Cherry Credits: What CC Buys and How to Top Up

Summary: Cherry Credits, usually shortened to CC, is a virtual currency for games rather than for one game. It covers a long list of titles, many of them long-running MMOs, and doubles as a payment method for Steam Wallet Codes and the Ubisoft Store. Codes are redeemed as an ePIN on the Cherry Credits site, and the Steam route carries country restrictions worth checking first.

CC is platform-agnostic currency, not a single publisher's coins.
Redemption happens on the Cherry Credits website, using a serial number and a security code.
The Steam Wallet Code route works only from a defined list of countries.
Its real strength is older and regional titles that other payment methods no longer reach.

Cherry Credits is one of those services that looks obscure until you need it, at which point nothing else quite substitutes. It exists because a lot of games, particularly long-lived MMOs with Asian publishers, never adopted the payment methods that Western storefronts take for granted. CC is the bridge.

What Cherry Credits Are

CC is a virtual currency you hold in a free Cherry account and spend across a catalogue of supported games and digital content. The scale of that catalogue is the selling point: it runs into the high hundreds of titles and items, which means one balance covers games from many different publishers rather than locking you into one ecosystem.

That structure makes it closer to a payment method than to a game currency. You are not buying gems for a specific title, you are loading a balance that acts as a wallet at checkout wherever CC is accepted.

Which Games Take CC

The supported list leans heavily toward long-running online games rather than new releases. Recurring names include Black Desert in its Southeast Asian version, Dragon Nest SEA, Ragnarok Online, Travian: Legends, Conquer Online, Elsword, Habbo Hotel and World of Tanks. The pattern is clear enough: games that have been running for years, often with a regional publisher, and often with their own launcher.

Because that list changes, check it against the current catalogue on the Cherry Credits site before buying rather than trusting any third-party summary, including this one. A title can be added or dropped without notice.

The Steam and Ubisoft Route

This is the part that makes CC more broadly useful than its game list suggests. Cherry Credits can be converted into Steam Wallet Codes, which then function like any other Steam credit, and CC works as a payment method on the Ubisoft Store and through the Ubisoft launcher.

In practice that turns a niche gaming currency into a route onto two of the largest PC storefronts. It is worth understanding how Steam keys and wallet codes differ before going down this path, because a wallet code and an activation key are not interchangeable.

Country Restrictions on the Steam Conversion

The Steam Wallet Code option is not available everywhere. It is offered across a defined list of markets concentrated in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Australia and several Gulf states among others.

If you are outside that list, CC still works for the supported games but the Steam conversion will not be there. Check this before choosing a denomination, since geography limits digital cards more often than people expect and a balance bought for the wrong purpose is awkward to repurpose.

How to Redeem an ePIN

A Cherry Credits card or code arrives as an ePIN, which is a serial number paired with a security code. Both halves are needed, and redemption happens on the Cherry Credits site rather than inside any game.

The sequence is short:

Log in to your Cherry account, or create one, which is free.
Open the Top Up section from the main menu.
Choose the prepaid card or ePIN option.
Enter the serial number and the security code, then submit.
The CC balance appears on the account and can be spent with any supported merchant.

Where CC Makes Sense, and Where It Does Not

If you play one of the supported titles, CC is often the smoothest way to pay, and sometimes the only way that does not involve a card the publisher's regional payment processor will reject. If you play nothing on the list and cannot use the Steam conversion, it is a layer of indirection you do not need.

For buying games outright rather than funding them, a storefront is the simpler answer. Somewhere like GOG.com sells the game as a DRM-free download with no currency layer at all, which is the opposite trade-off to the one CC offers.

Why Long-Running MMOs Still Use This

The games on the CC list have something in common: they are free to play with an in-game economy, they have been live for a decade or more, and they operate their own launcher and payment stack rather than sitting inside Steam. Publishers in that position lean on third-party currencies because building regional card processing for every market is not worth it.

World of Tanks appearing on the list is a good illustration, since its publisher runs several free-to-play titles on the same model. World of Warships is the naval equivalent from the same stable, and it works the same way: free entry, own launcher, in-game currency for progression.

Buying the Balance Against Buying the Key

There is a useful distinction between funding an account and buying a licence. CC funds accounts. A key reseller such as K4G sells licences. Knowing which one you actually need saves buying the wrong product, because a CC balance will not activate a game you do not own and a key will not buy costumes inside one you do.

If the plan is to build up Steam credit and wait, it is also worth knowing when the next Steam sale lands, since wallet credit spent during one goes considerably further.

Check the Game List Before the Denomination

The order of operations matters more here than with most currencies. Confirm the game or store you intend to pay is currently supported, confirm the Steam conversion is available in your country if that is your reason for buying, then pick an amount that matches what you plan to spend. CC does not expire the way a voucher code does once redeemed, but a balance loaded for a purpose that turns out to be unavailable is still stuck.

With the game confirmed and the amount settled, browse Cherry Credits gift cards.