Dead Cells

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App ID	588650
App Type	Game
Developer	Motion Twin
Publisher	Motion Twin
Franchise	Motion Twin
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	HashLink Engine, Heaps Engine
Last Changenumber	30521827
Last Record Update	11 August 2025 – 04:07:13 UTC ()
Release Date	6 August 2018 – 21:56:00 UTC ()

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In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer

Motion Twin

metacritic_name

Dead Cells

controller_support

full

metacritic_score

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/dead-cells?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

community_visible_stats

Yes

workshop_visible

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Motion Twin

Store Release Date

6 August 2018 – 21:56:44 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://discord.gg/DArxZmsSQ3
https://www.facebook.com/dead.cells.game/
https://www.twitch.tv/motion_twin
https://x.com/motiontwin
https://www.youtube.com/motiontwinfr/

Primary Genre

Action (1)

Store Genres

Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)

Steam Release Date

6 August 2018 – 21:56:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

9 July 2025 – 01:50:37 UTC () (1752025837)

library_assets

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library_hero	en
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height_pct	100

osextended

macos64

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

HashLink Engine, Heaps Engine, Ogg SDK, OpenAL SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
category: Verified
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 25 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 8173571

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	native
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

steam_deck_blog_url

https://steamcommunity.com/games/588650/announcements/detail/3191371430384129459

Content Descriptors

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

First seen on SteamDB

31 January 2017 – 09:56:05 UTC (), in changelist #2656974

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

13 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turkish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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logo

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logo_small

939ddb43222217ab820dcea4437526c0487d557c_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
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image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
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logo_position/width_pct	64.15607362158426
logo_position/height_pct	100
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
image/english	logo.png

Assets

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header	header.jpg
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community_icon	a431361e5dae5fd6ac2433064b62b2a37abc38f1.jpg
page_background_path	app/588650
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	9 July 2025 – 01:50:39 UTC

Trailers

256755089 ↴
trailer_name	Dead Cells - Accolade Trailer
trailer_category	0
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microtrailer/video/mp4	588650/231061/8fe407db503493211097e9898f58ae600559a2a3/1750557235/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full	256755089/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	231061
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1581426951

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
588651	Windows Dead Cells Content	1.97 GiB	1.81 GiB
588653	Linux Dead Cells Linux Depot	1.96 GiB	1.82 GiB
588652	macOS Dead Cells MacOS Depot	1.96 GiB	1.82 GiB
588654	Windows Dead Cells Mod Tools Depot	25.23 MiB	10.95 MiB
1046441	Windows Dépôt : Dead Cells For Press Windows	1.95 GiB	1.80 GiB
1046442	Linux Dépôt : Dead Cells For Press Linux	1.10 GiB	1.04 GiB
1046443	macOS Dépôt : Dead Cells For Press OSX	1.10 GiB	1.05 GiB

Total size on disk is 10.08 GiB and total download size is 9.35 GiB.

Total size on disk is 3.94 GiB and total download size is 3.63 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		15492902	27 August 2024 – 08:14:59 UTC
public_alpha	alpha - Not for the faint hearted...	12234566	20 September 2023 – 11:57:34 UTC
public_beta	Beta - Your progress will be saved.	12335292	2 October 2023 – 15:16:04 UTC
v0.0	U0 - Early Access Vanilla	4522338	23 December 2019 – 16:11:18 UTC
v0.1	U1 - Elemental Update	4522335	23 December 2019 – 16:09:39 UTC
v0.2	U2 - Hello Darkness My Old Friend	4522343	23 December 2019 – 16:13:32 UTC
v0.3	U3 - Who's your daily?	4522346	23 December 2019 – 16:14:41 UTC
v0.4	U4 - Brutal Update	4522347	23 December 2019 – 16:15:50 UTC
v0.5	U5 - The Foundry Update	4522351	23 December 2019 – 16:17:01 UTC
v0.6	U6 - The Hand of the King Update	4522362	23 December 2019 – 16:22:57 UTC
v0.7	U7 - Baguette Update	4522364	23 December 2019 – 16:23:51 UTC
v0.8	U8 - Babel Update	4522370	23 December 2019 – 16:25:23 UTC
v0.9	U9 - Mac & Linux Update	3009090	23 December 2019 – 16:27:37 UTC
v1.0	U10 - Release	3074308	23 December 2019 – 16:29:13 UTC
v1.1	U11 - Pimp my Run Update	3533483	23 December 2019 – 16:29:55 UTC
v1.2	U12 - Rise of the Giant	3688695	23 December 2019 – 16:31:35 UTC
v1.3	U13 - Update the 13th	3999152	23 December 2019 – 16:33:20 UTC
v1.4	U14 - Who's the Boss Update	4267690	23 December 2019 – 16:34:14 UTC
v1.5	U15 - The Corrupted Update	4521989	23 December 2019 – 17:19:55 UTC
v1.6	U16 - The Legacy Update	4896485	14 April 2020 – 15:22:07 UTC
v1.7	U17 - The Bad Seed	4823497	27 May 2020 – 07:37:20 UTC
v1.8	U18 - The Bestiary Update	5291508	15 July 2020 – 11:42:09 UTC
v1.9	U19 - Update of Plenty	5256468	11 August 2020 – 13:58:09 UTC
v2.0	U20 - The Barrels o' Fun Update	5432088	6 January 2021 – 14:33:50 UTC
v2.1	U21 - Malaise Update	6040395	29 March 2021 – 13:41:34 UTC
v2.2	U22 - Fatal Falls	6147412	29 March 2021 – 13:45:11 UTC
v2.3	U23 - Whack-a-mole Update	6614857	10 June 2021 – 12:05:53 UTC
v2.4	U24 - What's the Damage Update	6853880	16 November 2021 – 10:02:53 UTC
v2.5	U25 - Practice Makes Perfect Update	7416367	22 November 2021 – 15:36:57 UTC
v2.6	U26 - Everyone is Here! Update	7980550	6 January 2022 – 17:32:18 UTC
v2.7	U27 - The Queen and the Sea Update	8173571	30 March 2022 – 14:18:51 UTC
v2.8	U28 - Break the Bank	8581038	23 June 2022 – 15:14:16 UTC
v2.9	U29 - Breaking Barriers	9077786	3 August 2022 – 14:03:29 UTC
v3.0	U30 - Enter the Panchaku	9504577	5 October 2022 – 13:21:32 UTC
v3.1	U31 - Boss Rush	9704282	7 November 2022 – 12:51:08 UTC
v3.2	U32 - Everyone is Here Vol. 2	10031131	6 March 2023 – 14:54:19 UTC
v3.3	U33 - Return to Castlevania Update	11019997	27 April 2023 – 12:18:52 UTC
v3.4	U34 - Clean Cut	11516441	20 August 2024 – 13:19:00 UTC

Other

Name	Value
baselanguages	English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil
workshopdepot	Dead Cells (588650)
privatebranches	1

Dead Cells

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