Cooking Fever

Cooking Fever is a cooking simulation game.{{Cite web |last=Wollaston |first=Sam |date=October 19, 2019 |title='Do you wind it up?': today's teens tackle rotary phones, FM radio and map reading |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/19/do-you-wind-it-up-teens-tackle-old-tech-rotary-phones |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=The Guardian}} The player must cook food as quickly as possible to fulfill incoming customers' orders.

Cooking Fever was developed by Nordcurrent, a studio based in Vilnius, Lithuania.{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Iwan |date=June 8, 2023 |title=Why hit developer Nordcurrent is moving to publishing |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/why-hit-developer-nordcurrent-is-moving-to-publishing/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=PocketGamer.biz}} They had previously produced mobile games including Happy Chef and Building the Great Wall of China.{{Cite web |last=Minotti |first=Mike |date=July 23, 2015 |title=Cooking Fever simmers past 50 million downloads |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/cooking-fever-simmers-past-50-million-downloads/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=VentureBeat}} The game was released for Android on March 2, 2015,{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2015 |title=Nordcurrent has released Cooking Fever on Google Play |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/cooking-fever/nordcurrent-has-released-cooking-fever-on-google-play/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Pocket Gamer |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420230618/https://www.pocketgamer.com/cooking-fever/nordcurrent-has-released-cooking-fever-on-google-play/ |url-status=live }} and for the Windows Phone later in the year.{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2016 |title=Cooking Fever is finally available on Windows Phone |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/cooking-fever/cooking-fever-is-finally-available-on-windows-phone/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Pocket Gamer}}

The game had surpassed 50 million downloads by July 2015 and 100 million downloads by March 2017.{{Cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=March 15, 2017 |title=Lithuania's Nordcurrent rides Cooking Fever beyond 100 million downloads |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/lithuanias-nordcurrent-rides-cooking-fever-beyond-100-million-downloads/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=VentureBeat |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918041651/https://venturebeat.com/games/lithuanias-nordcurrent-rides-cooking-fever-beyond-100-million-downloads/ |url-status=live }} As of 2024, Cooking Fever has been downloaded 450 million times.{{Cite web |last=Griffiths |first=Daniel |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Celebrating 10 years of Cooking Fever and Nordcurrent's sustained success |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/celebrating-10-years-of-cooking-fever-and-nordcurrents-sustained-success/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=PocketGamer.biz |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715112626/https://www.pocketgamer.biz/celebrating-10-years-of-cooking-fever-and-nordcurrents-sustained-success/ |url-status=live }} For the game's tenth anniversary, Nordcurrent will run a real-life recreation of the game to break a Guinness World Record for the most number of burgers assembled in one minute.{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Iwan |date=July 11, 2024 |title=Cooking Fever to shoot for a Guinness World Record as part of their 10th anniversary celebrations |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/cooking-fever/10th-anniversary-and-record-shot/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Pocket Gamer |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714141825/https://www.pocketgamer.com/cooking-fever/10th-anniversary-and-record-shot/ |url-status=live }}

On December 1, 2017, Nordcurrent collaborated with Coca-Cola to release an update where players can sell official Coca-Cola beverages in-game.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

Cooking Fever had its fourth collaboration on December 16, 2019, with the Hard Rock Cafe. This partnership gave players worldwide the ability to step inside the kitchen of the virtual Hard Rock Cafe. The name of the restaurant was then changed to the "Rock & Roll Bar" due to copyright reasons.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

In 2024, Cooking Fever collaborated with TGI Fridays, adding branded items. In January, two weeks after being released, the game mode was played over four million times.{{Cite web |last=Astle |first=Aaron |date=January 9, 2024 |title=Cooking Fever{{'s}} TGI Fridays crossover reached four million in two weeks |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/cooking-fevers-tgi-fridays-crossover-reached-four-million-in-two-weeks/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=PocketGamer.biz}}{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Imelda |date=January 10, 2024 |title=TGI Fridays goes virtual as the new restaurant featured in Cooking Fever mobile game |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/food/2024/01/10/tgi-fridays-goes-virtual-as-the-new-restaurant-featured-in-cooking-fever-mobile-game/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=The Dallas Morning News |archive-date=June 20, 2025 |archive-url=http://archive.today/2025.06.20-131753/https://www.dallasnews.com/food/2024/01/10/tgi-fridays-goes-virtual-as-the-new-restaurant-featured-in-cooking-fever-mobile-game/ |url-status=live }}

A player versus player spinoff known as Cooking Fever Duels was released on December 7, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Paige |date=November 17, 2023 |title=Behind the scenes: The making of Cooking Fever Duels |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/behind-the-scenes-the-making-of-cooking-fever-duels/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=PocketGamer.biz}}

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• {{Official website|https://nordcurrent.com/games/cooking-fever/}}
• {{MobyGames|/161335/cooking-fever/}}

Category:2014 video games

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