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- Dead Cells is a 2D side-scrolling "roguevania", a combination of the roguelike and Metroidvania genres.[2][3] The player controls the Prisoner, an amorphous creature who journeys across an island full of mutated monsters.[4] When the player dies, they lose all weapons and upgrades obtained in a playthrough, excluding a few permanent items.[5][6] Weapons primarily include swords, bows, shields, and placeable traps that harm enemies that come near them. In combat, the Prisoner can dodge across the ground to avoid the attacks of enemies, or jump over the attacks. Dodging into an enemy's space allows the Prisoner to move through them and attack from behind.[7] When falling from a height, the Prisoner can slam into the ground, allowing them to stun enemies, or allow the Prisoner to fall from heights without getting stunned themselves.[8][9]
The game's combat is comparable to the Dark Souls series, with difficult enemies possessing certain behaviors the player can learn, and where frequent player-character death is a fundamental part of the game.[10] As they explore a series of levels and fight the creatures within, the player can collect an in-game currency called Cells from defeated foes. Cells can be used to purchase permanent upgrades, such as potions that restore hit points or additional weapons that may be randomly obtained during a playthrough.[6][10] These Cells can only be spent at the end of a dungeon section; if the player dies before then, they lose all collected Cells.[11] New upgrade options can be found by locating blueprints inside dungeons, which must be taken out of the level to be collected.[12]
Levels are procedurally generated by the merging of predesigned sections in a random configuration, creating dungeons with many different placements of enemies and items.[10] Between dungeons, the player can obtain a limited number of mutations, benefits which grant unique bonuses to the Prisoner's capabilities that last until they die.[8] The player can reforge weapons during this time, giving the reforged weapons new effects during combat.[9] Inside the dungeons, the player can find hidden Power Scrolls, which increase the Prisoner's hit points and increase the damage of weapons depending upon the tool's classification of Brutality, Tactics, or Survival.[5][7] The player can also find multiple permanent upgrades called Runes, which allow for new methods of travel in the game's levels. Runes can be obtained by defeating powerful Elite enemies, which are located inside the game's levels.[9] Each upgrade requires the previous Rune in order to obtain the next one.[8]
