The Cup

The Cup

2026

How you play it

2-128 players online

Online co-op · up to 128

What it does best

  • strategy

  • turn-based strategy (tbs)

  • card & board game

  • science fiction

Look

Peek inside

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The setup

What you are walking into

The Cup is a free 1v1 creature card battler that runs in your browser. Field a survivor and a line of three creatures, every contestant is a mutated version of a real North American animal, entered under its true natural history - then play cards, roll dice, and hold the center. Variance is a choice: every creature is tagged safe, swingy, or jackpot, so the gamble is always one you opted into and everyone watches the die land. No skip button - the animations are the interface. Play live 1v1 by invite link, run single-elimination Gauntlets with medals, or fight the House. Currently in open early access.

Where it lives

Web browser

Genre

StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)IndieCard & Board Game

Vibe

ActionScience fictionSurvivalComedy
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