for brief periods of time as events.

Story Mode[]

The newest mode in Cookie Run, in this mode, players will run through stages and collect some pieces of story to read about Gingerbrave and his friends' main adventure. You can earn from 1-3 stars each run and collect them to count on the Chapter's Rewards which are crystals. After you reach 3 stars in a specific stage, you can get better ingredients from Pouches such as ingredients to level up your Magic Candies and ingredients to craft some items in Laboratory.

Main series[]

OvenBreak[]

OvenBreak released 12 June 2009. Since its release, it updated to OvenBreak 2 on 11 December 2012.[1] A separate title, OvenBreak Infinity, also released on September 2009.[2][3] In late 2010, OvenBreak Infinity reached #1 on the iOS App Store in the United States in the "Top Free Apps" category.[4]

Cookie Run (LINE and Kakao)[]

Main article: Cookie Run (video game)

Cookie Run released originally for Kakao on 2 April 2013.[5] It was Devsisters' first game under the Cookie Run IP. It later released for LINE on 29 January 2014 and the game has since seen over 114 million downloads.[6][7]

On 5 June 2018, the LINE version of Cookie Run shut down and was removed from the Google Play Store and the App Store.[8]

Cookie Run: OvenBreak[]

Cookie Run: OvenBreak released globally (with the exception of China) on 27 October 2016.[9] [10] In late-November 2018, Cookie Run: OvenBreak and Devsisters collaborated with Sanrio for a Hello Kitty event from 29 November to 19 December.[11]

Cookie Run: Kingdom[]

Cookie Run: Kingdom was released in Winter 2020 worldwide, and had its official English release on 21 January 2021.[12] It features new Cookies and over 200 levels. The game tells the story of the cookies getting used to their new lives in their new Kingdom after escaping from the witch who brought them to life and has an overarching narrative of the cookies setting out on an expedition to rediscover the lost Vanilla Kingdom before it is seized by Dark Enchantress Cookie. Cookie Run: Kingdom collaborated with KFC for the Cookie Run: Kingdom x KFC pack until 8 February 2021.[13]

Spin-off titles[]

Cookie Wars[]

Cookie Wars is a spin-off game based around the plot of the previous Cookie Run games. It is a mobile strategy game that was in closed beta, with around 10,000 users testing the game from 10 to 16 April.[14][15]

On 26 July 2018, the game was soft launched in three countries, Thailand, Hong Kong and Canada.[16] It released globally on 23 August 2018.[17] On 15 April 2020, it was announced that the game would be shut down in the following month.[18]

Cookie Run: Puzzle World[]

Cookie Run: Puzzle World (formerly named Cookie Run: JellyPop and Hello! Brave Cookies) is a match-three puzzle game by Devsisters in 2019. It was globally released in different countries.[19]

The game was undergone several name changes since their beta release. The current name was adopted since 26 July 2020.[20]

Reception[]

The Cookie Run series as a whole has received success internationally. The original OvenBreak was downloaded over 10 million times and was ranked as the most popular free app on the App Store in 20 countries by 2012.[21] Cookie Run for LINE has ranked #1 in Thailand and #4 in Taiwan for sales in 2014, while seeing over 2.9 million daily users on Kakao in Korea in 2013.[7] Cookie Run: OvenBreak made it in Apple's Best of 2017 for the top 10 most-downloaded free iPhone and iPad games.[22] The game was also in the top 20 free iPhone games in 2017 in South East Asia.[23]

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