Cookie Run: Kingdom

Cookie Run: Kingdom is a free-to-play role-playing and city-building battle simulator. The game is mainly played by building the player's Cookie Kingdom and collecting Cookies through the game's gacha to unlock new Cookies to use in various game modes.

In the kingdom, players place production buildings to produce goods and materials, which are mainly used for upgrading buildings and game aspects or can be traded through various facilities for rewards. Players are free to decorate their kingdoms with a catalog of decorative items, which can be acquired with the game's currency or with real money. New facilities and land expansion are unlocked by upgrading the Cookie Castle.

The initial plot of Cookie Run Kingdom centers on five Ancient Cookies. Each of the Ancient Cookies rules a kingdom and possesses a "Soul Jam", a magical artifact that grants power and is associated with a virtue. It is later revealed that one of the ancient heroes, White Lily Cookie, is rebaked as Dark Enchantress Cookie, the game's main antagonist, after finding out that cookies were created to be eaten. The story begins with a flashback that shows the heroes fighting Dark Enchantress Cookie. However while they defeated Dark Enchantress Cookie, in the process they lost their soul jams leading them to go into hiding or confinement, leaving their kingdoms in disarray.

A long time after this altercation the main protagonist of the story, GingerBrave, alongside a few friends find themselves in the ruins of a former kingdom. Over the course of the game, they rebuild the kingdom and journey across the various regions of Crispia, the game's first major continent. As they travel they learn about the history of the broken kingdoms and Dark Enchantress Cookie's plans. They soon begin a search for the Ancient Cookies, along with various other powerful Cookie figures, to enlist their help in defeating Dark Enchantress Cookie.

Cookie Run: Kingdom was developed and published by Devsisters. It was released on 21 January 2021 for iOS and Android. The development started in late 2016 and took nearly four years.

When creating Cookie Run: Kingdom, the development team aimed to combine two types of games: social-network games (SNGs) and role-playing games (RPGs). This combination meant that, for the developers, there would be an increase in workload and cost. Cookie Run: Kingdom was launched on January 19, 2021.

The game had gained massive popularity in the wake of Genshin Impact's anniversary rewards controversy and its similar free-to-play gacha model.

Cookie Run: Kingdom is ranked 31st in the Free Role-Playing Game category in Thailand. In terms of free games, the game ranked 1st on Apple's App Store and Google Play in Japan and 3rd in the Free Role-Playing game category in the United States. It was also ranked 1st in South Korea, 2nd in Taiwan, 3rd in Thailand, and 5th in Hong Kong in the App Store's Free Game category in January 2021. In South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, the game's revenue was ranked 1st on the App Store, and in Hong Kong and Singapore, it was ranked 3rd in January 2021.