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Devsisters launched CookieRun: Braverse Card Game in North America in July 2026 and expanded via TCGplayer in 2025. The European TCG market is valued at 5.8 trillion won ($4.27 billion) with approximately 5,000 specialized stores.
Devsisters’ trading card game CookieRun: Braverse Card Game will enter the European market in January.
The company will release its 13th booster pack in late January and introduce Brave League, an organized play program at local card shops.
Three specialized distributors — Blackfire, Cube Golem and Bliss Distribution — will handle distribution in Europe.
Blackfire, owned by Asmodee Group, distributes games across the region and has supported organized play for major global TCGs.
The game maker sees Europe as a key target for expansion. The region’s card game market was estimated at 5.8 trillion won ($4.27 billion), having about 5,000 specialized stores.
Ahead of its European launch, Devsisters will take part in SPIEL Essen 2026, one of the largest B2C board game conventions, in Germany in late October.
The company plans to offer workshops and distribute demo decks for local players, while building a partner network for organized play across Europe.
CookieRun Card Game entered the North American market in July last year and has since expanded its network. Devsisters now works with three distributors: ACD Distribution, Peachstate Hobby Distribution and Universal Distribution US.
The game also joined TCGplayer, the world’s largest single-card marketplace, in 2025.
The company expects the broader network to improve product accessibility and accelerate growth in the local market.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Devsisters will announce additional European distribution partnerships before Q2 2027
Likely · Within months
CookieRun: Braverse Card Game will achieve over 100,000 active players in Europe within six months of launch
Possible · Within months

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