Dead Cells
Tell someone something is a roguelike and they’ll either perk up, let out a deep, exhausted sigh, or ask you if you actually meant to say “roguelite.” Dead Cells helps bridge that gap with 2D action platforming that feels more like something out of a classic arcade game than the basis for a labyrinth of RNG-fueled buildcrafting upgrades to memorize and manage. It arrived on Switch in 2018 and has had 35 patches and five DLC expansions in the years since.
