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Cookie Run: Kingdom
Developer(s)Devsisters
Publisher(s)Devsisters
Producer(s)Ji-hoon Lee
Platform(s)
Release
  • Android, iOS
  • January 21, 2021
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Cookie Run: Kingdom is an action role-playing gacha game by Devsisters and a spin-off serving as the sixth game within the overall Cookie Run franchise.

Gameplay

Cookie Run: Kingdom is an RPG & 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.

At the beginning of the game, players receive a piece of land to build structures and amenities and aid the player in collecting resources. To unlock more items/resources, the player must level up the Cookie Castle, production buildings, and the Fountain of Abundance. Furthermore, players will have to build additional structures to use for either trading or upgrading. Players can produce resources for their Kingdom with various production buildings. The Cookie Castle, an important building within the player's Kingdom, can be upgraded when given enough items or cleared certain tasks. The same applies to the offline reward-giving Fountain of Abundance. The player can also expand their land by using materials or fighting enemies in certain areas with their team.

There are 73 playable Cookies in the game, used as the main fighting units for the game's various game modes. These Cookies, for the most part, can be obtained from the game's gacha, which can be activated by spending Crystals. Crystals are earned through various methods in the game or can be purchased with real-life money. Cookies are placed in teams of up to five by the player.

The main story mode, known as World Exploration, contains multiple levels that are played in order. Each level is played by using a team of Cookies to attack multiple enemies, and on some levels, making their cookies jump to collect coins, similar to previous Cookie Run games.

Story

Illustration of five cookies: Pure Vanilla Cookie, Hollyberry Cookie, Golden Cheese Cookie, Dark Cacao Cookie, and White Lily Cookie

In the past, three witches tried to come up with a great recipe for making magic cookies with ingredients such as Colorful sugar, butter, moonlight, Whisper's powder, and Life's powder. This gave birth to living cookies. They at first are delighted with the new world, but when they realized they're going to be eaten, they fled, leaving the witches with unbaked magical flour. But then, the batter gets exposed to sunlight over time, building more cookies. As generations passed, the 5 special cookies, Pure Vanilla, Hollyberry, Golden Cheese, Dark Cacao, & White Lily built their own civilizations. They are complemented with Soul Jams, which grant them eternal youth for them to rule in harmony.

The witches, however, still have some Life powder, creating what is known as Cake Monsters. One day, a cookie seeks to know why they're made, & after seeing the horrible truth, gets plunged into the batter. That cookie came to be known as Dark Enchantress Cookie. She then leads the monsters to attack all of Earthbread. The Ancient Cookies join forces to fight her, only to get bested by the last minute & got their Soul Jam's taken. At that moment, Pure Vanilla Cookie uses his last remaining power to attack her, causing an explosion that leaves their fate unresolved. After that, their kingdoms had fallen with no realization of what happened. Centuries later, a new light had come by the name of Gingerbrave, as he left the oven & into a new era.[1]

Features

Cookies

The cookies can be categorized into several levels:

  • "Common" is the lowest grade when compared to other grades. It has the lowest HP or attack power, but Common Cookies have the highest probability of being obtained from the Gacha.
  • "Rare" is a Cookie that has improved stats in various aspects such as more HP or increased ATK.
  • "Epic" Cookies are rarer compared to Common and Rare Cookies, but they have higher stats.
  • "Super Epic" Cookies are cookies that have the a slightly higher rarity as Epic Cookies.
  • "Legendary" is a Cookie based on the game Cookie Run: OvenBreak which has skills evolved from Epic grade and the rate of dropping cookies is very low
  • "Ancient" is a mythical Cookie from the story. The cookie has stats and the rate of dropping that are equivalent to a Legendary grade Cookie.
  • "Special" is a Cookie that comes from a special event. It can only be found at the specified time, but skills and stats are numerically equivalent to Epic Cookies. The current cookies present in that category are Sonic Cookie & Tails Cookie in celebration of the former's 30th anniversary.

Some Cookies can have a bond that gains unique buffs to your entire team.[2]

Treasures

There are 3 types of treasures: Common, Rare, and Epic. They also can be divided into 2 types of use of properties: Passive and Active. Active must be activated on the treasure before it can be utilized (e.g., Pilgrim's Slingshot, Elder Pilgrim's Torch, Insignia of the Indomitable Knights), whereas Passive will be used automatically (e.g., Old Pilgrim's Scroll, Squishy Jelly Watch, & Gatekeeper's Horn).

Development

For the developer's history, see here: Devsisters/History

  • February 5, 2021: Version 1.1 is released. Features Dark Mode (the harder version of Story Mode & focuses on Dark Enchantress Cookie's group), first update-added cookie Kumiho Cookie & first update-added Treasure (Sacred Pomegranate Branch)
  • March 5, 2021: Beacons of Unity, aka. Version 1.2, is released. Features Guild Battles, a new Storyline, the treasure Bookseller's Monocle, 2 Epics (Latte & Cream Puff Cookie (the latter's a Guild Gacha exclusive)), & a mid update (March 18) with Almond Cookie.
  • April 8, 2021: The Lost Kingdom, aka. Version 1.3, is released. Features 2 new Episodes that tell the story of Vanilla Kingdom, update-special Gachas for Legendary/Ancient Cookies, 2 new Cookies (Black Raisin & Pure Vanilla, the latter being an Ancient) & the mid update (April 22) featuring Stage 9 end boss, Strawberry Crepe Cookie. This ends the First Cookie Legion.
  • May 13 - 28, 2021: The Tower of Sweet Chaos, aka Version 1.4-5. Features 4 new cookies on both versions (Pastry, Fig, Red Velvet, Devil), a new game mode featuring 150 challenges, 3 new treasures & a research mode that buffs up production/cookies abilities.
  • June 21 & July 15, 2021: Tropical Soda Islands, aka Versions 1.6-7. Features 3 cookies (Mango, Lilac & Sea Fairy), a new trading system & a new game mode.
  • August 3 - 17, 2021: Soda Island Outlaws, aka. Versions 1.8-9. Features 3 more new cookies (Sorbet Shark, Squid Ink & Parfait), a new treasure, an update-exclusive game mode (Tropical Raids), the continuation of the Tropical Soda Islands story & the first English voiced cookie.
  • September 2 - 17, 2021: Heart of Courage & Passion, aka. Versions 2.0 - 2.1. Features 3 new cookies (Raspberry, Moon Rabbit, & Hollyberry), 2 new Episodes telling the story of Hollyberry Palace, the Japanese voice-pack, & on the mid-update, a crossover event featuring an exclusive game mode, guest characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, & a new level of rarity, Special.
  • October 2, 2021: Interdimensional Super Mayhem, aka. Version 2.2. Features a new storyline, the extended Arena mode, 2 new cookies (Mala Sauce & Twizzly Gummy), & the English voice pack.
  • October 28, 2021: Halloween Masquerade, aka. Version 2.3 & the mid update of Interdimensional Super Mayhem. Features Pumpkin Pie Cookie & Costumes, which are cosmetic & can activate buffs on certain sets.
  • November 18 - December 9, 2021: The Frost Witch & the Lantern in the Snow, aka Version 2.4 - 2.5. Features 3 new cookies (Cotton, Cocoa, & Frost Queen), a special storyline, items that skip certain levels & more new costumes.
  • January 19, 2022: The War Under Shattered Skies, aka. Version 2.6. Features 2 new cookies (Eclair & Tea Knight), expanded Guild potential, a continuation of the Light the Beacons storyline & a new game mode. This ends the Second Cookie Legion. Recently, on February 17, 2022, Devsisters had sadly announced that due to political & other concerns, the game will end its support for Vietnamese players.
  • February 24, 2022: Heroes of the Dark Cacao Kingdom, aka. Version 2.7. Features 2 new cookies (Affogato, Dark Cacao), a new Episode featuring the Dark Cacao Kingdom & an mid-update featuring one more cookie (Caramel Arrow) & Episode 14. A mid-update was released in April featuring Cherry Blossom Cookie
  • May 3, 2022: Ch. I: The Council of Heroes, aka. Version 3.0, Features 2 new Cookies (Clotted Cream, Wildberry), a new game mode called Cookie Odyssey, Titles, a new Grandmaster Arena tier, and added new languages and voices (Thai, Taiwanese, German, French) A mid-update was released in the 27th of May features Crunchy Chip Cookie, Hall of Ancient Heroes introduced and the Statue of Heroic Radiance, Super Mayhem (Paladin's Oath) returned for a limited time.

Popularity

The series had gained massive popularity after the wake of Genshin Impact's anniversary controversy.

On the iOS platform, Cookie Run: Kingdom has a Ratings and Reviews rating of 3.5 out of 5 and has a total of 9.6k reviews. This game is rated 10th in the App store in the Role-Playing category. The opinions of the score range 4-5 are mostly beautiful graphics, interesting storyline, there are many modes to play to make it not boring, and players can still enjoy the Kingdom design as they like. But due to the game features and the use of graphics is very high. This makes the majority of comments with a rating range lower than 3 contain content about the Device battery that drains fast, the device heats up when running this game. It is therefore recommended that in-game graphics properties be adjusted to suit each device.[3]

On the Android platform, Cookie Run: Kingdom has a Ratings and Reviews score of 4.4 out of 5 and has a total of 579k reviews. This game has been downloaded 5 million times in Thailand. The positive comments are the characters are fun to play, have nice graphics, the game has a lot of giveaways, interesting gameplay. Negative feedback is sometimes when a player is playing a game and then the game quits for unknown reasons, annoying most players. In addition, the game takes up quite a lot of space on the device, causing some players to change their phones.[4]

In addition to the information on the App Store and Google Play, a summary of Cookie Run: Kingdom information is included. Cookie Run: Kingdom is Ranked 31st in Free Role-Playing game category in Thailand.[5] In terms of free games, Japan ranked 1st on the Apple App Store and Google Play,[6] and 3rd in the Free Role-Playing game category in United States.[7] It was also Ranked 1st in Korea, 2nd in Taiwan, 3rd in Thailand, 5th in Hong Kong in the Free Game on Apple App Store category in January 2021.[8] And In Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, game revenue is Ranked 1st on the Apple App Store and in Hong Kong and Singapore, it is Ranked 3rd in January 2021.[6] Cookie Run: Kingdom had 10 million downloads in the first two months after its release[6][9] and has been downloaded over 150 million times as of June 2021.[6]

References

  1. ^ Devsisters Corp. (21 January 2021). "Cookie Run: Kingdom Story". Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ Artur Novichenko (21 September 2021). "Cookie Run: Kingdom Bonds Guide". Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ App Store Preview (31 October 2021). "App Store Preview Cookie Run: Kingdom". Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ Google Play (29 October 2021). "Cookie Run: Kingdom - Kingdom Builder & Battle RPG". Retrieved 31 October 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Sensor Tower (31 October 2021). "Category Rankings of Cookie Run: Kingdom - Kingdom Builder & Battle RPG in Thailand". Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Devsisters USA (30 April 2021). "DEVSISTERS' HISTORY". Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  7. ^ Sensor Tower (31 October 2021). "Category Rankings of Cookie Run: Kingdom - Kingdom Builder & Battle RPG in US". Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. ^ Chateaw (25 January 2021). "Cookie Run Kingdom : Episode 1 Land Of Little Big Dreams Gameplay". YouTube. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  9. ^ Sensor Tower (31 October 2021). "Overview of Cookie Run: Kingdom - Kingdom Builder & Battle RPG". Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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