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Dead Cells

Playdigious · 12,035 ratings · ★ 4.8

4.8
★★★★★
12,035 ratings
5 ★
10,828 (90%)
4 ★
672 (6%)
3 ★
179 (1%)
2 ★
82 (1%)
1 ★
277 (2%)
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Top complaints - extracted from 19 negative reviews

Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.

1
"game"
12 negative reviews mention this · 63% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Needs updated. Poorly made game with unrealistic hit boxes" - frodo'
2
"play"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No keyboard support… seriously?. Can’t move/play with a keyboard. Why would you disable that when PC version has it just fine?" - wraith0123
3
"progress"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fun until game loses all data and resets on TVOS. Only game I play on my Apple TV, but this is the third time I’ve lost all my progress when playing on TVOS. Extremely frustrating, I guess it was fun while it lasted." - Danz Franz
4
"money"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★ "Overheating. For some reason this game will drain my battery in minutes and overheats my phone more than any other game I’ve played. Doesn’t make sense. Waste of money" - Evilmike112

📋 All 19 negative reviews

Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").

★★★★ “Null access” fix your game 6/18/2026 v3.5.9
Why is “null access” a thing
I can’t continue anything and i have no idea why, this has been out for years why does this still have problems.
★★★★ Asi nomas tu mama es tu prima 12/17/2025 v3.5.9
Puto juego
Solo un golpe y me mata el jefe,solo un golpe no tienes que fallar ni un golpe ni dejar que te golpeen si no quieres morir de un solo golpe, para lo que pague no valió la pena
★★★★ VanishedJoker 8/12/2025 v3.5.6
Won’t work
Love this game,sadly it always crashes on my iPad b4 I can play.
★★★★ Evilmike112 7/29/2025 v3.5.6
Overheating
For some reason this game will drain my battery in minutes and overheats my phone more than any other game I’ve played. Doesn’t make sense. Waste of money
★★★★ anomlsofhd 7/27/2025 v3.5.6
stop asking for reviews in the middle of my game
so annoying. happens once a week
★★★★ PattyBeans 7/22/2025 v3.5.6
0/5 stars
Few things I’ve noticed:
1. Weapons do not work as defined: uninterruptible weapons are, in fact, interruptible. Ex: flint
2: roll doesn’t always parry
3: double jumping and slamming are interchangeable. You never know which one will happen when you double tap.
4: push right, sometimes you go left. Climb down, sometimes you climb up and vice versa.
5. Monsters sometimes phase through walls.
6. In app support does not help. Hopes and prayers are what they send.
★★★★ Ax.阿雪 7/2/2025 v3.5.6
就是一个粪game
完全就是一个粪!
★★★★ Jos The Gamer 4/8/2025 v3.5.6
Hi
I hate this stupid game it makes me rage so bad
★★★★ Rodrigo1008 2/24/2025 v3.5.6
unplayable
ipad second gen, i pay for 2 dlcs and can’t play the game correctly, there is audio and video bugs constantly so i delete the app. just wondering a refunding …
★★★★ iHope This Name Isn'tTakenn 2/21/2025 v3.5.6
Deletes data constantly
I’ve put countless hours into this game and on three separate occasions it deleted my progress for absolutely no reason. Beyond unfair and frustrating. The game would be 5-stars otherwise.
★★★★★ wraith0123 2/12/2026 v3.5.9
No keyboard support… seriously?
Can’t move/play with a keyboard. Why would you disable that when PC version has it just fine?
★★★★★ NPC_101 1/3/2026 v3.5.12-epic
Obra
Tremenda obra maestra 20/10 y god
★★★★★ frodo' 12/19/2025 v3.5.12-epic
Needs updated
Poorly made game with unrealistic hit boxes
★★★★★ Danz Franz 11/6/2025 v3.5.9
Fun until game loses all data and resets on TVOS
Only game I play on my Apple TV, but this is the third time I’ve lost all my progress when playing on TVOS. Extremely frustrating, I guess it was fun while it lasted.
★★★★★ Sergio9933 8/17/2025 v3.5.6
Not my common genre of a game
Gameplay is great
★★★★★ 0678_YT 5/29/2025 v3.5.6
Glitch
I payed for return to castlevania but it didn’t give me the DLC for it
★★★★★ J3Carlisle 3/18/2025 v3.5.6
Buy on pc/console
I have this game on console, and it is a difficult but fun game.
Playing on the phone takes away your ability to do anything accurately. I die more to the digital controls than anything else.
Save your money and buy it on a system with a controller
★★★★★ yo yo yos 2/26/2025 v3.5.6
I really have to restart after every death?
I now understand that the point of the game is to restart completely every time you die. I still whole-heartedly believe that’s something you should make very clear in the game description on the AppStore. I went on Reddit and found many people like me who wasted money on this game, because they had no clue it was that kind of game. “Kill. Die. Learn. Repeat” is 100% not enough of a warning that you will lose ALL progress after dying.
★★★★★ faust52 2/21/2025 v3.5.6
Игра отличная, но…
Управление - это просто что-то с чем-то. Супер неудобно, за два вечера игры так и не смог привыкнуть к джойстику, хотелось бы просто кнопки вверх, вниз, влево и вправо.

Sentiment summary

96%
Positive (4-5★)
1%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)

✓ Strong positive sentiment - clone path is harder, users like the existing app.