Dead Cells
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
- Developer
- Motion Twin
- Released
- Aug 6, 2018
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Metacritic
- 89 ↗
- Website
- dead-cells.com ↗
How many people are playing Dead Cells?
Dead Cells had 2,267 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 2, 2026, 19:00 UTC, down 5.2% from 2,391 a day earlier. As of Nov 2, 2026, 19:00 UTC, it ranks #375 of the 502 games tracked here, up 23 places from #398 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 15, 2026 is 5,865, on Sep 20, 2026; the latest reading is 39% of that.
Over the last four weeks, Dead Cells has been busiest during the evening in East Asia, with the busiest hour around 14:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent Dead Cells updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Jun 15, 2026 Regular update Dead Cells Stability Patch: Less Null Access, More Monster Slaying. ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Aug 19, 2024 Major update Update 35: The End is Near is now live! ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Sep 25, 2023 Regular update The End is Near Update is now in Beta phase! ↗ Not tracked the week before
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