Cookie Clicker
BANGER · Strategy · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $4.99. Typically $2.49 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.03/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 94,446
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Strategy
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 145.6h
- To 100%
- 798.4h 5.5x the story
- Finish
- 36% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 637
Price and sales
- Sales
- 23 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $1.69 February 2025
- Sale every
- 87d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 9,323 now
- Recent reviews
- 96% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 59% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
100% start to 36% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 23 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 1 percent. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up ($4.99, scores 76) and (the) Gnorp Apologue ($6.99, scores 81) both come in lower.
More about Cookie Clicker
Steam's global achievement data puts 36 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. 2 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 95 percent of the 4,014 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 145.6 hours; clearing it takes 798, which is 5.5 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.49 (50% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Really enjoyed this game. What I like the most is that Cookie Clicker basically lets you enjoy it in your own way. I started completely legit, played actively, went AFK for a few days, learned the mechanics, and progressed normally. After a while though, it started getting a bit boring because some parts are just pure waiting. So I installed a Better Autoclicker workshop mod that clicks the main cookie and Golden...
2 more reviews
Fun and well made game to idle when you're away or doing anything on your computer. Fun to upgrade and doesn't lag your pc at all while idling. Awesome game I do recommend!
Who would have ever guessed that a few septillion cookies, a lot of very angry grandmas, and various other unusual items would be so much fun? Oh you can make those Grandmas smile again, but I still don't know what happened to all the 👴 granddads. No calories, no regrets, no dishes to clean up, an best of all, no worries about energy consumption. Highly recommended to get The Best Autoclicker, which is free from the...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 348 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Cookie Clicker scores 98/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1454400/cookie-clickerReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.