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Dead Cells

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Dead Cells
Dead Cells cover
Developers
Motion Twin
Release dates
Windows August 7, 2018
macOS (OS X) August 7, 2018
Linux August 7, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 89
OpenCritic 89
IGDB 90
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Scrolling, Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Metroidvania, Platform, Roguelike
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Fantasy
Dead Cells on HowLongToBeat
Dead Cells on IGDB
Dead Cells on MobyGames
Dead Cells on Wikipedia

General information

Official Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -EpicPortal command line argument.[1]
Windows
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play.
Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Rise of the Giant Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
The Bad Seed
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Fatal Falls
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save\options.json[Note 1]
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\MotionTwin.DeadCellsWin10_rtjy889c6zgtg\Settings
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/save/options.json
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\588650\remote\options.json
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save\user_*.dat[Note 1]
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\MotionTwin.DeadCellsWin10_rtjy889c6zgtg\LocalCache\Local\MotionTwin\DeadCells
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/save/user_*.dat
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\588650\remote\user_*.dat

Save game cloud syncing

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
2D-style platform game
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Pixel graphics
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Pixel graphics
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
At least 144 FPS, no gameplay issues
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game controller settings.
In-game controller settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Main, Music, Sound Effects, Ambient Sound
Surround sound
Subtitles
All dialogue is text only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

In-game language selection.
In-game language selection.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Shown as supported but not available.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
The Steam version has fan-made translations that can be downloaded via Steam Workshop.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11
OpenGL 3.2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL
Interface SDL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 450
ATI Radeon HD 5750
OpenGL 3.2 compatible
DirectX 9.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.19
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.2 compatible
MacBook, MacBook Pro, or iMac (2012 or later)
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 450
ATI Radeon HD 5750
OpenGL 3.2 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Verified by User:JoltingGG on 2020-10-24