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Cookie Clicker cover art

Cookie Clicker

Orteil · Playsaurus · 2021-09-01

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 05, 2020 (Android), May 22, 2025 (PlayStation 4), May 22, 2025 (Xbox One), May 22, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 10, 2013 (Web browser)

An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

Cookie Clicker is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 92,433 reviews) sentiment.

9,539
playing now
96%
positive of 94k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (102 ratings)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (1,307 ratings)
1318h
to beat · rushed 371h · completionist 26298h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

9,539 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Cookie Clicker is a 2013 video game created by French programmer Julien "Orteil" Thiennot. It is an incremental game in which the user initially clicks a big cookie on the screen, earning 1 cookie per click. Players can use earned cookies to purchase "buildings" that automatically produce cookies, alongside upgrades which improve the efficiency of clicks and buildings. There are other mechanics allowing the user to earn cookies in various ways. As cookies are earned at an exponential rate, the game gradually shifts to themes of cosmic horror. Similar to other incremental games, the game lacks a conventional ending, instead allowing players to restart the game through "ascension" and earn a faster rate of growth.

Trailer

Cookie Clicker trailer thumbnail

Cookie Clicker - Official Console Announcement Trailer

≈399,050 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9,539 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,959 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~870/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,912 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9M–4.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 93,963 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.69 at Steam (2025-02-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12k12k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 12,300 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,774 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8,531 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,928 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,706 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 802 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 724 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,166 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,169 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,165 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,360 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 925 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,335 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,762 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,316 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,582 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,316 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,508 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,921 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,952 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,762 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,273 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,477 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,093 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,444 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,687 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,609 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,338 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,115 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,002 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,537 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,331 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,468 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,273 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,020 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 991 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,122 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11k7.4k2026-09-14 19:00 — 9,101 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 7,494 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 8,153 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 9,372 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 8,375 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 8,407 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 9,443 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 8,066 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 7,839 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 9,875 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 8,680 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 7,670 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 9,107 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 8,487 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 8,609 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 10,913 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 9,930 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 8,739 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 10,373 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 10,855 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 9,735 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 10,222 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 10,776 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 9,539 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
52k8.0kSep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 51,914 · peak 67,806Nov 2021 — avg 20,102 · peak 27,609Jan 2022 — avg 15,243 · peak 19,268Mar 2022 — avg 9,212 · peak 10,627May 2022 — avg 8,020 · peak 9,228Jul 2022 — avg 12,022 · peak 14,467Sep 2022 — avg 9,438 · peak 11,147Nov 2022 — avg 8,613 · peak 10,525Jan 2023 — avg 11,510 · peak 13,814Mar 2023 — avg 9,208 · peak 11,346May 2023 — avg 15,972 · peak 20,880Jul 2023 — avg 12,769 · peak 14,955Sep 2023 — avg 11,952 · peak 16,526Nov 2023 — avg 11,704 · peak 13,810Jan 2024 — avg 13,695 · peak 16,926Mar 2024 — avg 11,619 · peak 13,911May 2024 — avg 10,998 · peak 19,129Jul 2024 — avg 12,834 · peak 15,539Sep 2024 — avg 12,107 · peak 14,947Nov 2024 — avg 10,103 · peak 12,253Jan 2025 — avg 11,635 · peak 14,037Mar 2025 — avg 13,304 · peak 16,565May 2025 — avg 10,273 · peak 12,216Jul 2025 — avg 11,966 · peak 15,054Sep 2025 — avg 9,488 · peak 11,262Nov 2025 — avg 10,086 · peak 11,953Jan 2026 — avg 10,239 · peak 12,049Mar 2026 — avg 8,984 · peak 10,766May 2026 — avg 9,085 · peak 10,969Jul 2026 — avg 9,267 · peak 11,273Aug 2026 — avg 8,297 · peak 9,727
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1081082026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 108 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 20 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 18 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 23 new positive2026-09-28: 17 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 15 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 31 new positive2026-10-01: 19 new positive2026-10-02: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 38 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 41 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 42 new positive2026-10-06: 29 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 25 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 28 new positive2026-10-09: 33 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 33 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 25 new positive2026-10-12: 39 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 23 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 23 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.692021-09-012026-07-092021-09-01 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-08-15 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-02 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-28 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k1832026-05-13 — 995 pageviews2026-05-17 — 259 pageviews2026-05-21 — 984 pageviews2026-05-25 — 403 pageviews2026-05-29 — 657 pageviews2026-06-02 — 670 pageviews2026-06-06 — 274 pageviews2026-06-10 — 499 pageviews2026-06-14 — 216 pageviews2026-06-18 — 520 pageviews2026-06-22 — 461 pageviews2026-06-26 — 386 pageviews2026-06-30 — 450 pageviews2026-07-04 — 248 pageviews2026-07-08 — 338 pageviews2026-07-12 — 192 pageviews2026-07-16 — 331 pageviews2026-07-20 — 297 pageviews2026-07-24 — 270 pageviews2026-07-28 — 305 pageviews2026-08-01 — 192 pageviews2026-08-05 — 311 pageviews2026-08-09 — 251 pageviews2026-08-13 — 498 pageviews2026-08-17 — 445 pageviews2026-08-21 — 972 pageviews2026-08-25 — 760 pageviews2026-08-29 — 242 pageviews2026-09-02 — 853 pageviews2026-09-06 — 283 pageviews2026-09-10 — 865 pageviews2026-09-14 — 898 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,184 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1,022 pageviews2026-09-26 — 295 pageviews2026-09-30 — 988 pageviews2026-10-04 — 252 pageviews2026-10-08 — 846 pageviews2026-10-12 — 534 pageviews2026-10-13 — 748 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8002026-09-30 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Wake and bake"
82.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-09-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)56,7496%637
PS5 (PlayStation)2,13731%49
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)96928%48
PS4 (PlayStation)78553%49
Switch (Nintendo)1370%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DFunnyIdlerIndieMemesCasualComedyHorrorClickerEconomy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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