Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuphead or Mugman in single-player or local co-op, traversing themed worlds, acquiring new weapons, and unlocking super moves. The game includes both boss encounters and side-scrolling platforming stages. Not applicable (minimal narrative, boss-rush focused).
ShooterPlatformAdventureIndieArcadeActionFantasyComedypiratesghostsretroshoot 'em upmagic2dshark1930srobotsrun and gunPlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
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Character
Plot-driven, nostalgic, relentless and meticulous.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
- warmbleak
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Studio MDHR
- Publisher
- Studio MDHR
- Released
- September 29, 2017
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric, Side view
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 8 h rushed · 18 h main story · 21 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.6/10 from 934 ratings.
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