Cuphead
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How do players who really played Cuphead rate it? TrueGG Rating 96.1%

Release date: Sep 29, 2017 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours
  • Players who care about visuals and music

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
96.1%
± 0.1 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 10,985 reviews

TrueGG, all time
97.5%
Steam overall
96.1%
Japanese, all time
97.5%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 6.2% of all reviews. Their positive share is 85.6%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h69%3241–2 h79%2902–5 h94%2,6125–10 h93%3,12210–20 h95%4,08020–50 h96%4,55750–100 h97%1,579100–200 h97%532200+ h98%237Positive share by playtime0–1 h32469%1–2 h29079%2–5 h2,61294%5–10 h3,12293%10–20 h4,08095%20–50 h4,55796%50–100 h1,57997%100–200 h53297%200+ h23798%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h68.5%—324
1–2 h79.3%100.0%290
2–5 h93.8%100.0%2,612
5–10 h93.3%75.0%3,122
10–20 h95.2%100.0%4,080
20–50 h96.2%100.0%4,557
50–100 h97.2%100.0%1,579
100–200 h97.2%—532
200+ h98.3%—237

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 35% had 20+ hours and 4% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Cuphead has a TrueGG Rating of 96.1%: the positive share among 10,985 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 96.1%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 97.5%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 6% of the total, with 86% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Positive reviews praise how fun it feels, 難易度, and graphics and music.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 97.5%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (96.1% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

− Most mentioned complaints

No standout topics

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel26% of positive reviews (11% of negative)
  • Difficulty21% of positive reviews (12% of negative)
  • Graphics & music14% of positive reviews (7% of negative)
＋ 武器＋ peak＋ 装備＋ アニメ＋ キャラクター＋ レトロ＋ 可愛＋ 挑戦− worst− ass− controller− anything− hate− rather− levels− off

Counted from 329 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating96.1%All time, all languages · 223,129 reviews
Adjusted rating96.1%Weighted by trust (95% range 95.9%–96.2%), −0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews93.7%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−2.5pt vs overall) · 458 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review5%14%
Very short text40%34%
Key activated outside Steam10%12%
Received for free2%2%
Owns very few games24%13%
Over 100 reviews written2%1%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.740.76

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 16.1 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 5,000 10k 2017-09: +2,361 / −51 2017-10: +9,591 / −385 2017-11: +7,557 / −116 2017-12: +2,339 / −145 2018-01: +1,639 / −128 2018-02: +738 / −46 2018-03: +579 / −33 2018-04: +469 / −21 2018-05: +405 / −24 2018-06: +573 / −54 2018-07: +529 / −27 2018-08: +410 / −33 2018-09: +241 / −28 2018-10: +338 / −21 2018-11: +1,826 / −30 2018-12: +388 / −25 2019-01: +365 / −26 2019-02: +350 / −18 2019-03: +255 / −19 2019-04: +374 / −24 2019-05: +298 / −23 2019-06: +1,029 / −29 2019-07: +1,081 / −29 2019-08: +227 / −15 2019-09: +212 / −16 2019-10: +412 / −23 2019-11: +2,231 / −46 2019-12: +1,986 / −58 2020-01: +1,634 / −54 2020-02: +1,273 / −24 2020-03: +1,271 / −34 2020-04: +1,256 / −34 2020-05: +1,233 / −38 2020-06: +1,379 / −44 2020-07: +1,844 / −79 2020-08: +1,347 / −35 2020-09: +1,055 / −38 2020-10: +927 / −34 2020-11: +1,513 / −32 2020-12: +1,983 / −78 2021-01: +1,970 / −84 2021-02: +1,502 / −67 2021-03: +1,223 / −61 2021-04: +1,114 / −43 2021-05: +1,150 / −52 2021-06: +1,355 / −63 2021-07: +1,654 / −64 2021-08: +1,198 / −62 2021-09: +1,129 / −43 2021-10: +1,082 / −56 2021-11: +1,420 / −52 2021-12: +2,050 / −77 2022-01: +2,345 / −127 2022-02: +2,855 / −91 2022-03: +4,513 / −178 2022-04: +2,950 / −89 2022-05: +1,823 / −85 2022-06: +2,603 / −93 2022-07: +9,231 / −303 2022-08: +4,043 / −167 2022-09: +2,133 / −90 2022-10: +1,951 / −89 2022-11: +2,724 / −84 2022-12: +2,334 / −126 2023-01: +2,540 / −99 2023-02: +1,896 / −99 2023-03: +1,989 / −102 2023-04: +1,623 / −87 2023-05: +1,556 / −87 2023-06: +1,800 / −95 2023-07: +2,839 / −160 2023-08: +1,913 / −90 2023-09: +1,739 / −88 2023-10: +1,614 / −79 2023-11: +2,211 / −92 2023-12: +2,165 / −100 2024-01: +2,508 / −122 2024-02: +1,651 / −98 2024-03: +1,874 / −107 2024-04: +1,533 / −117 2024-05: +1,463 / −78 2024-06: +2,490 / −149 2024-07: +2,988 / −169 2024-08: +2,225 / −133 2024-09: +1,593 / −95 2024-10: +1,427 / −81 2024-11: +1,477 / −78 2024-12: +2,439 / −147 2025-01: +2,383 / −104 2025-02: +1,746 / −93 2025-03: +2,326 / −129 2025-04: +1,710 / −85 2025-05: +3,198 / −184 2025-06: +2,193 / −137 2025-07: +2,921 / −157 2025-08: +1,768 / −81 2025-09: +1,600 / −97 2025-10: +1,971 / −127 2025-11: +1,563 / −89 2025-12: +2,300 / −142 2026-01: +2,713 / −128 2026-02: +1,899 / −97 2026-03: +2,068 / −113 2026-04: +1,730 / −110 2026-05: +1,839 / −95 2026-06: +4,172 / −272 2026-07: +3,652 / −232 2026-08: +2,358 / −152 2026-09: +1,560 / −87 2026-10: +1,134 / −77 2017/092018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 95.6% 2017-09: 97.9%2017-10: 96.1%2017-11: 98.5%2017-12: 94.2%2018-01: 92.8%2018-02: 94.1%2018-03: 94.6%2018-04: 95.7%2018-05: 94.4%2018-06: 91.4%2018-07: 95.1%2018-08: 92.6%2018-09: 89.6%2018-10: 94.2%2018-11: 98.4%2018-12: 93.9%2019-01: 93.4%2019-02: 95.1%2019-03: 93.1%2019-04: 94.0%2019-05: 92.8%2019-06: 97.3%2019-07: 97.4%2019-08: 93.8%2019-09: 93.0%2019-10: 94.7%2019-11: 98.0%2019-12: 97.2%2020-01: 96.8%2020-02: 98.1%2020-03: 97.4%2020-04: 97.4%2020-05: 97.0%2020-06: 96.9%2020-07: 95.9%2020-08: 97.5%2020-09: 96.5%2020-10: 96.5%2020-11: 97.9%2020-12: 96.2%2021-01: 95.9%2021-02: 95.7%2021-03: 95.2%2021-04: 96.3%2021-05: 95.7%2021-06: 95.6%2021-07: 96.3%2021-08: 95.1%2021-09: 96.3%2021-10: 95.1%2021-11: 96.5%2021-12: 96.4%2022-01: 94.9%2022-02: 96.9%2022-03: 96.2%2022-04: 97.1%2022-05: 95.5%2022-06: 96.6%2022-07: 96.8%2022-08: 96.0%2022-09: 96.0%2022-10: 95.6%2022-11: 97.0%2022-12: 94.9%2023-01: 96.2%2023-02: 95.0%2023-03: 95.1%2023-04: 94.9%2023-05: 94.7%2023-06: 95.0%2023-07: 94.7%2023-08: 95.5%2023-09: 95.2%2023-10: 95.3%2023-11: 96.0%2023-12: 95.6%2024-01: 95.4%2024-02: 94.4%2024-03: 94.6%2024-04: 92.9%2024-05: 94.9%2024-06: 94.4%2024-07: 94.6%2024-08: 94.4%2024-09: 94.4%2024-10: 94.6%2024-11: 95.0%2024-12: 94.3%2025-01: 95.8%2025-02: 94.9%2025-03: 94.7%2025-04: 95.3%2025-05: 94.6%2025-06: 94.1%2025-07: 94.9%2025-08: 95.6%2025-09: 94.3%2025-10: 93.9%2025-11: 94.6%2025-12: 94.2%2026-01: 95.5%2026-02: 95.1%2026-03: 94.8%2026-04: 94.0%2026-05: 95.1%2026-06: 93.9%2026-07: 94.0%2026-08: 93.9%2026-09: 94.7%2026-10: 93.6% 2017/092018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 50 100 2026-09-19: +65 / −3 2026-09-20: +63 / −4 2026-09-21: +40 / −4 2026-09-22: +40 / −2 2026-09-23: +38 / −4 2026-09-24: +48 / −7 2026-09-25: +48 / −1 2026-09-26: +57 / −3 2026-09-27: +51 / −7 2026-09-28: +61 / −1 2026-09-29: +38 / −3 2026-09-30: +35 / −1 2026-10-01: +29 / −2 2026-10-02: +47 / −8 2026-10-03: +83 / −7 2026-10-04: +84 / −7 2026-10-05: +66 / −5 2026-10-06: +90 / −5 2026-10-07: +72 / −3 2026-10-08: +70 / −3 2026-10-09: +77 / −4 2026-10-10: +76 / −7 2026-10-11: +61 / −3 2026-10-12: +54 / −4 2026-10-13: +56 / −2 2026-10-14: +49 / −4 2026-10-15: +35 / −4 2026-10-16: +55 / −2 2026-10-17: +62 / −5 2026-10-18: +68 / −2 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2017-092,3615197.9%
2017-109,59138596.1%
2017-117,55711698.5%
2017-122,33914594.2%
2018-011,63912892.8%
2018-027384694.1%
2018-035793394.6%
2018-044692195.7%
2018-054052494.4%
2018-065735491.4%
2018-075292795.1%
2018-084103392.6%
2018-092412889.6%
2018-103382194.2%
2018-111,8263098.4%
2018-123882593.9%
2019-013652693.4%
2019-023501895.1%
2019-032551993.1%
2019-043742494.0%
2019-052982392.8%
2019-061,0292997.3%
2019-071,0812997.4%
2019-082271593.8%
2019-092121693.0%
2019-104122394.7%
2019-112,2314698.0%
2019-121,9865897.2%
2020-011,6345496.8%
2020-021,2732498.1%
2020-031,2713497.4%
2020-041,2563497.4%
2020-051,2333897.0%
2020-061,3794496.9%
2020-071,8447995.9%
2020-081,3473597.5%
2020-091,0553896.5%
2020-109273496.5%
2020-111,5133297.9%
2020-121,9837896.2%
2021-011,9708495.9%
2021-021,5026795.7%
2021-031,2236195.2%
2021-041,1144396.3%
2021-051,1505295.7%
2021-061,3556395.6%
2021-071,6546496.3%
2021-081,1986295.1%
2021-091,1294396.3%
2021-101,0825695.1%
2021-111,4205296.5%
2021-122,0507796.4%
2022-012,34512794.9%
2022-022,8559196.9%
2022-034,51317896.2%
2022-042,9508997.1%
2022-051,8238595.5%
2022-062,6039396.6%
2022-079,23130396.8%
2022-084,04316796.0%
2022-092,1339096.0%
2022-101,9518995.6%
2022-112,7248497.0%
2022-122,33412694.9%
2023-012,5409996.2%
2023-021,8969995.0%
2023-031,98910295.1%
2023-041,6238794.9%
2023-051,5568794.7%
2023-061,8009595.0%
2023-072,83916094.7%
2023-081,9139095.5%
2023-091,7398895.2%
2023-101,6147995.3%
2023-112,2119296.0%
2023-122,16510095.6%
2024-012,50812295.4%
2024-021,6519894.4%
2024-031,87410794.6%
2024-041,53311792.9%
2024-051,4637894.9%
2024-062,49014994.4%
2024-072,98816994.6%
2024-082,22513394.4%
2024-091,5939594.4%
2024-101,4278194.6%
2024-111,4777895.0%
2024-122,43914794.3%
2025-012,38310495.8%
2025-021,7469394.9%
2025-032,32612994.7%
2025-041,7108595.3%
2025-053,19818494.6%
2025-062,19313794.1%
2025-072,92115794.9%
2025-081,7688195.6%
2025-091,6009794.3%
2025-101,97112793.9%
2025-111,5638994.6%
2025-122,30014294.2%
2026-012,71312895.5%
2026-021,8999795.1%
2026-032,06811394.8%
2026-041,73011094.0%
2026-051,8399595.1%
2026-064,17227293.9%
2026-073,65223294.0%
2026-082,35815293.9%
2026-091,5608794.7%
2026-101,1347793.6%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19653
2026-09-20634
2026-09-21404
2026-09-22402
2026-09-23384
2026-09-24487
2026-09-25481
2026-09-26573
2026-09-27517
2026-09-28611
2026-09-29383
2026-09-30351
2026-10-01292
2026-10-02478
2026-10-03837
2026-10-04847
2026-10-05665
2026-10-06905
2026-10-07723
2026-10-08703
2026-10-09774
2026-10-10767
2026-10-11613
2026-10-12544
2026-10-13562
2026-10-14494
2026-10-15354
2026-10-16552
2026-10-17625
2026-10-18682
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days93.7%2,025
Last 180 days94.5%17,289
All time96.1%223,129
Japanese, last 180 days95.7%23
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