


Games, aside from the mostly static point-and-click adventures or visual novels that take on a cartoonish style, that make the effort not just to call upon other works as inspiration, but attempt to replicate their 2D stylings in action too. (In fact, it's not even the only one to be heavily influenced by Fleischer Studios, as the Steam Greenlight project Fleish & Cherry in Crazy Hotel shows.) Below are ten games that have all been inspired by cartoons, animated films, and more. Nonetheless, Cuphead isn't the only game to be directly inspired by animation, or to look like it either. Its art direction, focused on emulating the 1930s cartoons of Fleischer Studios, looks like no other game around. Cuphead's weathered a lot during its times of press demos, public demos, and intriguing trailers. It's been teased for a long while, with delays, a new chunk of game added (formerly just a boss rush, now with platforming), and more. Studio MDHR's visually arresting run-and-gun game Cuphead has been in development for seven years, since 2010.
