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Cookie Clicker

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.

Developer
Orteil, DashNet
Publisher
Playsaurus
Franchise
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Release date
Sep 1, 2021
Store page updated
Sep 14, 2026
Price
$4.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

86.6/ 100

Based on 342 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 95% of 714
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 93,245
“addictive dopamine loop designed for instant gratification”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.62
Progression +1.96
“achievements reappeared after mod removal, restoring dopamine and progression satisfaction.” (23)

🔒 5 more indicators

Story & World
+1.96

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

World +2.39

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
+0.61
Volume +1.96
“637 achievements, 500 unlocked at 200 hours, extensive content depth” (11)

🔒 2 more indicators

Visuals & Sound
+3.22

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Audio +3.30

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer
+1.75

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Community +2.00

🔒 1 more indicators

Fairness
-0.80

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

Monetization +1.90

🔒 3 more indicators

Tech & Ops
+1.46

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Developer support +0.07

🔒 3 more indicators

Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
90%92%94%96%98%100%
Sep 2021Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 710 reviews, peak 37/day
02550
Aug 20Sep 17

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 342 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English43%
  • Portuguese11%
  • Spanish10%
  • Russian10%
  • Chinese9%
  • Japanese8%
  • Other10%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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