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Dead Cells

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4.6/5

( 264 Reviews )

4.6

264 Reviews

English & 12 more
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Dead Cells
Description
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.    Dead Cells puts you in control of a fail...
Genre:
Action - Adventure - Roguelike
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Indie, Atmospheric, 2D, show 9 more... Pixel Graphics, Platformer, Difficult, Roguelike, Roguelite, Hack and Slash, Procedural Generation, Metroidvania, Souls-like
Critics reviews
95 %
Recommend
PC Gamer
90/100
Eurogamer
Recommended
IGN
9.5/10
User reviews

4.6/5

( 264 Reviews )

4.6

264 Reviews

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Product details
2018, Motion Twin, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, Intel i5+, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better, 500 MB available...
DLCs
Dead Cells: The Bad Seed, Dead Cells: Demake Soundtrack, Dead Cells OST , Dead Cells: Rise of the Gi...
Time to beat
14 hMain
31.5 h Main + Sides
90 h Completionist
21 h All Styles

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Description

Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat. 

 
Dead Cells puts you in control of a failed alchemic experiment trying to figure out what's happening on a sprawling, ever-changing and seemingly cursed Island. Immortal but crippled, your last resort is to take over bodies in order to move, explore… and fight. 

 
While you may well be immortal, the corpses you possess are not. Each time your host is destroyed, you will be sent back to the dungeon to find yourself a new one and start again... 

 
Experience a Roguevania, mixing an interconnected world, branching paths and unlockable skills with the constant adrenaline-pumping threat of permadeath. No checkpoints. You either vanquish the final boss in one go or you try again. However, you keep some of your progress for successive runs new paths you’ve unlocked, access to new levels, mutations, abilities and weapons. 

 
Tough but fair combat, responsive controls, challenging foes, and of course, the emergency panic roll to get you out of trouble make for a visceral and cathartic action game.

Popular achievements
Finally, a moment of rest...
Reach the Black Bridge for the first time.
common  ·  52.89%
Please leave your shoes at the entrance.
Reach the Castle for the first time.
common  ·  37.24%
Tic… Toc…
Reach the Clock Tower for the first time!
common  ·  42.59%
Love the serenity...
Reach the Promenade of the Condemned for the first time.
common  ·  61.75%
Afraid of the dark?
Reach the Forgotten Sepulcher for the first time!
common  ·  36.66%
Smells like burned flesh
Reach the Ossuary for the first time.
common  ·  39.07%
A room with a view!
Reach the Ramparts for the first time.
common  ·  55.68%
What's that funky smell?
Reach the Toxic Sewers for the first time.
common  ·  54.36%
My fish is fresh!
Reach the Stilt Village for the first time.
common  ·  48.46%
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Additional Notes: Galaxy client is required to access Daily Runs and Streaming features

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Time to beat
14 hMain
31.5 h Main + Sides
90 h Completionist
21 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Action - Adventure - Roguelike
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Indie, Atmospheric, 2D, show 9 more... Pixel Graphics, Platformer, Difficult, Roguelike, Roguelite, Hack and Slash, Procedural Generation, Metroidvania, Souls-like
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.11+)
Release date:
{{'2018-08-06T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Motion Twin / Motion Twin
Size:
1.9 GB
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DLCs
Dead Cells: The Bad Seed
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Dead Cells: Demake Soundtrack
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Dead Cells OST
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Dead Cells: Rise of the Giant
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Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania
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Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea
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Dead Cells: Fatal Falls
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Critics reviews
89
Top Critic Average
95 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
PC Gamerby Chris Thursten
90/100
A stellar action platformer with gorgeous presentation and excellent combat. Punishing but worth it.
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Eurogamerby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Recommended
The Metroidvania at its best: a swaggering role-playing beat-'em-up that's very easy on the eyes and dense with secrets.
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IGNby Brandin Tyrrel
9.5/10
Dead Cells fuses breakneck motion with an emphasis on risk-and-reward for an incredibly engaging action-platformer.
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Posted on: July 3, 2025

RocketGallo

Games: 139 Reviews: 3

Good but...

Hard but ok, sometimes I feel that I'm kind of wasting my time doing same thing over and over but, everytime, I get a little further and further.

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Posted on: July 28, 2025

samoit2

Verified owner

Games: 77 Reviews: 2

Great continuous fun

Nothing too deep for this review. Not to say the game isn't well designed. It has great responsiveness, mechanics, and depth.

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Posted on: August 4, 2025

Lowtiercomputer

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Games: 89 Reviews: 2

Very good, wild dungeon metroid-vania

My only complaint might be the unclear progression from level to level. An overworld map would be nice.

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Posted on: August 5, 2025

sntb

Games: 6 Reviews: 1

Awesome stuff

Never thought that pixel art game like this would hijack my time to this extend...but here I am. Re-living my childhood with this ABSOLUTE GEM of a game. I have no idea why did i pass on this for so long. I love it!

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Posted on: August 10, 2025

Shiro2550

Verified owner

Games: 12 Reviews: 1

10/10 the best

I lost my life because of this game, I really recommend it!

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