Cuphead

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 222k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows
  • macOS

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

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
42
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
12
Full audio0 of 12
Subtitles0 of 12

Should I buy Cuphead?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 222k player reviews · updated

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
89% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews11% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is simple but solid and each boss is pretty unique so it never feels stale.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Miraculous that beyond the immediately fascinating hand-crafted visuals and spectacular soundtrack, they managed to create such a solid and challenging game.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game was challenging but overall really fun i 300% it and got all achivements with relative ease and the bosses were for the most part never over the top or like crossing the line from like low insane to like high insane difficulty.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The DLC just makes the game better overall with a new character and weapons that are incredibly useful.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I often find myself replaying bosses with my boyfriend, because it has couch co-op and an amazing one at that!
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The main game, dlc and the ost are worth every penny spent.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay66 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Difficulty50 reviews
Combat27 reviews
Co-op26 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Controls15 reviews
Story10 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Multiplayer
86% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $13.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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