Cookie Run: Kingdom

Cookie Run: Kingdom is a free-to-play RPG and city builder hybrid released by Devsisters. It is the second spin-off of the original game OvenBreak, as well as spin-off of Cookie Run: OvenBreak. It was released on 20 January 2021, after much promotion and fanfare, with over three million downloads preregistered.

History
The earliest instance of the game's development becoming public knowledge was Devsisters ' 2017 planning. In it, Cookie Run: Kingdom was announced and slated for a much earlier release. It later revitalized after the growing success of Devsisters' other two games in the series, Cookie Run: OvenBreak and Cookie Run: Puzzle World.

Story Mode
Story Mode is the standard mode, in which the player follows the group of GingerBrave, Strawberry Cookie, Wizard Cookie, Custard Cookie III and Chili Pepper Cookie.

Dark Mode
Dark Mode or Cookies of Darkness is a more difficult optional mode unlocked after clearing level 3-25 and getting all stars in the Story Mode episode. Alongside the difficultly increase, players can earn Cookie Soulstones by clearing levels. While it uses the same overworld as Story Mode, it is darkened and levels have been renamed.

Master Mode
Master Mode is the hardest mode currently in Cookie Run: Kingdom's Story Mode. To get to Master mode, the player will have to finish Story Mode Episode 10. Players can earn Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary 'Essences'/'Soulstones' when clearing the mode.

Arena Battle
Arena Battle is an online mode where players can battle eachother's cookie teams. Winning against other teams gives the player trophies and rank up points, which depending on how strong the team was- will vary. At the end of the season, the player's rank is reset and given a gift, which also varies, depending on the player's rank. Losing against other teams will make the player loose trophies.

Players can have an attacking team and a defending team. The defending team is what other players will attack. If the defending team loses, the team who defeated the defending team will show up on the defending team's record list. The attacking team is the player's main team, which attacks other defending teams.

Bounties
Bounties are a game mode akin to a smaller scale raid or material farming stage system. Players are able to select a five Cookie team and defeat varying levels of Skill Powders to level the Skills of their Cookies. Skill Powders come in three tiers of rarity.

Tower of Sweet Chaos
Tower of Sweet Chaos is a permanent game mode in Cookie Run: Kingdom, where players enter multiple levels of challenges to earn rewards. It was released on 12 May 2021 in the Tiers of Chaos update, and is unlocked once a player clears Stage 4-12 in World Exploration.

Trivia

 * Cookie Run: Kingdom was teased around September 2020.
 * Cookie Run: Kingdom is the first Cookie Run game in the series to have voice actors for the Cookies, albeit the option was only provided with Korean voices. Japanese and English dubs were later announced around April 2021, and samples of both dubs were gradually shared on official social media accounts starting in August 2021. The English dub was released on 8 October 2021. Newer dubs has been arrived in Q2 2022.