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Dead Cells

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App ID 588650
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Motion Twin
Franchise Motion Twin
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies HashLink Engine, Heaps Engine
Last Changenumber 29833730
Last Record Update 1 July 2025 – 01:31:23 UTC ()
Release Date 6 August 2018 – 21:56:00 UTC ()
🤩 95.81%
169k reviews
2,197
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 89
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 15 May 2025 – 14:33:40 UTC () (1747319620)
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review_score 9
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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:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
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

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 👻 Action Roguelike 💨 Metroidvania 👾 Pixel Graphics 👻 Roguelike 🏽 2D 💥 Souls-like 👻 Roguelite 😓 Difficult 🛡️ Hack and Slash 🔄 Replay Value 🏗️ Platformer 👤 Singleplayer 👻 Roguevania 💥 Action 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🌫 Atmospheric 🔀 Procedural Generation 😃 Funny 🌱 Indie

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp15 May 2025 – 14:36:07 UTC
Trailers
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