Cuphead has infinite lives, maintaining all equipment between deaths. The game also includes role-playing elements and a branching level sequence. Each of these boss fights and run-and-gun levels is housed in three different worlds, with the final one being against the Devil himself.
An animated series based on the game is in production by Netflix.Ĭuphead's gameplay is centered around continual boss fights, interspersed with run-and-gun levels. It was both a critical and commercial success, winning several awards and selling over five million copies within two years. The game was praised for its art style and noted for its challenging difficulty. The game was inspired by the rubber hose style of animation used in cartoons of the 1930s, such as the work of Fleischer Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and sought to emulate their subversive and surrealist qualities.Ĭuphead features one or two players taking control of animated characters Cuphead and his brother Mugman to fight through several levels that culminate in boss fights, in order to repay their debt to the devil. Cuphead is a 2017 run and gun video game developed and published by StudioMDHR.