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Mobile game · 2019

Dead Cells

Dead Cells is a rogue-lite, 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.

Estimated daily players

~52,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 22K180K

Estimated total players

~2,400,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 730K16M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Aug 28, 2019AndroidiOSACB MA15+ESRB 18CERO CGRAC 15CLASS IND 14USK 16PEGI M

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 31%
  • Steam 21%
  • App Store 16%
  • Discord 16%
  • Reddit 5.7%
  • 2 others 9.8%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Dead Cells, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~52,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 22K180K

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~2,400,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 730K16M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Dead Cells per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~1,800,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Dead Cells where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

125,379

Average rating
4.8
Installs
1M+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Ratings left on the Android listing. It is the broadest signal in the catalogue — about half of all games here have a Play page.

App Store ratings

12,148

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.8

Ratings left on the iOS listing, read from Apple’s public lookup endpoint.

Steam players in game

2,671

Reviews
182,494

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Only the games with a PC port appear here, but where Steam does report it is a real concurrent-player count rather than a proxy for one.

Community signals

How many people gather around Dead Cells outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Discord members

35,594

Online now
7,232

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Size of the official Discord server, counted from its public invite.

Reddit members

225,690

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

YouTube subscribers

138,000

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s official channel. The API quota is shared, so this refreshes daily for the highest-scoring games rather than for all of them.

Twitch viewers

6

Live channels
3

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

People watching this game on Twitch right now, summed across every live channel in its category.

Trailers

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Early Access Trailer

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Dead Cells?

We estimate that about 2,400,000 people have played Dead Cells — plausibly between 730K and 16M. Around 52,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 22K and 180K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Dead Cells still active?

Yes. Dead Cells is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Dead Cells player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

How big is the Dead Cells Discord community?

Dead Cells has 35,594 members on Discord, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Dead Cells Reddit community?

Dead Cells has 225,690 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Dead Cells YouTube community?

Dead Cells has 138,000 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Dead Cells Twitch community?

Dead Cells has 6 viewers on Twitch, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Dead Cells released?

Dead Cells was released on August 28, 2019 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Dead Cells available on?

Dead Cells is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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