Cuphead Reviews

Cuphead is ranked in the 98th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9.5 / 10.0
Nov 9, 2020

Cuphead is a game that really should be played by everyone. If you’re someone who likes to work hard to improve at a game, like Crash Bandicoot, for example, this game is definitely for you. If you’re also someone who just likes shooting stuff in the face while enjoying a boppy soundtrack and appreciating some fine art, it’s also for you. Cuphead really is a masterpiece of simplistic game design. I’m not the most patient person in the world but this game just grabs you and releases a hidden determination to beat its challenges and I had an absolute blast while doing it.

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9.5 / 10.0
Oct 4, 2017

Cuphead is a game that every fan of arcade games must play.

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9.5 / 10.0
Apr 18, 2019

With a mix of brutal boss battles and challenging run and gun sections Cuphead is notorious for being a tough game...

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9.4 / 10.0
May 6, 2019

CUPHEAD is a game designed as before for players who are looking for challenges like the ones before, what do they want someone to rescue them from that comfortable self-aligning chair and automatic jumps in which they have submerged us.

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9.3 / 10.0
Sep 29, 2017

Cuphead is one of the most innovative and interesting games to come out of the indie space in the past few years. It was well worth the wait and will please anyone who likes a good challenge.

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9.3 / 10.0
Oct 2, 2017

From Canada comes the brightest new indie superstar: a magnificent run and gun shooter, a mausoleum of pure gameplay, an ode to boundless creativity. Visually, Studio MDHR's debut title is not only one of the most impressive games ever created, but it's also a true instant classic, one that could look the masters of the genre straight in the eye. It's spelled Cuphead, it reads masterpiece.

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Everyeye.it
Marco Mottura
Top Critic
9.3 / 10.0
Apr 18, 2019

After the well-deserved success achieved on Xbox One and PC, Cuphead arrives from the parts of the Kyoto House with an exciting conversion: the already rich Nintendo Switch catalog is enriched with a prodigious instant classic ready to find a second youth where it is usually the stainless Super Mario to dictate the law. An unmissable masterpiece a couple of seasons ago and equally indispensable today, which deserves to be discovered for the first time by a new audience, or found in a walking version by those who had already adored it.

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92 / 100
Apr 18, 2019

Cuphead's Switch port is, let's put this simple, BRILLIANT: it mantains the wonderful graphics of the Xbox One/PC version, with no sacrifices, and most important, all that made it a special game (coop, high difficulty level...). It also adds little improvements, like character selection or spanish translation, that rise the bar even a little more.

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9.2 / 10.0
May 8, 2019

Cuphead is a game that’s old school, brought into the new school and is one of the best games of its ilk that I’ve played in such a long-time.

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9.2 / 10.0
Oct 4, 2017

Cuphead is the most beautiful 2D arcade shooter released in the past decade, and one hell of an exclusive for the Xbox One console. Studio MDHR might have delayed it numerous times, but the end results is full of flavour, ideas, variety and one of the best jazz composition I've heard in a long time.

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Oct 9, 2017
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Jul 30, 2020

Cuphead is likely to be an unforgettable experience no matter what is played on.

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90 / 100
Sep 29, 2017

An exquisite work of craftmanship in almost every aspect. You will recover the faith in classic gameplay. Be carefoul, tough, it's not a game for the less patient.

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9 / 10.0
Apr 18, 2019

‎We will not deny that its graphic section does a lot for ‎‎Cuphead ‎‎to enter us by the eye; an artistic style worthy of an Oscar for best animation production. Still, ‎‎let's not stray from the important thing: yes, we're caught by its graphic style, but still with everything, Cuphead is one of the best video games ever.‎

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9 / 10.0
Apr 18, 2019

An outstanding and hard game that is as awesome on Nintendo Switch as it was on other platforms.

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9 / 10.0
Sep 29, 2017

beautiful and hard as hell, but as rewarding as you should imagine. Cuphead is one of the best indie games on 2017 and if you love run-n-gun games you shall not miss it.

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Attack of the Fanboy
Dean James
Top Critic
Aug 8, 2020

While there is absolutely no reason to double dip if you already own Cuphead on another platform, PS4 only owners that have been missing out will find this to be a game that they must purchase.

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9 / 10.0
Apr 18, 2019

Cuphead is one of the best examples of a game that was “perfect for Switch” actually getting a port that is also perfect. I expected to see Cuphead on Switch (and even PS4) eventually but never thought I’d get such a fantastic conversion on Switch.

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Oct 2, 2017

Cuphead delivers a carefully curated balance of gorgeous hand-drawn visuals and unforgiving gameplay. This heavily stylized title is an instant classic.

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9 / 10.0
Apr 22, 2019

In a surprising turn of events, the one-time Xbox One exclusive cartoon shooter Cuphead has come to Nintendo Switch.

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