Cuphead

Cuphead

Steam Deck Verified

Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc. · Difficult · Sep 29, 2017

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $13.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
219k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 62 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 219k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
78% of themes are praise22% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Within the main progression and achievements, it is fair and very rewarding.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics: 8/10 pretty good art style for a hand drawn old animation format
62 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
The DLC just makes the game better overall with a new character and weapons that are incredibly useful.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- charming characters and bosses
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is genius, chef’s kiss.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I often find myself replaying bosses with my boyfriend, because it has couch co-op and an amazing one at that!
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Gameplay63 reviews
Graphics62 reviews
Combat31 reviews
Story and characters26 reviews
Audio26 reviews
Co-op14 reviews
Multiplayer6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty53 reviews
94%
Controls24 reviews
92%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $13.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
42
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.