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.

Public builds
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Distinct builds deployed to a game's public (default) Steam branch, as Steam's client network describes them.
Checked within minutes of each Steam change. Observed since 21 Oct 2026.
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Latest public build
Build 23762174
Update posts
1 postsPosts announcing an update, tagged or not
Posts in a game's official Steam news feed that announce an update: tagged as patch notes by the developer, or plainly about a patch or a released update.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp. Full methodology
Typical gap between builds
Not enough builds yet| Build | Went live | Patch notes |
|---|---|---|
| 23762174 | None posted |
From Steam’s client network, last checked . Builds before 21 Oct 2026, when we started watching, aren't listed. Patch notes are the developer’s update post from an hour before to a day after the build. Not every build gets one. How we count
| Posted | Update |
|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2026 | Dead Cells Stability Patch: Less Null Access, More Monster Slaying. Update |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Dead Cells Mobile Update - Clean Cut & The End is Near Update |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Astral Ascent: The Dead Cells Rendezvous Update Update |
| 19 Aug 2024 | Update 35: The End is Near is now live! Update |
| 2 Oct 2023 | A New Patch released for current Beta for Update 35! Patch notes |
| 20 Sept 2023 | A New Patch released for current alpha for Update 35... again! Patch notes |
| 14 Sept 2023 | New Patch released for current alpha for Update 35! Patch notes |
| 12 Sept 2023 | Update 35 alpha - New system for Cursed mobs i.e the Cursed Biome effect Patch notes |
| 6 Sept 2023 | The second Patch released for current alpha for Update 35! Patch notes |
| 30 Aug 2023 | Patch released for current alpha for Update 35 & details on cursed mob spawns Patch notes |
| 28 Aug 2023 | Update 35 "The End is Near" is in alpha stage! Update |
| 4 May 2023 | Hotfix for Clean Cut update + legendary affixes for Sewing Scissors & Giant Comb Patch notes |
| 27 Apr 2023 | Our 34th Dead Cells update, "Clean Cut" is live! Update |
| 12 Apr 2023 | Patch released for current alpha for Update 34 Patch notes |
| 5 Apr 2023 | Update 34 "Clean Cut" is in alpha stage! Update |
| 20 Mar 2023 | Mac users who are still getting crashes - can you report some details for us? Patch notes |
| 10 Mar 2023 | Hotfix is live - fixing Mac crashes, Steam Deck save issue, softlock in DLC Update |
| 14 Nov 2022 | Hotfix for Everyone is Here Vol. II update Update |
| 7 Nov 2022 | The Everyone is Here Vol. II update is out now! Update |
| 12 Oct 2022 | Last hotfix for Boss Rush, hopefully! Outfits now fixed Patch notes |
| 10 Oct 2022 | Boss Rush update hotfix Patch notes |
| 5 Oct 2022 | The Dead Cells 'Boss Rush' update is out now! Update |
| 3 Aug 2022 | The 'Enter the Panchaku' update is live! Update |
| 4 Jul 2022 | Hotfix released - fixing analog stick problems, sound effect issues & more :) Update |
| 11 Apr 2022 | Patch for Break the Bank update Patch notes |
| 8 Apr 2022 | Steam Deck issues with proton 7.0.1 and earlier - don't use compatibility layer Update |
| 30 Mar 2022 | 'Break the Bank' Update out now! New biome, 3 enemies, 3 weapons, 3 mutations Update |
| 2 Mar 2022 | Hotfix for the update 28 beta Patch notes |
| 9 Feb 2022 | Update 28 alpha open - try out a brand new biome! Update |
| 24 Jan 2022 | Hotfix for Queen and the Sea content is available to download Update |
| 24 Nov 2021 | Hotfix for 2.6 Patch notes |
| 22 Nov 2021 | Everyone is Here update is available! Update |
| 16 Sept 2021 | Practice Makes Perfect update lands with training room & ease-of-use features Update |
| 3 Aug 2021 | "Practice makes Perfect" update in alpha phase - training room & superpowers! Update |
| 23 Jul 2021 | Mod tools tweaks Patch notes |
| 1 Jul 2021 | Hotfix for Update 24 Update |
| 10 Jun 2021 | Dead Cells' What's the Damage? update is here! Update |
| 26 May 2021 | Dead Cells Update 24 now in alpha Update |
| 30 Mar 2021 | The Whack-a-Mole Update is live! Update |
| 5 Mar 2021 | Update 23 in alpha - 3 new weapons, 3 new mutations & tweaked difficulty curve Update |
| 21 Dec 2020 | Update 21 available now! Update |
| 3 Dec 2020 | Update 21 alpha open now Update |
| 19 Aug 2020 | Small hotfix released Patch notes |
| 11 Aug 2020 | The Barrels o' Fun update is here! Update |
| 23 Jul 2020 | Public alpha for Update 20 (new biome) released into the wild Update |
| 1 Jul 2020 | The Update of Plenty has arrived! Update |
| 17 Jun 2020 | Final alpha patch for Update 19 Update |
| 10 Jun 2020 | Latest patch for Update 19 alpha Update |
| 3 Jun 2020 | 1.9 Alpha patch & Android release Update |
| 28 May 2020 | Alpha for the "Update of Plenty" available! Patch notes |
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Steam keeps no record of past build numbers, so before 21 Oct 2026 a game’s update history comes from its own Steam news: posts tagged as patch notes, and untagged posts that plainly announce a patch or a released update. Older posts are still being read in, most played games first. How we count