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Games like Cuphead

Enjoyed Cuphead? Here are 6 games that play in a similar way – such as METAL SLUG 3, Broforce, Metal Slug XX. Each shows the cheapest key price from the stores we compare.

About Cuphead: Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game with a strong focus on boss battles. Its visuals and audio draw on 1930s cartoons and were created with that era's techniques: traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuphead or Mugman, alone or in local co-op, as they travel through strange worlds, collecting new weapons, learning powerful super moves, and hunting for hidden secrets while working to pay off a debt to the devil.

Updated 12 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC · similar games are picked by AI from our catalogue based on game content (play style, setting, co-op) · descriptions based on official publisher information on Steam

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METAL SLUG 3

METAL SLUG 3 is a 2D run & gun action shooter that belongs to SNK’s series. It features intricate dot-pixel graphics and simple, intuitive controls. Players move through five large stages with multiple branching paths and fight gigantic boss characters. Besides the main arcade mode, there is stage selection for unlocked missions, which can be played alone or with a companion, online co-op with friends via Steam, settings for display, controls and language, a gallery of unlocked illustrations, and leaderboards showing rank and score.

Broforce

Broforce is an action side-scroller in the run ‘n’ gun style, where you command an under-funded yet overpowered paramilitary organization that relies exclusively on excessive force. Play alone or with up to four players in cooperative mode, or face your fellow bros in several competitive modes. Dozens of bros each carry unique weapons and special attacks, and destructible terrain produces chain reactions of fire, napalm and flying limbs. The game also includes a level editor for creating and sharing custom levels online, plus Explosion Run time-attack levels set on exploding terrain.

Metal Slug XX

METAL SLUG XX is the newest entry in the classic 2D run-and-gun action series from SNK. Players fight through seven missions, meet charismatic characters and Slug vehicles, and look for hidden routes that add replayability. On Steam the game arrives with 1080p graphics and 4k support, and Leona Heidern is now playable free from the start; the roster also includes Marco Rossi, Tarma Roving, Eri Kasamoto, Fio Germi, Ralf Jones and Clark Still. Combat School returns with over 70 mini games set by an instructor, promotions up to the Super Devil rank that come with an assisting satellite, 34 achievements and local co-op.

Guns, Gore and Cannoli

Guns, Gore & Cannoli is a fast-paced action platformer with hand-drawn 2D graphics, set against the Prohibition era of the 1920s. The player becomes Vinnie Cannoli of a mob family and blasts a path through the fictional city of Thugtown, running into rival gangsters and an army bent on covering things up as well as the undead. Along the way the search for a lost pal leads into the dark story behind the zombie outbreak, conspiracy and betrayal. Up to four players can team up in local co-op.

Bleed 2

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game in which the player takes on an invading force of villains as the hero Wryn. Players shoot, dodge in the air, reflect bullets and slow time all at once across seven levels containing more than 25 boss fights. Arcade mode runs on a single life with a leaderboard, while Endless mode offers randomly generated levels and daily challenges. The game includes four difficulty levels, unlockable weapons, characters and abilities, and two-player local co-op in all modes, which requires at least one gamepad.

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a cinematic platform adventure with a solo campaign and a two-player co-op campaign. As Hardboiled Chicken you annihilate an evil penguin regime: you set out to assassinate the totalitarian penguin leader, fight with a variety of weapons and uncover the secrets of his past along with the real enemies of Albatropolis. In co-op you play a pair of Budgie commandos tasked with saving the general's daughter. It includes 15 solo campaign chapters and 10 co-op chapters with six Budgie characters, unlockable cut-scenes, music videos and exclusive tracks from indie rock band New World Revolution.