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Play Overview
In each level you hack and slash your way to an exit, balancing your resources. The structure and layout of levels is different each time to play, making no two attempts alike. This means that progressing in the game is not just limited to how well you can memorize different levels but rather how you can adapt to situations, learn the mechanics and understand how to prioritise your time and resources.
As you progress through multiple attempts you find a variety of unique items and abilities, most of which, will be lost when you die. A part of the challenge is choosing which weapons to keep, develop and which to discard. Between each level, you can purchase permanent upgrades which you keep when you die. But again, care is needed to upgrade items that will make a difference as each upgrade is expensive.
Our examiner, Jonah Monaghan, first checked Dead Cells 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Thom Robertson and updated 7 weeks ago.
Play Style
Duration
Benefits
Age Ratings
Rated for younger players in the US. Rated ESRB TEEN for Gore, Language, Blood and Violence. From a side-scrolling perspective, players explore platform environments while engaging in frenetic melee-style combat against fantastical creatures (e.g., skeletons, giant leeches, goblins). Players use punches, kicks, and gadgets (e.g., flame-thrower traps, grenades, arrow turrets) to kill enemies. Enemies emit large splatters of blood when injured/killed and sometimes break apart into b*!%$y pieces; blood also stains the floors and walls of some areas. The word “sh*t” appears in the game.
Skill Level
12+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. It's also important to ensure children understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up. Although you could play to some degree at a younger age, to really enjoy (and master) the mechanics you need a relatively high level of skill.
Costs
Dead Cells
Xbox One | £19.99 | – | Free Xbox Game Pass | |
PC | £19.99 | – | Free Xbox Game Pass | |
PC | £20.99 | – | – | |
Switch | £22.49 | – | – | |
PC | £21.99 | – | – | |
Mac | £21.99 | – | – | |
PS5 | £19.99 | – | Free PS Plus Extra | |
PS4 | £19.99 | – | Free PS Plus Extra | |
Android | £7.49 | – | Free Google Play Pass | |
iOS | £8.99 | – | – | |
Apple TV | £8.99 | – | – |
- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
The game has expansions for purchase, each expansion adds more levels and items to the game.
- Rise of the Giant: Two new levels, two new bosses, more skins.
- The Bad Seed: Two new levels, one new boss, much more items and content.
- Fatal Falls: New level, new ally, new enemies and items.
- Return to Castlevania: New levels, bosses and music. Players team up with Richter Belmont and Alucard and fight through the ancient corridors of Dracula's Castle.
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Game Details
Release Date: 10/05/2017, updated in 2023
Out Now: Android, Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Fighting, Platform (Action, Role-Play and Traversal)
Accessibility: 21 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Developer: Deep Night Fr (@DeepNightFr)