Studio abandons free-to-play web and mobile games for passion project: Dead Cells

Dying’s only bad if you stay dead.

Dead Cells is a new action-platformer about defying death and grabbing loot, available on Steam Early Access on May 10. The game contains elements of both roguelike and Metroidvania genres along with a retro pixel aesthetic that’s enjoyed popularity in recent years. The main character is the titular pile of green cells, which possesses a skeletal warrior and proceeds to slash and hack and whip its way through a procedurally generated castle at the risk of permadeath. Similar to games like Rogue Legacy, death is expected and part of the gameplay in Dead Cells.