The roguelike Metroidvania Dead Cells has offered over one million copies since getting into Steam Early Access in August final 12 months, with roughly 60% of these gross sales on PC. That’s based on a chat from the devs at Motion Twin on the Game Developers’ Conference final week (through US Gamer).
Motion Twin is a small French indie that had beforehand made free-to-play games for cellular and internet. At GDC, designer Sébastien Bénard stated Dead Cells was a “last-chance project” for the studio, which “was not in such good shape.” Dead Cells was a chance, but it surely has clearly paid off.
Almost a 12 months in the past, Motion Twin shared that it had sold 730,000 copies through Steam Early Access, so it could seem that momentum has slowed, however the small indie will little question be delighted by the numbers simply the identical. As with many games today, Dead Cells has been helped by streamers – the game is well-suited to speedrunning, speaking technique, and different watchable types of play.
Those gross sales have since been topped off by a console launch, with Dead Cells additionally doing properly on Nintendo Switch.
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Interested? Dead Cells is on Steam here for $24.99 (£21.99). A chunk of free DLC named Rise of the Giant is because of unlock in three days’ time, including new ranges, bosses, weapons, expertise, and skins. You may decide up the soundtrack for $5.
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