Cookie Clicker

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 93k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS

Orteil · Incremental · Sep 1, 2021

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
9,623
concurrent players
#99 by players on Steam
Achievements
637
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
17
Full audio17 of 17
Subtitles17 of 17

Should I buy Cookie Clicker?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 93k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise40% are divided0% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Beneath its simple premise lies a complex system of upgrades, achievements, synergies, and prestige mechanics.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If you are looking for an idle game that is very easy and nice art style to look at with actual rewarding gameplay and "start over" mechanics then this is the game for you.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Cookie clicker is a really fun game and is a good mix of difficulty, fun, creative and easy to understand.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay65 reviews
Graphics6 reviews
Difficulty5 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
100% still recommend
Audio
100% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$4.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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