The 10 best Cuphead bosses, ranked

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Between the base game and its DLC, Cuphead has about 40 bosses for you to face. The game’s beautiful art style can be deceptive, as the cutesy look is laid over challenging fights that play out across multiple stages. We’ve gathered the 10 best Cuphead bosses in the game, and you’ll find them ranked below, counting up to our favorite.

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Esther is the only new boss from The Delicious Last Course to make this list, but she’s more than earned her place. Her shoot ’em up-style fight moves through some truly creative phases. Cuphead is full of creative imagery of course, but the progress of cow to sausage link in a can is something extra special.

As the first boss fight that most players will encounter, the Root Pack absolutely deserves a spot on this list. Some Cuphead fights pit you against a single, evolving target, but the Root Pack consists of three different veggie villains: Sal Spudder the potato, Olli Bulb the onion, and Chauncey Chantenay the carrot. It’s a great introduction to the unpredictable evolution of the game’s boss battles.

Similarly, Hilda Berg is the first shoot ’em up boss in the game. A play on the real-life Hindenburg blimp, she begins the fight by wheeling through the night sky in her unicycle form. After this, she’ll transform into a constellation before assuming her ultimate form: a massive, menacing moon crescent. Developer Studio MDHR pulled all sorts of threats out of the sky for this one: blimps, stars, moons, and even UFOs.

There’s one more shoot ’em up boss on this list, and it’s the genie Djimmi the Great. Djimmi’s fight moves through some