Dead Cells

Dead Cells

Motion Twin · 2018 · Adventure, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics, Metroidvania, Action Roguelike

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About Dead Cells

✦ AI summary

Dead Cells is a roguelike action-platformer where you battle through an ever-shifting castle as an immortal soul possessing different bodies, losing your host each time you die but keeping permanent progression like unlocked paths and new weapons. Tough-as-nails 2D combat with responsive controls and zero checkpoints demands you master the combat system and memorize enemy patterns to survive brutal runs and reach the final boss.

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.

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What Steam players say

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Dead Cells is widely praised for its engaging combat, beautiful art style, and addictive gameplay that keeps players coming back despite its high difficulty. However, some players find the roguelike progression system frustrating, feeling that unlocks don't provide meaningful progress and that success depends too heavily on luck rather than skill.

Recommended Aug 15, 2026
I love this game to death
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
Really good rouguelite
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
From the bit I have played so far I highly recommend!
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
7/10 A Great game
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
I would say it is quite an addictive game. Fun to play.
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
This game is very good, and also very hard, if u like mertovania games this is for u. Great game even tho sometimes it can get repetitive still recommend.

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Community Announcements · Bidju Feb 12, 2026

A New Era for Castlevania?!

Dead Cells' Return to Castlevania DLC collaboration between Motion Twin and Evil Empire expanded with new content and features.

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