Can I Run Cuphead on My PC / Laptop?

Studio MDHR lists a Core2 Duo E8400 or Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor, a Geforce 9600 GT or AMD HD 3870 512MB card, 3 GB of RAM, DirectX 11, and 4 GB of storage, running on 64-bit Windows 10 or newer.

There isn't an official recommended tier here, only a minimum, since the game already runs at a smooth 60fps on that floor. A commonly cited comfortable target is a Core i3-2100 or FX-6300, a GTX 660 or Radeon HD 7870 2GB, and 4 GB of RAM, well beyond what this game actually needs.

It is, and it's the exact official minimum. Below 3 GB you'll want to upgrade, but 4 GB or more gives you plenty of headroom to keep a browser or Discord running alongside it.

4 GB covers the base game on its own. Adding The Delicious Last Course DLC brings the total to roughly 6 GB, and none of it needs to sit on an SSD since load times are already short on a mechanical drive.

DirectX 11 is what it runs on, a version supported by essentially any graphics card from the last fifteen years, integrated chips included.

Both the base game and The Delicious Last Course DLC need a 64-bit processor and OS, and this has held true since launch. Modern hardware has nothing to worry about here.

Cuphead's own requirements are not the obstacle; Steam's client support is. Steam cut off versions older than Windows 10 at the start of 2024, so a machine still on Windows 7 or 8.1 may struggle to even get Steam running, let alone the game itself.

Counterintuitively, switch V-Sync ON in the in-game options. Leaving it off is what caps you at 60fps by default, while turning it on lets a fast monitor push well past that. Expect to flip the toggle again after every relaunch, since it resets to on each time.

By design, the hand-drawn characters animate at roughly 24 frames a second regardless of your overall frame rate. Uncapping fps improves camera smoothness and input response, but the sprites themselves stay at that fixed animation speed. Nothing is malfunctioning here.

Roughly the same as the base game: a 64-bit system, about 4 GB of RAM, and around 2 GB of extra storage on top. Owning the base game is a prerequisite for playing it.

It doesn't. This is a small, simple game that loads in seconds even from a mechanical hard drive, so an SSD won't change your experience in any noticeable way.

Not at all. Somewhere between 512MB and 1GB of graphics memory covers it, and every card sold in the last decade has well more than that. VRAM simply isn't a bottleneck for this game.

Neither, and neither is needed. This is a flat 2D game with no 3D lighting to trace and nothing taxing enough to call for upscaling.

Rarely. The requirements are old enough that nearly any driver released in recent years already supports them. If a crash or visual glitch does show up, a driver update is still the first thing worth trying.

Yes, with room to spare. Cuphead recommends less than the RTX 3050 offers, so expect smooth 1080p high and a playable 1440p. Far more than this game needs. Default 60fps cap, higher with V-Sync enabled.

Yes, comfortably. The GTX 1650 sits at or above Cuphead's recommended card, so 1080p on high is smooth and 1440p is well within reach. No trouble at all. Sits at the default 60fps cap unless you flip V-Sync on for higher numbers.

Yes. The GTX 1060 6GB has headroom over Cuphead's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want. Complete overkill for this game. Locked at 60fps by default, 200 or more with V-Sync on.

Yes. The RX 580 has headroom over Cuphead's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want. Handles Cuphead without any effort, same as any card from this era or newer.

Yes, comfortably. The RTX 4060 sits at or above Cuphead's recommended card, so 1080p on high is smooth and 1440p is well within reach. You will never see this card work hard on Cuphead. Default 60fps cap, 300 or more with V-Sync on.

Yes. The RTX 3060 has headroom over Cuphead's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want. Massive headroom. Default 60fps cap, 300 or more with V-Sync on for a fast monitor.

Yes. The RTX 2060 has headroom over Cuphead's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want.

Yes, comfortably. The GTX 1660 sits at or above Cuphead's recommended card, so 1080p on high is smooth and 1440p is well within reach.

Yes, comfortably. The GTX 1660 Super sits at or above Cuphead's recommended card, so 1080p on high is smooth and 1440p is well within reach.

Yes. The RX 6600 has headroom over Cuphead's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want. No performance concerns whatsoever. Default 60fps cap, higher with V-Sync on.

Yes, comfortably. The GTX 1660 Ti sits at or above Cuphead's recommended card, so 1080p on high is smooth and 1440p is well within reach.

Yes. The RTX 3060 Ti has headroom over Cuphead's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want.

Yes, comfortably. The RTX 4050 sits at or above Cuphead's recommended card, so 1080p on high is smooth and 1440p is well within reach.

The GTX 1050 Ti is a strong fit for Cuphead. It lands at or above the recommended spec, so high 1080p is comfortable and 1440p works. Comfortably holds 60fps and pushes well past it with V-Sync turned on for a high refresh monitor.

Yes. The RTX 4070 has headroom over Cuphead's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want. Total overkill. Cuphead's frame rate here is set by the V-Sync option, not the card.

Yes, and there is a real official build behind it. Cuphead ships as an Intel binary on Mac through Steam and GOG, and it runs through Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon without trouble given how light the game is. It is not on the Mac App Store, so Steam or GOG is where to buy it.

Only by streaming it, since Chromebooks cannot run Windows games directly. GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming both carry Cuphead and will stream it over the internet to a Chromebook.

Without any trouble. Cuphead holds a full Steam Deck Verified badge, meaning it just works out of the box, and the more powerful ROG Ally and Legion Go handle it with the same ease.

Yes, on virtually any dedicated card. Since this is a 2D game, resolution has little effect on performance, so 4K asks barely more of your hardware than 1080p does.

Without hesitation. Anything that clears the minimum treats 1440p the same as 1080p, since Cuphead's rendering cost doesn't scale meaningfully with resolution.

Just about any PC that meets the minimum spec. 60fps is both the default target and the cap, and it holds steady across hardware going back well over a decade, integrated graphics included.

There's no graphics quality menu to speak of in Cuphead. Low, medium, and ultra presets don't exist here, since the hand-drawn art doesn't scale in complexity the way 3D games do.

More than enough, in fact more than double the official 3GB floor. 8GB leaves ample room to run the game with a browser or Discord open in the background.

For this game specifically, yes. Cuphead is comfortable running in 3 to 4GB. 16GB makes sense for everything else your PC does, but the game itself will never come close to using it.

With room to spare. Even older i3 and Athlon-class chips clear the official minimum, and any i3 or Ryzen 3 from recent generations has plenty of extra headroom on top of that.

Given how undemanding this game is, GPU or CPU horsepower is rarely the cause. Confirm you're on 64-bit Windows 10 or newer since Steam dropped older Windows support in 2024, update your graphics drivers, verify game files through Steam, and double check your V-Sync setting, since it directly controls your frame rate cap.

It does. Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch all target and hold a steady 60fps, Switch's handheld mode included, matching the PC experience.

No official Linux build exists, though you would be hard pressed to notice. Its full Steam Deck Verified badge means it runs flawlessly through Steam Play (Proton) with no settings changes required, and any distro on a recent Proton version handles it without issue.

It plays fine there, carried over from the original Xbox One release through backward compatibility, and it's also on Xbox Cloud Gaming. This page is about the PC version specifically.

Both handle it well. Cuphead reached PS4 in 2019 and runs on PS5 through backward compatibility without issue. This page centers on the PC release.

It is, with a genuinely native port. Switch holds a steady 60fps in both docked and handheld play, at 1080p docked and 720p handheld, the result of real optimization work by Studio MDHR rather than a lazy port.

Comfortably, yes. The official minimum, a Geforce 9600 GT, a Core2 Duo E8400, and 3GB of RAM, is close to two decades old, and it still delivers a full 60fps. Almost nothing sold today falls short of this bar.

You can. GeForce Now, which requires owning the game on Steam, and Xbox Cloud Gaming both carry it, letting you stream to a Chromebook, phone, or aging PC, though given how light Cuphead is, that route is rarely necessary.

No crossplay exists, and there's no online multiplayer to begin with. Co-op stays local on a single device, and saves don't carry between platforms except through Xbox Play Anywhere linking Xbox consoles to the Microsoft Store PC version.