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Dead Cells
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
71 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Completely coke-infused, meth-injected turbo adrenaline inoculation of a game. 10/10, I died to Edward's Scissorhands rejected half-brother enough times to earn me an anoscopy.”
“fun game. gives you that itch to keep goin and the frustration "BECAUSE I KNOW I HITTHE MF BUTTON FIRST" energy.....”
“game so good i bought it after playing it cracked for like 300 hours at least”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“a couple of years have passed since i last played it on mobile, so i decided to do a of couple runs and it got me hooked again. beautiful texture work, music and animations; as fun and stylish as i remember it”
“Above average game for me, lots of things to collect and find, fun combat, best played in shorter sessions (for me anyway)as you die and repeat the same environments, although not the same each run so not that tedious.”
“Frustrating in the best way possible, this game is a fairly difficult roguelike that makes me come back each time I die. I liked it a lot, 8/10”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“a couple of years have passed since i last played it on mobile, so i decided to do a of couple runs and it got me hooked again. beautiful texture work, music and animations; as fun and stylish as i remember it”
“I've owned this game for a super long time because of how well-received it was. Finally played it today after warming up with Boyfriend Dungeon (don't judge me), then Hades, and was like, I am totally ready to try this…”
“the art, animations and gameplay are all really well done, everyone that worked on this should get a raise”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Completely coke-infused, meth-injected turbo adrenaline inoculation of a game. 10/10, I died to Edward's Scissorhands rejected half-brother enough times to earn me an anoscopy.”
“Frustrating in the best way possible, this game is a fairly difficult roguelike that makes me come back each time I die. I liked it a lot, 8/10”
“Really solid roguelite with a high skill ceiling and a ton of content that I still haven't gotten through. The DLCs are great but also totally optional and just add more variety to the game.”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“a couple of years have passed since i last played it on mobile, so i decided to do a of couple runs and it got me hooked again. beautiful texture work, music and animations; as fun and stylish as i remember it”
“I've owned this game for a super long time because of how well-received it was. Finally played it today after warming up with Boyfriend Dungeon (don't judge me), then Hades, and was like, I am totally ready to try this…”
“Excellent Metroidvania! It’s a total blast and time just flies while playing: the gameplay is fast-paced, the controls are extremely precise, and the combat is incredibly fluid, all backed by a spectacular soundtrack.…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“Very hard game, still trying to beat the 4 boss cells difficulty”
“It's very similar to Castlevania in a lot of aspects but it just doesn't hold my attention the same way as Castlevania. It can be incredibly easy at times but autonomous or independent thinker players can make the game…”
“Amazing gameplay loop. Slightly confusing at first but once you realize you should just look for the door to the next area your gameplay experience will get lots better due to a lot more content available to you. Great…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Oof, not sure how people can play a game like this. Unless they like Flappy Bird or something…”
“Middest of the mid. Anti-fun devs as well. Who actually goes out of their way to prevent rebinding controllers and makes it block achievements lmao.”
“This game might have been amazing in 2018 but the game is brainless mush and the devolopers are using it as an advertisement for their new game. I was hyped about this game and my expectations reached a new low with…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Without a doubt the best Roguelike in existence. Extra special for the amount of references it has that are very dear to me. I absolutely love everything about this game and I hope everyone gets to experience it at least once in my life. It may be a 100 percenters absolute worst…”
— a player, Steam review · 223 hrs played“Literally my favorite game , i played it a wayy more then 23 hours in my life in different platforms (xbox , phone , epic games). most fun combination of metroidvania and rogue-like that i ever seen , if you're tired of most survivor like rogue likes it's best option , fast and…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“If you no longer have the will to live, don't play this game, but if you still have the will to live, play this game, and you won't have the will to live after the 3rd biome.”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:16 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Action Roguelike · Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-like · 2D · Souls-like · Rogue-lite · Difficult · Hack and Slash · Replay Value · Platformer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet |
| Languages | English * , French * , Simplified Chinese * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Russian * , Turkish * , Korean * , Traditional Chinese * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Spanish -… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 121 |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://dead-cells.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Intel i5+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: DirectX 9.1+ or OpenGL 3.2+