Dead Cells
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| Developers | |
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| Motion Twin | |
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| 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 |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Scrolling, Side view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Metroidvania, Platform, Roguelike |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Fantasy |
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General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -EpicPortal command line argument.[1] |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| itch.io | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |
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| Origin | |
Included with EA Play Pro. | |
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| Steam | |
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Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Rise of the Giant | Free. | |
| The Bad Seed | |
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| Fatal Falls | |
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| The Queen and the Sea | |
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| Return to Castlevania | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| 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 |
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| 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
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Origin | ||
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround. | ||
| 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 | Uncapped if Vertical sync (Vsync) is disabled. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
In-game controller settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Full keyboard rebinding. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Does not use mouse. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | Full controller rebinding. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | Shows Xbox prompts for Steam Controller. | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers | ||
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| DualShock button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | Use Aurora to add DS4 light bar support. | |
| Connection modes | V2, Wired, Bluetooth | |
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | XInput only | |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| 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.
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
| 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 |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c, 11 | |
| OpenGL | 3.2 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | [2] | ||
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | OpenAL | |
| Interface | SDL |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 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 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 7800 |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.19 | |
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.2 compatible | |
- MacBook, MacBook Pro, or iMac (2012 or later)
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 ATI Radeon HD 5750 OpenGL 3.2 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 7800 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:JoltingGG on 2020-10-24
- ↑ Can dead cells be a 64 bit game? - last accessed on 14 March 2023