Characters are what the player controls to move around in a stage . Each character starts with its own unique weapon(s) and passive bonus.

There are currently 57 official playable characters, 16 of which are secret characters, and 16 of which being DLC characters. All non-secret characters need to be purchased using gold , increased by 10% additively per characters purchased, with the exception of Antonio , being the first basic character a new player uses, and Queen Sigma , who requires an achievement but costs 0 gold to purchase. Some of these characters require an achievement to unlock for purchase.