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Dead Cells

08/07/2018· Motion Twin· Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, macOS, Linux, iOS, PC, Android, PlayStation 5, Mac
Dead Cells
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Overview

DeveloperMotion Twin
PublisherMotion Twin
Release Date

Platforms & genres

Platforms
Xbox OneNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4macOSLinuxiOSPCAndroidPlayStation 5Mac
Genres
ActionRPGIndiePlatformAdventure

Ratings & reviews

Metacritic89/100
Steam Reviews97% positiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 181,793 reviews

Estimated playtime

HLTB Main14.07H
HLTB Extra32.06H
HLTB Completionist91.39H

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5 screenshots · 6 videos

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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.