Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
“Beating bosses feels rewarding and challenging” (62)
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Story & World
+2.91
World+3.38
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Content Volume
+2.74
Volume+2.20
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Visuals & Sound
+4.59
Visuals+4.57
“beautiful graphics with comic art style” (169)
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Multiplayer
+3.17
Playing together+2.34
“co-op bonding experience with wife through challenging bosses” (22)
[b]ЛУЧШАЯ ИГРА ДЛЯ СЕМЕЙНОГО ТИМБИЛДИНГА, КОТОРУЮ СБЛИЗИЛА НАС С ЖЕНОЙ[b] Один из лучших инди-платформеров, в который мы играли. Визуальный стиль с покадровой анимацией и потрясающие акварельные фоны буквально оживляют старые мультфильмы на экране. Но за милой картинкой скрывается жестокий хардкор. Каждая битва с боссом — это уникальная тактическая задача на реакцию и запоминание фаз. Да, вы будете умирать сотни раз, но когда босс наконец побежден, вы испытываете невероятный совместный прилив адреналина. Многие пишут, что эта игра рушит дружбу, но у нас вышло наоборот. Совместное прохождение,
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Fairness
+0.88
Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.
Balance-0.40
“DLC Cookie Charm feels unbalanced in base game” (9)
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Tech & Ops
-0.14
Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.
Performance+3.00
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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.
Steam review activity
% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
Sep 2017Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,867 reviews, peak 91/day
Aug 19Sep 16
per month · 10,838 reviews, peak 4,444/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 16,793 reviews, peak 4,444/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 29,519 reviews, peak 4,444/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.
Review languages
Languages of the 414 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English27%
Russian18%
Chinese18%
Portuguese15%
Spanish11%
Turkish3%
Other8%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.
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