Dead Cells overview

Overview

Dead Cells comes from Motion Twin and is published by Motion Twin. It arrived on Steam on Aug 6, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Phone, and Remote Play on Tablet. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Dead Cells's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 4,243 players at 3 October 2026 - 14:53:05 UTC, with a tracked peak near 14,880. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 97% positive across 182,378 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Dead Cells is available in 15 languages including:

8 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, oflc, and nzoflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Dead Cells has sold up to 2,600,000 units and has 156,648 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $40,000,000. On Twitch, 7 streamers are live with around 26 total watchers.

Dead Cells overview details

Dead Cells combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store 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.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Dead Cells is listed as a game with $12.49 (50% off from $24.99). It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Phone, and Remote Play on Tablet, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 4,243 players at 3 October 2026 - 14:53:05 UTC, a tracked peak of 14,880, and 97% positive reviews.

Overview tags

AdventureAction RoguelikeMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsRogue-like2DSouls-likeRogue-liteDifficultHack and SlashReplay ValuePlatformerSingleplayerRoguevaniaAction

Content descriptors

This is an action-platformer in which players control a reanimated corpse trying to escape an island prison. From a side-scrolling perspective, players explore platform environments while engaging in frenetic melee-style combat against fantastical creatures (e.g., skeletons, giant leeches, goblins). Players use punches, kicks, and gadgets (e.g., flame-thrower traps, grenades, arrow turrets) to kill enemies. Enemies emit large splatters of blood when injured/killed and sometimes break apart into bloody pieces; blood also stains the floors and walls of some areas.

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Support and legal notes

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