Genre AdventureReleased Aug 6, 2018

Dead Cells

Developed and published by Motion Twin
Estimated lifetime revenue
$33.44M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$24.58M
After Steam's 26% cut
Units sold
2.71M
≈ 15 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 184,360 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
184,360
Overwhelmingly Positive97% positive
Playing now
2,873
13-day peak 4,002 · low 1,485
New reviews, last 13 days
+435
≈ 33 a day since Oct 3

History

Oct 3 – Oct 16

184.4K184.2K184.1K183.9K
Oct 3Oct 9Oct 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Adventure →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Adventure games on Steam

Outearns 40% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$46.03M
194,640 reviews
Top 10% start at
$192.60M
This game
$33.44M
45th pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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
Publisher
Motion Twin
Genre
Adventure
Released
Aug 6, 2018
Steam app ID
588650
Data updated
Oct 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.