Cookie Clicker Review

Everyone loves cookies, right? How about clicking on a virtual one for endless hours? I had a sense of intrigue going into this review of Cookie Clicker on Xbox. The original game launched over a dozen years ago as a web-based game, which still appears to have huge popularity to this day. Whilst the game is still available to play free of charge within your browser, you may be thinking why you’d spend just shy of a fiver to get your hands on it on console. There is no question about it, this game is certainly a unique idle clicker that is strangely addictive. So much so that in my first play session, I spent over two hours building my cookie enterprise.

Cookies Galore

I think when it comes to idle clicker titles, you either love them or hate them. For me, it all depends on whether its functionality and mechanics can keep me invested. There are thousands of games in the genre on mobile devices that hit brick walls and become stale due to their want and need to generate a continuous revenue stream. You’ll be delighted that Cookie Clicker gives you the whole experience once you’ve invested in the game. There is the potential to play this for an endless amount of hours, depending on how far you want to go with it.

The premise is very simple and that is to grow your cookie production as far as it can reach, and it never seems to end. Things start slowly and eventually you’ll be investing cookies into grandma’s that will bake more for you, and before you know it, you’ll be throwing cookies at factories, banks, temples and more. The more you invest in infrastructure that will generate thousands of cookies per second, the more you can keep expanding. However, the more you expand, the more expensive purchases become. Clicking on the cookie as many times as you like will grant even more cookies. Where the game opens up, though, is the extensive skill tree, spontaneous events and unlocks, and before you know it, you’re about 50-60 hours deep. Believe me when I say it goes way beyond just clicking on a cookie with its complexity within the entire run and the ability to go for ascention, which is practically Call Of Duty Prestige but in cookie world.

Visuals & Audio

Cookie Clicker sticks to its original visuals, which makes the browser version so vastly popular and converts the presentation to the big screen. I found the experience mesmerising as your cookie clicking expands hundreds of cursors, grandmas, factories and so on. Before you know it, you see the number of cookies flying per second and everything gels together like a giant conveyor belt. The soundtrack is composed by C418, who is well-renowned for his music on Minecraft. Anyone who has played Minecraft knows how relaxing the audio is, and that shines through here too. It all feels very retro in style, but with the graphics and sound in sync, it becomes the ultimate kick back and relax game.

Final Thoughts

Cookie Clicker works well with a controller on the Xbox family of consoles and becomes a moreish experience if you’re into your idle clicking titles. It’s the perfect title to leave running in the background whilst listening to a podcast or doing something else. The majority of my playtime with this one was dipping into it every half hour and expanding everything whilst writing other game reviews. You can go and play this for free at any time from anywhere in the world in any internet browser. But playing it on the Xbox family of consoles gives you access to those precious achievements and the ability to save the game and pick it up later. For that reason alone, I’d recommend it at its low price of £4.29, which wouldn’t even grab you a decent cold pint in the UK.