Games like Cuphead
Loved Cuphead by Studio MDHR? Here are 24 games that genuinely play like it — ranked by shared genres, mechanics and themes, not just labels.
Cuphead2017MC 86
Studio MDHR · ~16h to beat
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 cel animation (hand drawn & hand inked!), watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz…
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