There are plenty of reasons to love Dead Cells, from its beautiful art style to its action-packed combat. Before you take the leap and start the game, though, you may want to know about its length.
If you're looking for a title you can complete quickly, then Dead Cells is not it. However, if you want a fun adventure that you can really invest time in, this game could be perfect. After all, it'll take plenty of hours to achieve 100 percent completion, and simply beating the main objectives takes a while, too. Here are the exact completion times, according to HowLongToBeat.
How Long Does It Take To Beat Dead Cells?
Completing The Main Story
If you put all of your attention on the main objectives, you can finish Dead Cells in 14 hours. Yet, unless you're incredibly single-minded, your run will probably be longer.
Perhaps, you'll gather some of the best blueprints or engage in any other piece of optional content. If you do so, it might take you around 28 hours to beat the game.
100% Completion Run
In Dead Cells, a 100 percent completion playthrough isn't just a little longer than a story-focused one - it's a lot longer.
After all, to do everything in the game, including earning all of the achievements or trophies, requires beating the story a few times. Therefore, a completionist run lasts around 80 hours.
How Many Biomes Are In The Game?
To complete Dead Cells, you need to make your way through various biomes. There are 29 in total, but 10 of them are DLC.
Yet, you will not see each one during a single playthrough as you can only enter a single biome per stage. Which of them you access depends on the runes you have and sometimes if you're holding the key. Here are all of the possible biomes you may encounter:
Stage One:
- Prisoners' Quarters
Stage Two:
- Toxic Sewers
- Promenade Of The Condemned
- Dilapidated Arboretum (The Bad Seed DLC)
Bonus Stages:
- Prison Depths
- Corrupted Prison
Stage Three:
- Ancient Sewers
- Ossuary
- Ramparts
- Morass Of The Banished (The Bad Seed DLC)
First Boss:
- Black Bridge
- Insufferable Crypt
- Nest (The Bad Seed DLC)
Stage Four:
- Slumbering Sanctuary
- Graveyard
- Stilt Village
- Fractured Shrines (Fatal Falls DLC)
Stage Five:
- Forgotten Sepulcher
- Clock Tower
- Cavern (Rise Of The Giant DLC)
- Undying Shores (Fatal Falls DLC)
Second Boss:
- Clock Room
- Guardians Haven (Rise Of The Giant DLC)
- Mausoleum (Fatal Falls DLC)
Stage Six:
- High Peak Castle
- Derelict Distillery
Third Boss:
- Throne Room
Stage Seven (Rise Of The Giant DLC):
- Astrolab
Final Boss (Rise Of The Giant DLC):
- Observatory