Dead Cells game scene: A pixel art character stands before a torch, with a backdrop of castle ruins.

Dead Cells gameplay. A character fights enemies in a pixelated environment.

Dead Cells scene with the player character fighting an enemy, with an orange sunset background.

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Dead Cells has a motto, kill – die – learn – repeat. It is a Metroidvania inspired game with a 2D souls-lite combat. You can explore a vast and constantly changing bleak island and fight your way against strong creatures. The game is a progressive exploration of interconnected worlds, and you get to have a lot of fair but tough fights using over fifty weapons and spells that the game features.
Dead Cells also has an emergency panic role feature that allows you to escape from trouble. The secret rooms, awesome landscapes, and hidden passages in the game will surely challenge your skills.
In Dead Cells, you control a mass of cells living in a deceased prisoner, and as you fight creatures in the dungeons, you can collect weapons, abilities, armors, upgrades, and money. Defeated creatures drop cells that you can pick-up to obtain power-ups like new items or additional health potions. The cells are also the game’s currency, and you only spend these upon reaching the end of the dungeon. However, if you die before that, then you lose all the cells you have collected.
Dead Cells is packed with challenging 2D action with no checkpoint. You kill, die, learn, and then repeat the stage again. It’s a game where your skills decide whether you survive or suffer permadeath. But if it all comes to that, you always have the panic roll to fall back to.

Patch Notes

02/10/23 (A New Patch released for current Beta for Update 35!)
20/09/23 (A New Patch released for current alpha for Update 35... again!)
14/09/23 (New Patch released for current alpha for Update 35!)
12/09/23 (Update 35 alpha - New system for Cursed mobs i.e the Cursed Biome effect)
06/09/23 (The second Patch released for current alpha for Update 35!)
30/08/23 (Patch released for current alpha for Update 35 & details on cursed mob spawns)
04/05/23 (Hotfix for Clean Cut update + legendary affixes for Sewing Scissors & Giant Comb)
12/04/23 (Patch released for current alpha for Update 34)
20/03/23 (Mac users who are still getting crashes - can you report some details for us?)
12/10/22 (Last hotfix for Boss Rush, hopefully! Outfits now fixed)
10/10/22 (Boss Rush update hotfix)
11/04/22 (Patch for Break the Bank update)
02/03/22 (Hotfix for the update 28 beta)
2.6 - 24/11/21 (Hotfix for 2.6)
23/07/21 (Mod tools tweaks)
19/08/20 (Small hotfix released)
28/05/20 (Alpha for the "Update of Plenty" available!)
02/04/20 (18th update (6 new mobs and plenty of other things) now available in beta)
25/03/20 (18th Update in Alpha - Half Life additions and new mobs)
1.7 - 21/02/20 (Update 1.7 - Hotfix Number 2)
1.7 - 20/02/20 (1.7 Update - Hotfix)
29/06/17 (The "Hello Darkness" update is live for everyone!)

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