Dead Cells

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Released Aug 6, 2018

By: Evil Empire, Motion Twin, Playdigious

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Dead Cells is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer combining roguelike and Metroidvania design. Players control the Prisoner, an immortal creature that possesses corpses and fights through procedurally generated levels filled with mutated enemies. Combat centers on melee weapons, bows, traps, and dodging, with enemy patterns that reward careful observation. Death is permanent for each run, stripping the player of most collected items, though an in-game currency called Cells allows for purchasing upgrades that persist between attempts. Levels are assembled from pre-designed sections in randomized configurations, and progression through the game unlocks new traversal abilities via collectible Runes.

Genres: Adventure Indie Platform
Platforms: Android Linux Mac Nintendo Switch PC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One iOS
Themes: Action Fantasy
Game modes: Single player
Perspectives: Side view
Engines: Heaps.io
Keywords: action-adventure bow and arrow digital distribution metroidvania parrying pax east 2017 pax west 2017 permadeath pixel art pre-release public testing random level generation roguelike roguelite shopping skill points in game steam steam achievements steam cloud steam workshop teleportation the game awards - best action game - winner the game awards - best independent game - nominee wall jump
Languages: Chinese (Simplified) · Audio, Interface, Subtitles Chinese (Traditional) · Subtitles, Audio, Interface English · Subtitles, Interface, Audio French · Audio, Subtitles, Interface German · Audio, Interface, Subtitles Italian · Audio, Interface, Subtitles Japanese · Subtitles, Audio, Interface Korean · Subtitles, Audio, Interface Polish · Interface, Audio, Subtitles Portuguese (Brazil) · Audio, Subtitles, Interface Portuguese (Portugal) · Audio, Interface, Subtitles Russian · Audio, Interface, Subtitles Spanish (Spain) · Interface, Subtitles, Audio Turkish · Audio, Interface, Subtitles
Age ratings: ACB MA 15+CERO C CLASS_IND 14 ESRB T GRAC 15+PEGI 16 USK 16

Complete release history (15)

PC (Microsoft Windows) · May 10, 2017
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Linux · Jun 26, 2018
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Mac · Jun 26, 2018
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Linux · Aug 6, 2018
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Mac · Aug 6, 2018
North america · Exact date · Full release · IGDB
PC (Microsoft Windows) · Aug 6, 2018
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Linux · Aug 7, 2018
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Mac · Aug 7, 2018
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PlayStation 4 · Aug 7, 2018
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Nintendo Switch · Aug 7, 2018
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PC (Microsoft Windows) · Aug 7, 2018
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Xbox One · Aug 7, 2018
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iOS · Aug 28, 2019
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Android · Jun 2, 2020
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PlayStation 5 · Jun 29, 2023
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