Cuphead
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Tobacco appears as imagery, most notably an animate smoking cigar boss inside the Devil's casino.
The plot is set off by gambling losses at the Devil's casino, with casino and dice theming and a King Dice boss whose fight plays out as a chance-based board game.
Stylized 1930s-cartoon run-and-gun shooting at anthropomorphic enemies and bosses, with no blood, gore, or dismemberment.
The story is built around a soul debt owed to the Devil, with the brothers repossessing the souls of debtors to save their own.
A ghost-train level and mausoleum sequences feature mild spooky imagery such as ghosts and skeletal figures in a cartoon style.
Recurring imagery of a devil, soul contracts, a graveyard, and ghosts parried in a mausoleum.
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What it is
Cuphead is a hand-drawn run-and-gun action game styled after 1930s rubber-hose cartoons, built almost entirely around challenging boss battles across a handful of themed worlds. Playing as Cuphead (or his brother Mugman, including two-player local co-op), you dash, jump, and shoot at a parade of animated foes after the brothers lose a bet at the Devil's Casino and are sent to collect the souls of other debtors. The action is stylized and bloodless, with defeated bosses bursting apart in comic fashion rather than realistic injury. Alongside the cartoon combat, the game carries a light thread of darker material: a deal with the Devil, the threat of losing one's soul, gambling and casino imagery, occasional cigar smoking, and some mildly spooky ghost and skeleton visuals. There is no in-game chat, user content, or purchasing.
How it's framed
The game frames its content playfully through vintage cartoon surrealism rather than realism; the Devil, soul-collecting, and casino losses drive the plot but are presented with humor and whimsy, and combat is comic and consequence-light. The soul-repossession premise is treated as an adventure hook, and the brothers ultimately work toward escaping the bargain rather than serving it.
Details
- Developer
- Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.
- Publisher
- Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.
- Released
- Sep 29, 2017
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