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Dead Cells

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Dead Cells
Dead Cells cover
Developers
Motion Twin
Evil Empire
Engines
Heaps
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 One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Metroidvania, Platform, Roguelike
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Fantasy
Dead Cells on HowLongToBeat
Dead Cells on IGDB
Dead Cells guide on StrategyWiki
Dead Cells on MobyGames
Dead Cells on Wikipedia

General information

Official Discord server
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 the -EpicPortal command line argument.[1]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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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 (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC The DLCs include new storyline content.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain any microtransactions.

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
The Queen and the Sea
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Return to Castlevania
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
%LOCALAPPDATA%\MotionTwin\DeadCells\options.json
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\588650\remote\options.json
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/save/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
%LOCALAPPDATA%\MotionTwin\DeadCells\user_*.dat
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\588650\remote\user_*.dat
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/save/user_*.dat

Save game cloud syncing

Video

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

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
Royalty free audio

Localizations

In-game language selection.
In-game language selection.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Catalan
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 03.08.2022
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Croatian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 14.10.2018
Czech
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 16.03.2023
Dutch
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 03.07.2017
Estonian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 23.02.2018
French
Galician
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 21.05.2018
German
German
Walser German.
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 21.01.2018
Greek
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 16.06.2016
Hungarian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 25.07.2022
Indonesian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 02.04.2019
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 28.02.2023
Lithuanian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 12.02.2020
Norwegian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 28.08.2019
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 01.05.2023
Portuguese
Shown as supported but not available.
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 07.09.2017
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 24.08.2019
Thai
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 10.03.2023
Turkish
Ukrainian
Fan translation, download.
Last update: 29.04.2023
The Steam version has fan-made translations that can be downloaded via Steam Workshop.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 11
OpenGL 3.2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[2]
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) 2 GB
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) 2 GB
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) 2 GB
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
  2. Can dead cells be a 64 bit game? - last accessed on 14 March 2023