One-off purchase
Cuphead cost to play
What Cuphead costs on Steam and the Nintendo eShop in the UK, its PEGI 7 rating and Steam player figures.
Cuphead gameplay, images and trailer
© Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc., Cuphead trailer “Launch Trailer” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £14.99: Cheapest standard price: Cuphead (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 10.5 h to beat: Main story: 10.5 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £1.43 an hour: £14.99 ÷ 10.5 hours (main story)
- 3,800 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 7: Age rating
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Cuphead player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 3,800
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 3,236
- 1,791 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- −17%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 19,076
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Is Cuphead dead?
No. Cuphead peaked at 3,236 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 1,791 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 15% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1,791 | 3,236 | −17.3% |
| August 2026 | 2,492 | 3,915 | −31.0% |
| July 2026 | 3,387 | 5,673 | −35.0% |
| June 2026 | 4,151 | 8,732 | +171.6% |
| May 2026 | 1,920 | 3,215 | +3.9% |
| April 2026 | 1,807 | 3,094 | −22.9% |
| March 2026 | 1,929 | 4,014 | +29.2% |
| February 2026 | 1,997 | 3,108 | −27.9% |
| January 2026 | 2,343 | 4,311 | +9.4% |
| December 2025 | 2,055 | 3,939 | +9.8% |
| November 2025 | 1,505 | 3,589 | −11.8% |
| October 2025 | 1,857 | 4,067 | – |
What Cuphead costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuphead (Steam UK, standard price) | £14.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
| Cuphead (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK) | £16.99 | game | nintendo.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
Is Cuphead on Game Pass or PS Plus?
Not in these catalogues when we checked.
- Xbox Game Pass UltimateNot includedNoxbox.com, checked 5 Nov 2026
How long is Cuphead?
Cuphead takes about 10.5 hours to finish the main story, and about 28 hours to complete everything.
- Main story10.5 h
- Main + extras16 h
- Completionist28 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£1.43
£14.99 on Steam UK ÷ 10.5 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 5 Nov 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Cuphead is rated
GamesChart Score
86.2, #68 of 3,236 rated games
#7 of 2017 · #38 of the 2010s · #2 in Arcade · #33 on Nintendo
Critics
Players
Built from 221,586 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #67
Dragon Age: Origins2009 · BioWare Edmonton86.3 - #68
Cuphead2017 · Studio MDHR86.2 - #69
Clair Obscur: Expedition 332025 · Sandfall Interactive86.2
Cuphead questions
How much does Cuphead cost in the UK?
Cuphead (Steam UK, standard price): £14.99. Cuphead (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK): £16.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Cuphead free to play?
No. Cuphead is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
Is Cuphead on Game Pass?
No. Cuphead wasn't in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate when we checked on 5 November 2026. Catalogues change every month.
How long is Cuphead?
Main story: about 10.5 hours. Main + extras: about 16 hours. Completionist: about 28 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £14.99, that's £1.43 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Cuphead?
Cuphead is rated PEGI 7.
How many people play Cuphead?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 3,800, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 19,076.
What is Cuphead's all-time Steam peak?
19,076 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Cuphead (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 3,800. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Cuphead dead?
No. Cuphead peaked at 3,236 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 1,791 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 15% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Cuphead player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS4, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Cuphead?
Cuphead is developed by Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc..
Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game drawn in the style of old cartoons, developed and published by Studio MDHR. It first came out in 2017 and has been on Steam since 29 September 2017. It is sold at a one-off price on Steam and the Nintendo eShop, and can be played alone or in two-player co-op. It ranks #68 in our best games of all time ranking.
How it plays
Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game that is built mostly around boss battles. Studio MDHR says its look and sound were made with the same techniques as 1930s cartoons: traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolour backgrounds and original jazz recordings.
The player controls Cuphead or Mugman, either alone or with a second player in local co-op on the same screen. Travelling through a series of strange worlds, the two pick up new weapons, learn powerful super moves and discover hidden secrets, all while trying to pay back their debt to the devil.
On Steam the game has full controller support, cloud saves and achievements. The Steam page also lists shared and split-screen co-op and Remote Play Together, the Steam feature that lets a friend join a local co-op game over the internet.
What it costs
On Steam UK, Cuphead costs £14.99, and on the Nintendo eShop UK the Nintendo Switch version costs £16.99, both at standard price. That makes the Switch version £2 dearer. Steam lists 3 pieces of extra content for the game.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 3,800 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. The all-time peak on Steam is 19,076. Steam doesn't count console players.
Age rating
Cuphead is rated PEGI 7 for violence and fear. pegi.info shows the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and other versions rated on 6 December 2022, and the PlayStation 4 version on 28 July 2020.
How we checked
Prices are the Steam UK and Nintendo eShop UK listings, read on 21 October 2026, at standard price. The player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day, and the rating is from pegi.info. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.'s Cuphead Steam store page. © Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc..
Official links: Steam · nintendo.com
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Cuphead Steam store screenshots (Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Cuphead, published by store.steampowered.com
- Nintendo UK – Cuphead, published by nintendo.com
- PEGI rating – Cuphead, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Cuphead, published by steamcharts.com
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