A hundred years after the end of the world, an alien athletics commission found Earth's feral wildlife and its stubborn survivors, declared the whole planet an Invitational, and started broadcasting. You're at the qualifier. Every match airs on the Galactic Athletics Commission feed, ad breaks and all. The animals are real, the natural history is real, and the hundred years of consequences are the joke. The goose is unchanged. The war changed nothing whatsoever about the goose.
IGDB / 410475
The Cup
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 th Show full summary
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.
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GameplaySurvival
Game modeMultiplayer
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GameplaySurvival
Game modeMultiplayer
GenreCard & Board Game
GenreIndie
GenreStrategy
ThemeAction
ThemeComedy
ThemeScience fiction
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GenreTurn-based strategy (TBS)
ThemeSurvival
Traitanimals
Traitbased on - card game
Traitcreature collector
Traitcreature compendium
Traitdeckbuilder
Traitdice
Traitdice rolls
Traitfree
Traitfree2play
Traitindie developer
Traitmultiplayer
Traitpost-apocalyptic
Traitpvp
Traittabletop
Traitturn-based
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- Standalone
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- Modi
- Battle Royale, Multiplayer, Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Action, Comedy, Science fiction, Survival
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- Web browser Jul 17, 2026
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