Dead Cells is an adventure developed by Evil Empire, released 6 August 2018 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 22 hrs to finish.
What Dead Cells is
Dead Cells is an adventure game developed by Evil Empire and released in 2018. It was published by Motion Twin. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Heaps.io.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Prisoner, an amorphous creature capable of possessing dead bodies, awakens in the depths of an island prison with no memory. A soldier tells the Prisoner they can no longer die. Through repeated escape attempts, the Prisoner learns that the island was once a powerful kingdom brought to ruin when a plague called "The Malaise" transformed most of its citizens into mutated monsters. After escaping the prison depths, the Prisoner resolves to kill the island's reclusive King, believing that his death will change something on the island. Fighting through plague-infested regions, the Prisoner reaches the throne room and slays the comatose monarch, only for the King's corpse to explode…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 121 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Dead Cells holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 655 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 22 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 100 hrs, roughly 4.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5+, 2 GB RAM and Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Dead Cells launched on 6 August 2018, within three weeks of Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus, The Banner Saga 3 and Guacamelee! 2. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus, The Banner Saga 3, Guacamelee! 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dead Cells yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Dlc
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