- Genome Guardian 2 FULL RELEASE + DISCOUNT - 11 October 2026
BUY GENOME GUARDIAN 2Genome Guardian 2's story takes place before Cell Command's.
- Genome Guardian 2 Early Access OUT NOW - 5 March 2026
WHAT TO EXPECTthe current state of Genome Guardian 2 as of its Early Access launch100h+ of Polished, Playtested ContentThere's so much to sink your teeth into already. 14 Guardians, 12 Hulls, 11 Platforms, 12 Barrels, 11 Brackets, 11 Cores, 12 Motherboards, 81 Mods, 12 Gadgets, 3 Modes, 55 BURGERS, 55 FRIES, 55 TACOS, 55 PIES, 55 COKES, 100 TATER TOTS, 100 PIZZAS, 100 TENDERS, 100 MEATBALLS, 100 COFFEES, 55 WINGS, 55 SHAKES, 55 PANCAKES, 55 PASTASOh and 100 Steam achievements.An Excellent Steam Deck ExperienceThe only reason it's not officially "verified" is because some text is small, but even most of those cases are enlargened on Steam Deck. I've really tried my best to optimize the Genome Guardian 2 Steam Deck experience, as well as controller support.A Massive Bass-pounding Soundtrack132 music tracks that you can listen to at your leisure in-game via the Jukebox: Just select the mus…
- Genome Guardian 2 DEMO is LIVE - 12 February 2026
DEMO INFOAny progress you make carries over to the full gameThere's a number of cool parts you can unlock & try now (check out the Boombox Guardian's unlock condition...)Get a taste of Zap, Flak, Split, FreezeFace Enraged, Armoured & Shielded microbesIf you have any performance struggles, know that I'm still working on / improving the Early Access launch versionWishlist Genome Guardian 2 if you're ready for more!EARLY ACCESS BEGINS 5 MARCH @ 1:00PM ESTLiteral hundreds of hours of content available right from the get-goAlready fully translated in 10 languagesAll 100 Steam Achievements readyWISHLIST GENOME GUARDIAN 2
- Announcing: GENOME GUARDIAN 2 - 27 November 2025
WISHLIST GENOME GUARDIAN 2I've been busy...making the best-possible (true) sequel to Genome Guardian, with...In-depth nanobot building with loadout save/load & paint/pattern customizationPausing & resuming unfinished runsExpanded Endless Mode, side objectives, and mining mineral depositsGadget active abilitiesTest weapons in the DatabaseLarger soundtrack + in-game Jukebox accessible at any timeAuto aim/fire togglesLocalization in 10 languagesFull rebinding for keyboard/gamepadx4 better performance/framerateAnd a whooole lot moreWISHLIST GENOME GUARDIAN 2
- Genome Guardian Bundle MEGA DISCOUNT - 5 August 2025
The first game in the series Genome Guardian is 60% OFFThis is its deepest discount ever, and likely the deepest it will ever go.Combine ːadnaːːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː DNA for 70 different weapons in the roguelite turret shooter that takes place before Cell Command and use an astounding array of turrets, perks & mutations as you descend to the heart of the Abyss.GET GENOME GUARDIAN 60% OFF GET BOTH & SAVE EVEN MORE
- Update 1.2.3 - 31 July 2025
If you're enjoying the game, please leave a review 🙏📰 NEWSSteam Deck verified!Steam community items (trading cards, profile backgrounds, emotes) live!🧬 BALANCESlightly higher difficulty across the board as you obtain more samples.♻️ CHANGES/ADDITIONSAdded some new tips, mostly relating to Abyss cell behaviour.🛠️ FIXES(Demo) The green Xs on things now render below things like unlock/award popups.2 players reached out to me saying they lost their save files - I think I fould the culprit and fixed it!Abyss cell commands would sometimes still end up applying to the target Commander cell when that Commander cell has Reflect via a buff tile.Some popups were appearing in weird places (sometimes off-screen).Some typos in tips.There were instances where Commander cells that can only target heads could target cloaked Abyss cell body parts.Some hover-over effects on tiles would persist after u…
- Please Add A Review! - 21 July 2025
Cell Command is in an amazingly fun & stable state currently thanks to your feedback, bug reports & custom map submissions in the Discord 🤗In November 2024, I was hired at a mobile game company - the job itself was fine, yet after only 1 week, I realized it was the wrong choice for me and quit.I made Genome Guardian (a game many of you know has "the sauce" and if you don't know you should seriously play it) and knew: I sure as hell could do it again.For those unaware, Cell Command is inspired by a 2002 browser game on the LEGO website, Spybotics: The Nightfall Incident:I had such fond memories of it, and knew there's nothing else like it, so I thought "why not make a spiritual successor with the ːadnaː ːcdnaː ːgdnaː ːtdnaː DNA & roguelite magic of Genome Guardian"?To anyone who played it: You'll notice various nods in-game (try the "Nightfall Tile Style" in research 😉). It sooths my s…
- Update 1.2.2 - 21 July 2025
✨ NEW18 mission layouts (all by community members) added to official rotation.🧬 BALANCE(Chip) Biomass +3 per elimination:Renamed to "if Abyss cell dies: Biomass +3".Now always triggers when an Abyss cell perishes, regardless of whether it counts as an "elimination" (for example, an Abyss cell dying to spikes isn't an elimination).♻️ CHANGES(Perk) Vaccine: If you have VIRUS DEPTH 3 selected and are about to pursue The Abyss, this perk's description now clearly states that it would be useless since there's no mutations.Intro Mission: Now impossible to be confused by first step (moving Scritter right).When selecting an "add command" gene in the shop, a 1-time popup explains what that is.When selecting the "Size +3" command-adding gene in the shop, a 1-time popup now clarrifies that it doesn't increase Size Max.🛠️ FIXES(Setting) DNA Letter On Genes:Wasn't showing on some genes.No longer s…
- Update 1.2.1 - 12 July 2025
Mostly just wanted to fix a big Joker bug that (for many players) would make it impossible to complete a run.✨ NEW6 mission layouts (all by community members) added to official rotation.♻️ CHANGES(Gadget) Range: Now specifies that it can only be applied to each cell once per turn (and won't let you even select it twice, so you can't missuse it by accident).Jukebox Menu: Game won't pause/mute on focus loss in this menu now.Reworded a few in-game tips.Once all "research" is complete, most references to it will be hidden. (there may be researchables added in future updates that would revert this though).🛠️ FIXES(Commander) Joker: THIS WAS UNINTENDED: Upon winning a mission, sometimes the "Prepare" button would be disabled, not letting you continue. Play The First Game: Genome GuardianCombine ːadnaːːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː DNA for 70 different weapons in the roguelite turret shooter that takes p…
- Streamer Mode + Music by R.R. Slugger! - 10 July 2025
Content Creators: You can now play using in-game music without fear of copyright strikesby using Streamer Mode, which prevents copyrighted music from ever playing.Along with a couple tracks from Cell Command player 4NoteClover, R.R. Slugger lends his musical talents to Cell Command, expanding the available tracks by 11!Check out R.R. Slugger's LEGO-focused YouTube channel, or his Bandcamp to listen & download to all his (free) tunes!UPDATE 1.2.0This update resets banned songs if you had any banned via the Jukebox menu.🧬 BALANCEAbyss Cells:ːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Jared:Command no longer applies self Size +4 (but it can still target itself for heals), and now heals 6 instead of 4.Size Max 7 → 8.ːadnaːːcdnaːːcdnaːːtdnaː Orbiter:Now has Arc (it was always supposed to).ːcdnaːːcdnaːːcdnaːːtdnaː Yeeter:Command: ◇4-6 Damage 3 → ◇4-10 Damage 1.♻️ CHANGESJukebox Menu: Minor formatting changes t…
- Update 1.1.1 - 7 July 2025
✨ NEW18 mission layouts (most by community members) added to official rotation.♻️ CHANGESSteam Deck: Larger scaling of right UI elements in Jukebox menu.After more victories, genes that say "Add Command" won't state that anymore (since you'll know what they do by that point and it's just unnecessary text).Simplified/shortened some pop-up text.Music text (bottom right during a run) is a bit brighter now.🛠️ FIXES(Gene) ◇3 Teleport: Fixed.(Commander) Cordycep, (Perk) Mask: Fixed weird interaction with this (it's uh... hard to explain, but it's... fixed...)(Commander) Joker:After switching off Joker, hover tooltips would still be messed up if Joker made them weird.Hover tooltips while using Joker will be larger on Steamdeck if Joker made them weird.Intro: The "Autofill" & "Remove All" buttons can no longer be pressed before its function is explained.Jukebox: Song time remaining no longer r…
- Update 1.1.0 - 5 July 2025
WARNING: Update resets in-progress runs (not save data).This is unavoidable and only done when I have no other choice.✨ NEW15 mission layouts (some by community members) added to official rotation.2 genes:(2 slots) Command: ◇1 Damage 2(3 slots) Crit +2, Range Max -1If you already had awards/achievements related to discovering all genes, you won't lose them (so don't report this as a bug).🧬 BALANCE(Commander Cell) ːadnaːːgdnaːːgdnaːːgdnaː Accelemander: Move Max 5 → 6.Abyss Cell:ːadnaːːgdnaːːgdnaːːgdnaː Turbocharger: Move Max 4 → 5.ːcdnaːːtdnaː Tanker: Size Max 4 → 5.ːcdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Cruiser: Size Max 6 → 7.ːcdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Destroyer: Size Max 8 → 9.ːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Spoiler: Size Max 3 → 4.ːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Infector: Size Max 4 → 5.ːadnaːːadnaːːadnaːːtdnaː Infiltrator: Size Max 2 → 3, command self Damage 1 → 2.ːadnaːːtdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Defender: Size Max 4 → 5.ːadnaːːad…
- Update 1.0.8 - 29 June 2025
🧬 BALANCEAbyss Cell:ːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Mender: Size Max 5 → 6.ːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Jared: Size Max 6 → 7.ːcdnaːːcdnaːːcdnaːːtdnaː Yeeter: Size Max 3 → 4.ːadnaːːgdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Refractor: Move Max 2 → 3.Boss Cell (DEPTH 3):(Armour) Antefort: Command Damage 2 → 3.(Thorns) Torturer: Size Max 6 → 8.(Arc) Arbalest: Command Damage 4 → 6.Gene:Fly: ːbiomassː20 → ːbiomassː25.Thorns: ːbiomassː20 → ːbiomassː25.Damage +1: ːbiomassː20 → ːbiomassː25.Range Max +1: ːbiomassː20 → ːbiomassː25.Chip: all ːbiomassː prices +10. They're incredibly influential and you only need to buy at most 3 during a run so I think this is more than justified.🛠️ FIXESMy attempt at fixing the disembodied cell body bug only half worked - I think it'll work fully now.Play The First Game: Genome GuardianCombine ːadnaːːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː DNA for 70 different weapons in the roguelite turret shooter that takes place before…
- Update 1.0.7 + FAN ART!!! - 28 June 2025
✨ NEW(Music) Menu: "Cytokinesis" by 4NoteClover (a Cell Command player!). You may need to fix what menu music you have banned if you've banned any in the JUKEBOX menu.🧬 BALANCE(Abyss Eye Cell) Armour: Size Max 4 → 3.(Commander) Cordycep:Abyss cells with Reflect won't deflect shroom.MULTI commands will now actually shroom all Abyss cells within command Range. Shroomed Abyss cells won't recognize that another Abyss cell is shroomed, however (so don't report that as a bug).(Status) Radiation: commands that apply Radiation to a target now also transfer over the user's Radiation Damage value.This can be considered a buff to ːcdnaːːgdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Gammaggot since it comes with a command for this.♻️ CHANGESAward:Attack Of The Clones: Clarified unlock conditions.Instagib: 3s timer will no longer be reached faster when x3 speed is active.Abyss Transmissions: Delay between messages 6.875s → 5.…
- Update 1.0.6 - 26 June 2025
✨ NEW15 new mission layouts (all by me this time) added to official rotation.🧬 BALANCEThe balance changes below might not affect paused runs from 1.0.5 (don't report it as a bug).(Commander Cell) Size Max Buffs For Healers:ːgdnaːːtdnaː Ferraide: Size Max 5 → 6.ːgdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Truncat: Size Max 4 → 5.ːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Ursalve: Size Max 6 → 7.ːgdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Squashippo: Size Max 5 → 6.ːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Healephant: Size Max 7 → 8.(Mutation) Range Max +3, Move Max -3: Move Max -3 → -2, because this mutation hasn't been nearly as intimidating as I expected.🛠️ FIXESA popup would appear saying Range Min exceeds Range Max on a cell's command, but it would appear on a regular-old Range 1 command.(Settings) Right Mouse or Spacebar → Gadget / Cancel: Now works when there's no cell selected.(Commander) Duke + (Perk) Plantain: No longer results in unexpected insane Radiation Da…
- Update 1.0.5 - 26 June 2025
✨ NEW9 new mission layouts (some by community members) added to official rotation.🧬 BALANCEThorns will now trigger if, for example, a Damage 1 command is used on a cell with Armour (previously it wouldn't). Using a command that doesn't deal Damage won't, still.(Perk) Vaccine: The "Benign!" mutation can now appear (it was previously disabled when using Vaccine).♻️ CHANGESDefeating a boss will now automatically discover all boss cells in that mission.This wasn't a bug - cells are normally only discovered upon eliminating them.This will be applied retroactively.Defeating The Abyss will now trigger unlocks, awards, stat updates, yellow/purple stars, etc. you'd expect from a VIRUS DEPTH 3 run victory.you won't see the unlock/awards popups.(Menu) Perks: Equipped perks now also show with a green background within the perk grid, not just the bar of your equipped perks.Added various popups gear…
- Update 1.0.4 - 23 June 2025
🧬 BALANCE(The Abyss): Minor buffs to some of its eyes.♻️ CHANGESFrom now on, only updates where the middle version number increases will require a run reset.For example, this update won't reset paused runs since it's going from 1.0.3 → 1.0.4.Once 1.1.0 hits, that update will reset paused runs.I'll always put a warning up top if an update resets runs anyways.🛠️ FIXES(Boss) Covert Chameleon: It could be won without actually eliminating Chameleon (by simply attempting to move through it), which wasn't intended. If this happened to you, you'll discover the Chameleon boss cell on boot.Edited/removed some outdated tips.Fixed an Abyss transmission that would show a blue upwards arrow in it.(Commander) Joker: 🃏Play The First Game: Genome GuardianCombine ːadnaːːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː DNA for 70 different weapons in the roguelite turret shooter that takes place before Cell Command, and survive 6 mo…
- Update 1.0.3 - 22 June 2025
WARNING: Updates reset in-progress runs (not save data). Appologies for how often I have to do this - just par for the course having just launched 3 days ago 😅🧬 BALANCEAbyss Cells:ːadnaːːcdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Deflector: Size Max 4 → 5.ːcdnaːːgdnaːːgdnaːːgdnaː Motivator: Command 1: Range Max 2 → 3.♻️ CHANGESBoth LShift and RShift now count as "Shift".There's now a popup explaining what just happened when a cell falls to its death (by losing Fly with body parts over gaps).🛠️ FIXESCloaked Abyss Cells:The last update accidentally allowed moving through Abyss cells, which causes all sorts of problems (from softlocks to crashes).Since you shouldn't be able to move through them, it's essentially a way to spot them - I'm making it so that attempting to move through them simply uncloaks them. If I don't do this, it honestly just looks like a bug ("why can't I move here???").Perk:Pill: Sometimes w…
- Update 1.0.2 - 21 June 2025
WARNING: Updates reset in-progress runs (not save data).✨ NEW9 new mission layouts (all by community members) added to official rotation.🧬 BALANCE(Commander Cell) ːadnaːːcdnaːːcdnaːːgdnaː Chiropter:Command 1: Range Max 5 → 4.(Commander Cell) ːcdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Orcannon:Command 1: Damage +1 if Size > 2 → Size = Size Max.(Commander Cell) ːadnaːːcdnaːːcdnaːːcdnaː Orthocular:Command 1: Range Max 10 → 8.♻️ CHANGESMinor tweaks to the "Tile Styles".(Chip) Commands with Range 1: Damage +1: Now specifies it's only for attack commands.The first shop offer picked during runs is free, but now it'll show its regular price too.🛠️ FIXES(Mode) GLOOM:Will no longer show command effect hover hints on tiles with Gloom.(Perk) Amoeba: Will no longer show move highlights on tiles with Gloom.Growing (instead of moving) onto a tile will now clear nearby Gloom.VIRUS DEPTH 3 12-Sample Run:(Boss Cell) Sov…
- Update 1.0.1 - 20 June 2025
WARNING: Updates reset in-progress runs (not save data).✨ NEW15 mission layouts (some by community members) added to official rotation.♻️ CHANGESWhile moving a cell (and if Undo is enabled), clicking on a different undismissed player cell will undo all the way and select that new cell now.Hovering over the status icons on the left cell info panel during missions will now say what they are (primarily for new players).Added popup for new players drawing attention to the mission count ("5 missions to go!" when on mission 11).🛠️ FIXESIntro:When picking your first DNA letter upon entering the PREPARE screen for the first time, you could un-select a letter but not select a new one, resulting in a softlock.Chip slots would sometimes be hidden at times when they shouldn't be.Text saying "MOVE" above the move max / move values on the left during missions will no longer overlap with immunity tex…
