Dead Cells (PlayStation 4 Games) Dead Cells is a brutally challenging 2d action-platformer with no checkpoints. Youll get better eventually. Dead Cells puts you in control of a failed alchemic experiment trying to figure out what's happening on a sprawling, ever-changing and seemingly cursed Island. Tough but fair combat, responsive controls, challenging foes, permadeath and of course, the emergency panic roll to get you out of trouble, make for a demanding, visceral and cathartic action game.