Cookie Run

Cookie Run is a series of online mobile running games that involve battling to reach the end of a level, with the most recent, non spin-off game being Cookie Run: OvenBreak, which features an ever-expanding collection of cookies, support pets, and valuable treasures, all bearing a different number of points depending on the combination used. Cookie Run at the moment includes six modes, with other modes that will come and go for events. Each game is based on the "freemium" model, which offers the basic game for free while encouraging users to pay in smaller doses for virtual in-game items or abilities.{{Cite news|last=Cheng|first=Jonathan|date=2014-07-01|title=For Cookie Run Team, A Taste of Success|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-KRTB-6110|access-date=2021-12-06|issn=0099-9660}}

{{Timeline of release years

| title = Cookie Run series releases

| 2009 = Ovenbreak

| 2012 = Ovenbreak 2

| 2013 = Line and Kakao

| 2016 = Cookie Run: Ovenbreak

| 2018 = Cookie Run: CookieWars

| 2020 = Cookie Run: Puzzle World

| 2021 = Cookie Run Kingdom

| 2023 = Cookie Run: The Darkest Night

| 2024a = Cookie Run: Witch's Castle

| 2024b = Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures

| 2025 = Cookie Run: OvenSmash

|2024c=Cookie Run India}}

OvenBreak released 15 June 2009. Since its release, it updated to OvenBreak 2 on 11 December 2012,{{Cite web|url=https://sensortower.com/ios/us/devsisters/app/ovenbreak/319378145/overview|title=OvenBreak - App Store revenue & download estimates - US|website=Sensor Tower|access-date=15 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424163544/https://sensortower.com/ios/us/devsisters/app/ovenbreak/319378145/overview|archive-date=24 April 2018}} but on 11 December 2013, it was announced that the game would be delisted from the Appstore.{{Cite web|title=OvenBreak 2 for iPhone (2012)|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/ovenbreak-2|access-date=2021-11-30|website=MobyGames}} A separate title, OvenBreak Infinity, also released in September 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://sensortower.com/ios/us/devsisters/app/ovenbreak-infinity/329454572/overview|title=OvenBreak Infinity - App Store revenue & download estimates - US|website=Sensor Tower|access-date=15 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424163544/https://sensortower.com/ios/us/devsisters/app/ovenbreak-infinity/329454572/overview|archive-date=24 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/ovenbreak-infinity/|title=OvenBreak Infinity|website=GameSpot|date=19 December 2011 |language=en|access-date=15 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424163545/https://www.gamespot.com/ovenbreak-infinity/|archive-date=24 April 2018}} In late 2010, OvenBreak Infinity reached #1 on the iOS App Store in the United States in the "Top Free Apps" category.{{Cite web|url=http://kr.aving.net/news/view.php?articleId=176528|title=OvenBreak-Infinity, 미국 애플 앱스토어 무료 어플 1위 달성|date=30 November 2010|website=AVING Korea|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424163544/http://kr.aving.net/news/view.php?articleId=176528|archive-date=24 April 2018|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2018|language=ko-KR}}

In Summer 2012, Skittles integrated its brand within OvenBreak as part of a sponsorship program through a new play mode, which featured Skittles in the gameplay and its home screen.{{Cite web|last=Kats|first=Rimma|title=Skittles drives brand awareness via mobile game integration|url=https://www.marketingdive.com/ex/mobilemarketer/cms/news/gaming/13328.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Marketing Dive|language=en-US}}

{{Main|Cookie Run (video game)}}

Cookie Run released originally for KakaoTalk on 2 April 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thisisgame.com/webzine/news/rboard/1/?n=44634|title=모바일 러닝 어드벤처 쿠키런 for Kakao 출시|date=2 April 2013|website=This Is Game|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202052916/http://www.thisisgame.com/webzine/news/rboard/1/?n=44634|archive-date=2 December 2017|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2018|language=ko-KR}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://linepluscorp.com/pr/news/en/2014/699|title=[LINE GAME] LINE Game Endless Runner "Cookie Run" Surpasses 10 Million Downloads Worldwide Within 30 Days of Release|last=LINE Games|date=4 March 2014|website=LINE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203153801/https://linepluscorp.com/pr/news/en/2014/699|archive-date=3 December 2017|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2018}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.gameinsight.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=15488 |title='쿠키런' 탄생 5주년, 브랜드 가치 더욱 높인다 |last=Kim |first=Dongjoon |date=2 April 2018 |work=게임인사이트 |access-date=15 April 2018 |language=ko-KR|trans-title="Cookie Run" 5th birthday... raising the brand value |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417023640/http://www.gameinsight.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=15488 |archive-date=17 April 2018}}

On 5 June 2018, the LINE version of Cookie Run shut down and was removed from the Google Play Store and the App Store.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aripfan.com/line-stop-service-cookie-run-in-thai/|title=ปิดตำนานเกมฮิต Cookie Run เตรียมยุติให้บริการในไทย 5 มิถุนายนนี้|date=15 March 2018|website=AripFan|access-date=16 September 2018|language=th}} On April 2, 2023, Cookie Run celebrated its 10th anniversary, and on April 2, 2024, it resumed updates with a large-scale update for its 11th anniversary after an 8-year hiatus. Alongside the update, Cookie Run was added to the official Devsisters website game list, indicating that Cookie Run will continue its service once again.[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0imlIAlOC_I]

Cookie Run: OvenBreak released globally (with the exception of China) on October 27, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.naver.com/esports/news/read.nhn?oid=347&aid=0000095735|title=[이슈] 데브, '쿠키런: 오븐브레이크' 10월 27일 글로벌 출시|date=5 October 2016|website=Navier Sports|access-date=15 April 2018|language=ko-KR}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2018/04/30/cookie-run-ovenbreak-season-three-update-now-live/297842/|title=Cookie Run: OvenBreak Season Three Update Now Live|last=Riaz|first=Adnan|date=30 April 2018|website=Hardcore Gamer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504161256/https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2018/04/30/cookie-run-ovenbreak-season-three-update-now-live/297842/|archive-date=4 May 2018|url-status=live|access-date=4 May 2018}} The game was originally titled Cookie Run 2 when Devsisters revealed their development of a sequel to Cookie Run in April 2015, which was planned to be launched globally by the second half of the year.{{Cite web|date=2015-04-17|title=쿠키런2 게임, 7개 국어로 무장 하반기 론칭… 실적 부진 탈출 작전!|url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201504171856651999?t=20211206005231|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Hankook Ilbo|language=ko-KR}} On September 27, 2016, the game was released for soft-launch, now under the current name, in Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, the Netherlands, and Sweden on both Apple App Store and Google Play.{{Cite news|title= 쿠키런 신작명 '쿠키런: 오븐브레이크'로 확정 |url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2016091211285798535 |access-date= September 18, 2024 |work= Money Today|date= September 12, 2016 |language=ko}}

Ovenbreak is an updated version of the running formula established in previous games: runs features up to two cookies, one Combi Pet, and up to three treasures. Cookies are regularly released in story updates, with updates to the main story coming in annual seasons. The game features multiple singleplayer and PVP modes that involve reaching a high score with the correct combinations.

{{Main|Cookie Run: Kingdom}}

Cookie Run: Kingdom was released on 19–21 January 2021 worldwide and had its official English release on 8 October 2021.,{{Cite web|last=Team|first=M. G. H.|date=20 January 2021|title=Cookie Run: Kingdom Arrives on Android and iOS|url=https://mobilegaminghub.com/cookie-run-kingdom-arrives-on-android-and-ios/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Mobile Gaming Hub|language=en-US}} Unlike the previous games, Cookie Run: Kingdom takes place in an alternate universe and is a mix of a collectible RPG and a social kingdom-building game.{{Cite web|last=정 |first=혁진|date=2021-03-22|title=수집형 RPG+소셜게임, 쿠키런 킹덤의 이유 있는 흥행가도|url=https://www.thisisgame.com/webzine/nboard/5/?n=121542|access-date=2021-12-05|website=디스이즈게임|language=ko}} The story involves joining the forces of Cookies from all over the world to stop the plans of Dark Enchantress Cookie.

Cookie Run: Witch's Castle is a block puzzle game released on March 15, 2024.{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122134962248053125&set=a.122128445246053125 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240412172805/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122134962248053125&set=a.122128445246053125 |archive-date=2024-04-12 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Facebook}}

CookieRun: Tower of Adventures is a top-down action game released on June 25, 2024.{{Cite web |date=25 April 2024 |title=CookieRun: Tower of Adventures |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-phxezJu-P0 |website=YouTube |language=en}}

Cookie Wars was a spin-off game based around the plot of the previous Cookie Run games. It is a mobile tower defense game that was in closed beta, with around 10,000 users testing the game from 10 to 16 April.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gameinsight.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=15612|title=쿠키워즈 (by 쿠키런), CBT 성과 인포그래픽 공개|date=23 April 2018|website=GameInsight|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424163545/http://www.gameinsight.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=15612|archive-date=24 April 2018|url-status=live|access-date=24 April 2018|language=ko-KR}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.4gamer.net/games/400/G040065/20171101148/|title=「クッキーラン」シリーズのDevsisters，初の海外法人・Devsisters Japanを東京に設立|date=1 November 2017|website=4Gamer.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102010438/http://www.4gamer.net/games/400/G040065/20171101148/|archive-date=2 November 2017|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2018|language=ja}}

On 26 July 2018, the game was soft launched in three countries, Thailand, Hong Kong and Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nspna.com/news/?mode=view&newsid=296391|title=데브시스터즈, 신작 쿠키워즈 해외 3개국 소프트론칭|date=26 July 2018|website=NSP통신|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726152826/http://www.nspna.com/news/?mode=view&newsid=296391|archive-date=26 July 2018|url-status=live|access-date=31 July 2018|language=ko-KR}} It released globally on 23 August 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamebase.com.tw/news/topic/99076670/|title=薑餅人系列全新手遊作品 《薑餅人聯盟》 雙平台上架！|date=23 August 2018|website=gamebase.com.tw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916163438/https://www.gamebase.com.tw/news/topic/99076670/|archive-date=16 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=16 September 2018|language=zh-TW}}

On 15 April 2020, Devsisters announced that Cookie Wars would shut the game down in the following month.{{Cite web|date=16 April 2020|title=데브시스터즈, 쿠키워즈 5월 15일 서비스 종료|url=https://appzin.tistory.com/entry/%EB%8D%B0%EB%B8%8C%EC%8B%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0%EC%A6%88-%EC%BF%A0%ED%82%A4%EC%9B%8C%EC%A6%88-5%EC%9B%94-15%EC%9D%BC-%EC%84%9C%EB%B9%84%EC%8A%A4-%EC%A2%85%EB%A3%8C|access-date=23 May 2021|website=리뷰10K|language=ko}}

Cookie Run: Puzzle World (formerly named Cookie Run: JellyPop and Hello! Brave Cookies{{Cite web|date=2020-10-27|title=데차·쿠키런 4주년, 장기 흥행 비결은 '콘텐츠·소통·IP'|url=http://it.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/10/26/2020102602182.html|access-date=2021-12-05|website=it.chosun.com|language=ko}}) is a match-three puzzle game by Devsisters. The game was soft-launched in May 2019 and introduced to international users first to get feedback.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-02|title=[플레이어] 안녕! 용감한 쿠키들이 독특한 게임성 선보인 비결은 'AI'|url=http://it.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/02/02/2020020200154.html|access-date=2021-12-05|website=it.chosun.com|language=ko}} It was later officially released in January 2020 worldwide.{{Cite web|title=DEVSISTERS|url=https://www.devsisters.com/en/company/history/|access-date=2021-12-05|website=Devsisters|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020124928/https://www.devsisters.com/en/company/history/|url-status=dead}}

Cookie Run: Puzzle World underwent several name changes since its beta release. The current name was adopted on 26 July 2020.{{Cite tweet |user=CRPuzzleWorld|number=1287598588013338624|title=Only a few more days until the Season 2 update! #Cantwait|access-date=24 March 2021}}

Cookie Run: OvenSmash was announced in 2025 as a 3D fighter coming to consoles and PC. No information has been revealed outside of its initial announcement.

Cookie Run: The Darkest Night is a VR roguelike adventure game for the Meta Quest, with its first chapter releasing on 30 November 2023.

Cookie Run: India, a reworked version of Cookie Run for Kakao exclusive to India, was released on December 11, 2024, and is published by Krafton.

The Cookie Run series as a whole has received success domestically and 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.venturesquare.net/2651|title=[Startups in Korea] Devsisters — Leading the market in Mobile Games|last=Tebay|first=Andy|date=19 June 2012|website=VentureSquare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128050743/http://www.venturesquare.net/2651|archive-date=28 November 2016|url-status=live}} 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. Cookie Run: OvenBreak made it in Apple's Best of 2017 for the top 10 most-downloaded free iPhone and iPad games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/lifestyle/30333986|title=Biggest bites at the Apple this year|last=THE NATION|date=16 December 2017|website=THE NATION|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421031342/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/lifestyle/30333986|archive-date=21 April 2018|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2018}} The game was also in the top 20 free iPhone games in 2017 in South East Asia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/bots/2017/12/312065/here-apples-list-top-apps-southeast-asia-2017|title=Here is Apple's list of top apps in Southeast Asia for 2017|last=Ismail|first=Izwan|date=7 December 2017|website=New Straits Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421031114/https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/bots/2017/12/312065/here-apples-list-top-apps-southeast-asia-2017|archive-date=21 April 2018|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2018}} Cookie Run: Kingdom was the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Korea Game Awards with the Best Game of the Year Award and the Character Award of the Year.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-17|title=[지스타 2021] 대한민국 게임대상 대상은 '오딘'|url=https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/2079004|access-date=2021-12-06|website=이투데이|language=ko}} In Google Play's Best of 2021 for Korea, it was chosen as a winner for Best Game of the Year{{Cite web|date=2021-11-30|title=구글플레이, '2021 올해를 빛낸 앱·게임' 발표|url=https://www.thisisgame.com/webzine/news/nboard/225/?n=138270|access-date=2021-12-06|website=디스이즈게임|language=ko}} and User's Choice of 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-30|title=밀리의 서재·쿠키런 킹덤, 구글 플레이 '올해 최고 앱·게임' 선정|url=https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20211130500189|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-05|website=Seoul Shinmun (in Korean)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201184044/https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20211130500189 |archive-date=1 December 2021 }} In Korea and Thailand, it won Best Competitive; and in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Best Game Changers. In 2022, Cookie Run: Kingdom won the Pocket Gamer People's Choice award.{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Pocket Gamer |title=Cookie Run: Kingdom crowned Pocket Gamer People's Choice 2022 |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/mobile-games-awards/2022-winner/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=www.pocketgamer.com |date=5 April 2022 |language=en}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.devsisters.com/ Devsisters' site] (Korean)
• [https://www.cookierun.com/ The Cookie Run: OvenBreak site]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175506/https://www.cookiewarsgame.com/en The Cookie Wars site]
• [https://www.cookierun-kingdom.com/en/ The Cookie Run: Kingdom site]
• [https://game.devsisters.com/en/cookierunpuzzle/ The Cookie Run: Puzzle World site]

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