Cuphead is a 2017 side-scrolling run and gun video game developed and published by Studio MDHR. The game follows Cuphead a small anthropomorphic cup who in a deal with the Devil after losing a game at the Devil's casino is sent on a quest to repossess the souls of runaway debtors as payment for Cuphead's loss. In the game up to two players control Cuphead and/or his brother Mugman to fight through several levels and boss fights; the game does not have a rigid narrative structure. As the game progresses the protagonist acquires more power and abilities eventually threatening the Devil himself. Players however can only equip a limited number of these abilities at a given time.