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As android Cherry, fight through a dystopian Megastructure, chaining brutal attacks and unlocking routes on a revenge quest.
Released 14 Dec 2023
Explore the Megastructure
Unleash Brutal Finishers
Unlock New Routes
Fueled by love but driven by rage, Cherry embarks on a blood-soaked quest for revenge, explores the massive Megastructure, and eviscerates the armies of Infornet in a best-in-class action-adventure that breaks tropes and bones.
Developed by Subcult Joint LTD · Published by Subcult Joint LTD
Cherry, an android driven by revenge, journeys through a dystopian Megastructure in search of her creator, Shinji Fallon, who has been taken by a ruthless villain.
Explore connected areas, uncover hidden rooms and secrets, fight enemies and bosses, and use attacks, weapons, and special moves to string together combos and perform brutal finishers.
Finding new abilities opens previously inaccessible routes, while upgrades let Cherry develop her combat options. The Overkill Edition also includes voiced dialogue, additional moves and upgrades, new cinematics, and map features for tracking completion.
Players who enjoy Cookie Cutter often praise its distinctive hand-drawn art and animation, punk-inspired style, and flashy finishers. Some also enjoy the fast combat, exploration, characters, and voice acting. Opinions on the combat and platforming are mixed, with recurring complaints about repetitive encounters, difficult spike sections, bugs that can impede progress, and a story that some feel ends unresolved. Several reviews also criticize the developer's conduct toward players.
Fueled by love but driven by rage, Cherry embarks on a blood-soaked quest for revenge, explores the massive Megastructure, and eviscerates the armies of Infonet in a best-in-class action-adventure that breaks tropes and bones. Cookie Cutter, which IGN calls a “GORY, GORGEOUS, AND BLOODY GOOD METROIDVANIA,” features lovingly crafted hand-drawn 2D visuals, challenging and satisfying combat, a wild dystopian world full of irreverent characters, buckets of violence, and underneath it all a sweet, beautiful story.
As Cherry, a chainsaw-wielding, uppercut-dealing, barrier-smashing, gore-splattering android with a mean streak, players will journey into the high-tech underbelly of a dystopian society, meet allies, slay enemies, battle epic bosses, discover new regions and unlock new abilities. What secrets does the Megastructure promise? Cherry and her fearless friends must find out if she has any hope of saving her creator, Shinji Fallon, from a ruthless villain determined to rule at any cost.
Play this techno-pop-punk post-kawaii Metroidvania for yourself and learn why Den of Geek raves that Cookie Cutter is “EASILY ONE OF THE BEST METROIDVANIAS OF THE YEAR.”
Features:
An epic, one-of-a-kind action-adventure / Metroidvania spanning 15-plus hours
Experience an emotional story full of quirky, lovable characters
Explore a gargantuan far-future world and uncover its countless secrets
Equip Cherry with a variety of new weapons like a chainsaw and unlock her ultra powerful mecha form
Meet an insane cast of allies and enemies and gain access to gated areas of the expansive world
Engage in fast, responsive, satisfying combat, time counters perfectly and execute violent brutals on enemies
Battle huge, deadly, unforgettable bosses
Gorgeous hand-drawn 2D visuals look like an animated feature brought to life
This is the DEFINITIVE Cookie Cutter experience. Cookie Cutter Overkill Edition adds a ton of content to the original game. If you've played it before, experience it again with all new features, including:
Fully voiced dialogue for every character in the game
New map features like the ability to gauge completion status
Brand new special moves and upgrades for Cherry
Never-before-seen cinematics add even more style and background to the game
Tons of gameplay tweaks, progression balancing, and more
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 36 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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