NewsUpcoming Games

‘Dead Cells’ Up for Pre-Order in the App Store with a July 17th Expected Release Date

Last fall an accidental listing on the Google Play Store hinted that a mobile port of Motion Twin’s beloved action platformer Dead Cells might be in the works, and while it’s a game that’s hard to imagine playing super well with touch controls, it’s definitely NOT hard to imagine how awesome it would be to be toting that sucker around in your pocket. Unfortunately the listing was quickly pulled and we never really knew for sure if a mobile port would become a reality. Then just over a month ago it finally became official when Motion Twin announced that Dead Cells would indeed be coming to mobile courtesy of Playdigious, who are basically masters at porting games that don’t seem like they’d work well on mobile and just proving everyone wrong. All we knew is it would be coming to iOS this summer and Android sometime afterwards, but today things got a little more clear as Dead Cells went up for pre-order on the iOS App Store with a listed release date of July 17th.

It also appears that this pre-order is at a discounted rate, as it has previously been stated that Dead Cells on iOS would be a $9.99 premium game but if you pre-order the price is a bit cheaper at $7.99. Both prices are ridiculously good deals for a game of this caliber. Playdigious has also gone in-depth in a recent blog post about their reasoning for wanting to bring Dead Cells to mobile and why they think they can make it work, and it’s a really interesting read. After launching on desktop and consoles in the summer of last year and becoming a critical darling, it’s really cool to think that in just under a year Dead Cells will also be available on mobile. I will be counting down the days to July 17th.

8 Comments

  1. Qaioud

    Given this has been on my steam wishlist for donkeys at nearly triple the price, this is a totes instabuy 🥳

  2. Bobo Tapia

    I can’t imagine playing this game on a touch screen. Hopefully it has controller support.

    1. makara

      It sure does. And the developer already confirmed

  3. curtneedsaride

    This game has never been on my radar, and it's not necessarily my type of game... but a premium price and stellar reviews are probably going to push me to buy this one!

  4. Sam Malone's Hair

    I have not had a game capture my imagination the way this one has since FFVI. I love everything about this game but am extremely apprehensive about a mobile port. Still gonna buy it.

  5. SyntheticVoid

    Anyone know if this will be the latest Steam version, or will it have the Reign of Giants DLC included, or will it just be the original version of the game?

    **edit*
    And I'm sorry for whatever I did that made you guys delete my last comment... I didn't know sayin what I did would be against your rules.
    =/

    1. Jared Nelson

      Didn’t delete, just was stuck in the spam filter. We good.

      1. SyntheticVoid

        Oh, no worries. It's not like I said anything of importance.
        =P
        But thanks for letting me know I didn't cross the line or anything like that.