players like Hades more than Dead Cells
by where each lands in players' personal rankings
65% put Hades higher
94 of 145 players who ranked both games have Hades above Dead Cells in their own library (53 more own both but never told them apart)
but when they meet, Dead Cells wins
9 of 13 direct duels went to Dead Cells, the other 4 to Hades
13 duels between exactly these two. the verdict above rests on everyone's full rankings; this is only what happened when both were on screen together.
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both tagged Roguelike · Action Roguelike · Roguelite · Hack and Slash
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Players like Hades more than Dead Cells, by a hair. Hades beats 75% of the games in a typical Steam library, which ranks it #117 of 19,275 scored games; Dead Cells beats 72% and ranks #538 of 19,275. Both are well liked, so this is a question of which one players love more, not whether Dead Cells is any good. Dead Cells' score rests on 311 players, Hades' on 588 players.
Of the 145 players who ranked both games, 65% put Hades higher in their own library and 35% Dead Cells. When they meet on screen together, though, Dead Cells wins: 9 of 13 direct duels went its way.
53% of Dead Cells' raters keep it in the top 30% of their own library, against 66% for Hades. Hades is the safer pick: 13% of its raters file it in their bottom 40%, against 21% for Dead Cells.
Both are tagged Roguelike, Action Roguelike and Roguelite on Steam; Dead Cells came out in 2018, Hades in 2020.
Every score here comes from players duelling games out of their own Steam library, not from reviews or playtime, and this matchup last moved 4 days ago. A new duel on either game can change who wins.
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