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Dead Cells

Motion Twin · 2018-08-06

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 29, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jun 26, 2018 (Linux), Jun 26, 2018 (Mac), Aug 28, 2019 (iOS), Aug 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 07, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

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 is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 183531 reviews) sentiment.

2,596
playing now
97%
positive of 184k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
twitch viewers (latest)
4.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (638 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (618 downloads)
4.72★
PlayStation Store rating (16,006 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 95% recommend · from 152 critics
22h
to beat · rushed 4.9h · completionist 100h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

2,596 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead Cells is a 2018 roguelike-Metroidvania game developed by French independent developer Motion Twin. The player takes the role of an amorphous creature called the Prisoner. As the Prisoner, the player must fight their way out of a diseased island in order to slay the island's King. The player gains weapons, treasure and other tools through exploration of the procedurally generated levels. Dead Cells features a permadeath system, causing the player to lose all items and other abilities upon dying. A currency called Cells can be collected from defeated enemies, allowing the player to purchase permanent upgrades.

Trailer

Dead Cells trailer thumbnail

Dead Cells - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,596 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,240 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~905/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 4.6M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184,298 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-50%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.13 at AllYouPlay (2023-12-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 134 of 180 observed days · $3.36 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.0k5.0k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,751 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,628 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,691 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,830 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,637 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,308 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,745 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,860 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,976 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,826 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,420 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,344 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,287 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,005 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,557 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,381 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,493 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4,359 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,705 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,812 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,316 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,743 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,229 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,591 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,470 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,252 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,512 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,468 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5,002 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,193 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,589 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,522 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,767 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,388 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,789 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,839 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 929 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,431 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,159 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,359 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,313 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,175 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,441 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,357 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,108 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,104 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,422 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 996 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,305 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,626 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,635 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,889 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,536 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,526 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,606 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,336 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,274 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 873 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,292 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,635 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,052 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 839 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,106 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,170 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 963 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 864 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.5k1.2k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,156 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 2,371 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 3,606 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,485 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 2,578 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 3,462 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,425 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,709 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 3,174 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 3,406 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,410 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,910 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 3,410 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,318 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 2,880 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 4,502 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,538 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 2,626 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 3,801 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,892 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 3,020 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 2,948 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,853 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,596 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.0k0Feb 2017Aug 2026Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 2,561 · peak 6,712Aug 2017 — avg 971 · peak 1,535Nov 2017 — avg 1,014 · peak 2,639Feb 2018 — avg 941 · peak 1,548May 2018 — avg 1,152 · peak 2,200Aug 2018 — avg 4,438 · peak 10,344Nov 2018 — avg 1,150 · peak 2,136Feb 2019 — avg 1,316 · peak 2,293May 2019 — avg 1,536 · peak 3,133Aug 2019 — avg 2,039 · peak 5,121Nov 2019 — avg 1,470 · peak 3,125Feb 2020 — avg 3,782 · peak 9,717May 2020 — avg 1,712 · peak 3,262Aug 2020 — avg 2,715 · peak 5,413Nov 2020 — avg 1,220 · peak 2,474Feb 2021 — avg 6,182 · peak 13,651May 2021 — avg 1,968 · peak 4,588Aug 2021 — avg 2,292 · peak 3,680Nov 2021 — avg 2,518 · peak 8,530Feb 2022 — avg 4,013 · peak 7,525May 2022 — avg 2,934 · peak 6,609Aug 2022 — avg 2,914 · peak 5,134Nov 2022 — avg 3,545 · peak 8,619Feb 2023 — avg 2,793 · peak 4,928May 2023 — avg 2,933 · peak 5,765Aug 2023 — avg 2,438 · peak 4,589Nov 2023 — avg 2,185 · peak 4,910Feb 2024 — avg 2,209 · peak 3,891May 2024 — avg 2,421 · peak 5,900Aug 2024 — avg 2,618 · peak 5,914Nov 2024 — avg 2,086 · peak 5,254Feb 2025 — avg 2,552 · peak 5,161May 2025 — avg 2,682 · peak 5,948Aug 2025 — avg 2,183 · peak 4,202Nov 2025 — avg 1,925 · peak 3,981Feb 2026 — avg 1,926 · peak 3,896May 2026 — avg 1,802 · peak 3,245Aug 2026 — avg 2,296 · peak 4,161
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1131132026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 113 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 32 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 21 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 27 new positive2026-09-26: 15 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 24 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 13 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 15 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 30 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 22 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 24 new positive2026-10-04: 69 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 35 new positive2026-10-06: 35 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 24 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 20 new positive2026-10-10: 32 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 36 new positive2026-10-12: 28 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 23 new positive2026-10-14: 30 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$26.51$9.682017-05-062026-10-142017-05-06 — best price $16.992017-10-27 — best price $14.402018-02-23 — best price $13.992018-06-19 — best price $19.992018-10-22 — best price $24.992019-01-28 — best price $24.992019-05-16 — best price $24.992019-08-23 — best price $16.692019-12-23 — best price $15.982020-02-10 — best price $24.552020-05-21 — best price $24.992020-08-06 — best price $24.992020-09-25 — best price $22.392020-11-13 — best price $24.992021-01-03 — best price $22.492021-03-31 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-11-19 — best price $14.992022-01-24 — best price $24.992022-05-24 — best price $24.992022-08-19 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $10.292023-03-29 — best price $16.942023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-11-27 — best price $11.892024-02-27 — best price $24.992024-05-05 — best price $13.052024-07-29 — best price $12.292024-11-04 — best price $24.992025-03-01 — best price $24.992025-05-15 — best price $12.492025-09-04 — best price $10.342025-11-20 — best price $24.992026-03-04 — best price $11.992026-05-31 — best price $21.492026-08-13 — best price $12.492026-09-25 — best price $12.492026-10-14 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7833422026-05-28 — 500 pageviews2026-06-01 — 512 pageviews2026-06-05 — 470 pageviews2026-06-09 — 555 pageviews2026-06-13 — 437 pageviews2026-06-17 — 570 pageviews2026-06-21 — 464 pageviews2026-06-25 — 620 pageviews2026-06-29 — 642 pageviews2026-07-03 — 584 pageviews2026-07-07 — 556 pageviews2026-07-11 — 403 pageviews2026-07-15 — 388 pageviews2026-07-19 — 489 pageviews2026-07-23 — 399 pageviews2026-07-27 — 446 pageviews2026-07-31 — 499 pageviews2026-08-04 — 422 pageviews2026-08-08 — 372 pageviews2026-08-12 — 369 pageviews2026-08-16 — 342 pageviews2026-08-20 — 426 pageviews2026-08-24 — 488 pageviews2026-08-28 — 445 pageviews2026-09-01 — 417 pageviews2026-09-05 — 380 pageviews2026-09-09 — 397 pageviews2026-09-13 — 405 pageviews2026-09-17 — 416 pageviews2026-09-21 — 464 pageviews2026-09-25 — 404 pageviews2026-09-29 — 378 pageviews2026-10-03 — 581 pageviews2026-10-07 — 465 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

15402026-09-30 18:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 154 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.1%
earned "Love the serenity..."
38.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing8 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2017-06-29, latest 2023-07-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)85,2351%121
Xbox One (Xbox)42,2311%115
PS4 (PlayStation)25,9651%116
PS4 (PlayStation)20,7221%116
PS5 (PlayStation)14,7592%116
Windows (Xbox)11,4011%115
Switch (Nintendo)2,3280%0
Switch (Nintendo)330%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DActionAdventureDifficultPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-liteRoguevaniaSouls-likeMetroidvania

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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