Cuphead has gone platinum with over 1 million units sold

Studio MDHR:

Hello friends! Cuphead has only been out for two weeks and we never could have dreamed of the reception we’ve received from our amazing fans! Today, we wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for your support and we’re excited to share that Cuphead has gone platinum with over 1 million units sold!

[Genuine-User]

Congrats to Studio MDHR :D

[lxeasy]

Well deserved

[nix]

Truly. 👌

[uptownsoul]

Congrats to CupHead & Studio MDHR

And I'm happy that nobody is using the ridiculous metric of comparing the total software sales to the install base/total potential buyers. This is truly a great mark for this game

[Dirtnapstor]

Agreed. The game looks so awesome. It’s gems like this that I wished I kept my Xbone.

[kneon]

@Dirtnapstor

It's on PC so you don't need an Xb1 to play it

[4Sh0w]

Daaayyum, well deserved. It only took me 5 minutes into my first playthrough to know that I would love and hate this game...mostly love it, I think.

[choujij]

Agreed. Always nice to see a great game do well.

[UCForce]

They are, my friend.

[UCForce]

Glad to hear that. These guys deserve a credit.

[Xerneas]

BOOYAH!!!!!

This is amazing, especially for a game that had little to no marketing.

[lxeasy]

The game was at multiple E3's it had way more marketing than most indie games ever get

[TheMuffDiver]

I cant even remember an indie game that got as much marketing as cup head.

[jagermaster619]

No man's sky

[slavish0]

No mans sky

[shiva1]

Bro 'No Man's Sky' blows the record to sky on marketing for any indie to date.

[Cobra951]

It got lots of exposure, mostly because of its unique art style and presentation. Well-deserved success, even if I'm not good enough to play through it.

[PlayableGamez-]

I am pretty sure the marketing was pretty good.

[gangsta_red]

Nice...good to see this game was saved.

[Gazondaily]

Yup. Congrats to the devs and MS.

[foxdie2014]

And steam and windows 10 most likely where it sold the most

[mark_parch]

foxdie2014 what does it matter where it sold best? i didn't think anybody used w10 store or at least that's what it sounds like when everyone's bashing it so most likely around 500k on steam and 500k either way great news

[Ricegum]

I got it on steam Septic. Where does MS come into that? Congrats Valve I suppose? Just congratulate the developers and move on.

Come on man.

[Kribwalker]

septic and red agreeing with each other? must be the same persons 😂

@unreal
MS invested in the project so i’m pretty certain they will see returns on all says

[Godmars290]

@mark_parch:
"what does it matter where it sold best?"

Market viability of a platform when that platform exists for a specific purpose. Like playing games.

[Kribwalker]

great game, glad to see them doing well with it

[gangsta_red]

They need to start working on a part 2 and stat.

[Genuine-User]

What they need is healthy break. The brothers must have worked tirelessly to get this done.

[gangsta_red]

Start on a part 2 and then a break.

[BadElf]

True. And hopefully MS will support them with more resources this time around

[Genuine-User]

That's just childish. MDHR spent 5 years on Cuphead, the brothers deserve a good break before venturing on their next project.

[gangsta_red]

@genuine

You're childish! MDHR needs to get back on their Tandy 500 and pump out a sequel and on the double. They can rest when their dead. It's only fair.

@Badelf
Yes, MS should definitely do that for their next round.

[AspiringProGenji]

Congrats developers. It is a great game indeed

[Neonridr]

great feat. Congrats MDHR.

[FallenAngel1984]

Remortgaging their houses for this game was worth it

[KickSpinFilter]

Remortgaging!!!!????!!!! Buy outright!

[christocolus]

Nice. It was released 2weeks ago. Congrats to the devs. Very well deserved.

[PrinceOfAnger]

Fun game

[PhoenixUp]

All that hard work and delays paid off.

I wonder if they made a deal with the devil to make this happen

[2cents]

Well... MS did invest. lol

[Gazondaily]

Lol 🤣

[Atticus_finch]

Basically Satan.

[-Foxtrot]

Collectors Edition please

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I just bought it on xbox 2 days ago and I love it!

[corroios]

Huge PC support. Amazing deal

[Last_Boss]

Good stuff!!

[2cents]

Much deserved success!

[DaGreatOne]

I really underestimated this game. Glad to see my initial feelings were wrong about it.

[skycaptin5]

Fantastic, would love to see more hand drawn art games like this!

[DivineAssault]

Nice.. You xbox fans got a good one this time.. TBH im a little jelly

[Jinger]

PC specs are pretty forgiving if you have a 7 year old gaming rig. If not definitely find a friend with an Xbox

[lukferr]

My Grandma could play this on her PC if she wanted lol If you're 'jelly' just buy it on STEAM. It has a perfect rating. The Game is amazing. Totally worth it.

[iDadio]

Why miss out when a laptop could play it :) sick game, died 23 times by time I got to the second island (the lake tells you), my mate is almost over 150 haha

[XStation4pio_Pro]

congrats. its awesome and beautiful.... and hard as shit.

[Cobra951]

Congratulations! That means your sales would have been at least 1,000,001 if the game had a less torturous difficulty level available.

[Jinger]

It has an easy mode broski

[zugdar]

Glad it paid off for them. Making a game like this is a huge risk. June E3 interviews talk about them leaving jobs, second mortgages and tons of other life affecting risks. Despite what people may think of the game (which I love) its good to see people's efforts get rewarded.

[TheColbertinator]

Nice work. Such a unique game with charm and humor. No microtransactions,GOG support and online barebones modes.

Respect.

[Razzer]

Nice! A million sold is quite an accomplishment

[DigitalCentralMedia]

Well deserved. A great game

[oSHINSAo]

1 Million 1, about to get mine

[Tedakin]

GOTY

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Great job!!!!!!

Studio MDHR and MICROSOFT

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

Congratulations to the developer team.

[Christopher]

Amazing job on the game and well deserved numbers.

[Kavorklestein]

Well said!

[optimus]

I hope this becomes a trend. Not the return of platform shooters but the fact that a high profile game gets released at $20...I think that price factors in them selling a million units and hopefully other publishers will take that into account and release more games at that price.

[lukferr]

Great job. Well deserved to this developer. Game is amazing.

[opinionated]

I’m glad it worked out for them.

[Father__Merrin]

Got lots of exposure and due to popularity on YouTube twitch mixer etc many people just wanted to have a go it's a budget title 14.99 so it's worth a pop.

I didn't like it anyhow but congrats to the developer

[LandoCalrissiano]

I heard on a podcast (ign unlocked I think) that this game was hand drawn and that a typical boss could have between 1300 and 1500 frames of animation.

[ASBO-5]

I'll buy it as soon as they do the right thing and put it where it belongs, the PS4

[Kiwi66]

So you hear people say Xbox needs exclusives or games in general but when it gets them like Cuphead ps fans want them on PS4 as though Xbox shouldn't have any games, talk about hypocrisy

[lukferr]

But Cuphead is NOT an exclusive. It's on PC. You can get it on STEAM.

[Kiwi66]

@lukferr so it's a console exclusive but my point is still valid regardless

[jobboy]

time to port it to ps4 now! and get millions more units sold!!

[slavish0]

Just like titan fall 2

[DEEHULK88]

Why would they need to port it on ps4 when the pc installed base is much bigger. Xbox and pc is the only thing it will be on. It is a lifetime exclusive according to the studio, so GET OVER IT.

[goldwyncq]

Only if they make the new God of War available on Xbox One X too ;)

[Atticus_finch]

That's pretty good for a new IP. The art style looks really cool but the difficulty turns me off. Once the game is cheaper I will give it a try.

[timotim]

Congrats to the devs and everyone who invested in this game. It's amazing, and they deserve all the praise they get.

[Thomaticus]

Lets get that physical release, and the PS4 version. Money is no longer an issue.

[masterfox]

Great job!, is an awesome game!

[Automatic79]

Congratulations studio MDHR and team Xbox for bringing this beautiful and difficult gem. Just finished playing. Needed a break some boss battles are insane.

[Shineon]

Wow I didnt know most people game on PC.I thought for sure most gamers gamed on Xbox and Playstation in the USA of course

[Einhander1971]

Good to see great games being recognised, that aren't your usual FPS, open world, TPS games.

[Oninioh]

Easily well deserved. This game was phenomenal!

[Dirty_Lemons]

Great news for a talented developer! They've made it playable to anyone with even the most basic, potato computer like my own; it has such a great art style; and gameplay that is equal parts challenging and creative.

[subtenko]

nice, i like the art style

[Valkron1]

Great game!!!! Best f the year so far. Mario Oddessey should win at this point

[The_Jackel]

Nice congrats to the dev! I bought this on PC would like the actual sale numbers to know the diffenece between pc and xbox sales. But xbox part doesnt do that not that it makes the game any different if it sells more.

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sold more on PC...625k for STEAM according to steamspy and maybe GOG sold around 200-300k
http://steamspy.com/app/268...

[PCgamer98]

Well deserved. Looks like a lot of love was given in making this game and can't wait for the sequel.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

If they release it physically this number should go up by a lot. Same with Sonic Mania, some are holding out just in case.

[Good-Smurf]

I think my dad's Laptop can run this game if so then I'll be getting it on Steam very soon.
See if my dad's laptop can run it:
Win 7
Intel Core i5 2.50 GHz
4 GB RAM
Geforce GT 640 M
Congrats Studio MDHR and that Cuphead pose reminds me too much of Mickey Mouse.

[Good-Smurf]

Physical version would nice too,since I'm really digging the art style.

[OffRoadKing]

Thanks to Steam.

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

They definitely deserved it. These guys put their hearts into this game and put their livelihoods on the line as well. I'm a proud supporter of these guys and this game.

When I beat the game I seriously wanted more. I honestly cannot remember the last time I ever craved more from a game and Im a hardcore gamers as well so I have played every genre under the sun.

A game is supposed to make you want more and very few games do that nowadays. No other games has made me feel like this since Bloodborne. I hope to see more from these guys!

[ninsigma]

I'm glad it's doing extremely well. It's very unique and the devs risked a lot to make it happen. Well done to them.

[ziggurcat]

great game, it deserves all of the success it gets.

[BioShockGX]

I wonder how many pirated it

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sold more on PC

[Chexs1990]

Gz to the devs, just started playing and it's great fun

[Fgfttfgff]

It's pretty easy to hit that milestone when that's the only "exclusive" game shining on xbox

[andrewsquall]

And I will most certainly adding to that when its 3 or 4 quid in a GOG sale :)

[WickedLester]

Congratulations to the developers! Cuphead is truly a special game! Too bad it's on the wrong console. ;-P

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SOLD MORE ON PC..about 625k for STEAM according to steamspy and maybe GOG sold around 100-200k
http://steamspy.com/app/268...

[Xenophon_York]

On this article about Cuphead selling a million copies I wrote a post. Literally, I relayed a sincere congratulations and stated that if it were released as a multi-platform it could have sold maybe five million copies.

My post was down-voted ten-to-one, and somehow even marked "inappropriate."

Any able to offer insight? Microsoft counter/defense marketing maybe? Misunderstood original post?

I'm dumbfounded.

[Lennoxb63]

You might not frequent N4G, but let me brief you. There's constant talk about Xbox not having games. So you giving a "what if" situation of it being multiplat may be a slap in the face of Xbox gamers. It's kinda like saying Xbox can't have good games and any good games that do come to the platform should go to others. While other platforms get to keep theirs.

[Xenophon_York]

That's the element of this situation I've not been able to justify. Been posting to N4G for a couple of years and I've debated much more seemingly sensitive subjects regarding XBOX One. Maybe you are correct and there is an exposed main nerve when it comes to XBOX One exclusives being claimed by stated system supporters. Just kind of odd that PS4 and Switch gamers can't articulate a desire for a good game, though. ☕🙂

[Miacosa]

Cool, if it was playable by everyone it would probably be double that.

[Donjune]

@Butchertroll, suck a dick!

[no_more_heroes]

Tough, but fair is how I'd describe it. The controls are damn near perfect, so it's completely up to how skillfully I combine them whether I succeed or not.

[BenRC01]

A starving child will eat any old sh**