Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

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Explore a relaxing Arboretum, wade through a noxious Swamp and take on a new boss in this early game content designed to expand the Dead Cells universe. So you’ll be able to play through: The Dilapidated Arboretum: a relaxing and peaceful greenhouse inhabited by a peaceful clan of mushrooms, with an understandable desire to murder The Beheaded.

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Developer:
Motion Twin
Release date:
11 February 2020
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All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (759)

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Description

Explore a relaxing Arboretum, wade through a noxious Swamp and take on a new boss in this early game content designed to expand the Dead Cells universe.



So you’ll be able to play through:
  • The Dilapidated Arboretum: a relaxing and peaceful greenhouse inhabited by a peaceful clan of mushrooms, with an understandable desire to murder The Beheaded.
  • The Morass of The Banished: a noxious environment ruled by a band of tree dwelling mutants with pointy sticks, sneaky dart shooting frogmen and a bunch of deadly bloodsuckers.
  • The Nest: Domain of Mama Tick, if you’ve seen Starship Troopers, you get the idea...


The two new levels and their monsters are alternatives to Promenade of the Condemned/Toxic Sewers and Ramparts/Ossuary/Ancient Sewers, with the boss designed to be on par with The Concierge, so hopefully it’ll spice up your early game runs once you’ve played through the base game.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7+
Processor:
Intel i5+
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better
Storage:
500 MB available space
Additional Notes:
DirectX 9.1+ or OpenGL 3.2+

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7+
Processor:
Intel i5+
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia GTX 460 / Radeon HD 7800 or better
Storage:
500 MB available space
Additional Notes:
DirectX 9.1+ or OpenGL 3.2+

User reviews

SmackleSmores
Recommended | 10 Nov 2025

The most accessible of the dlcs. New areas are easy to find and are fun though i would say the shortest of all the dlcs. The boss is good as well. Very much a entry level dlc

Helpful: 3
Taiwanees
Recommended | 28 Feb 2026

With new foes to vanquish, unique weapon blueprints to unlock and a cute new pet, early game runs get new life breathed into them with the addition of the Dead Cells: The Bad Seed DLC. Mushroom Boi alone makes this DLC

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Trozana
Recommended | 02 Jan 2024

I personally enjoyed the added content of this DLC. The Arboretum is a decent second option, if you like to go through prison depths and the ossuary for farming as much as possible on your route to Black Bridge. I

Helpful: 2
CrispyKnight
Recommended | 01 Jun 2024

A pretty good DLC. As others have pointed out, there isnt much content on its own (which is fine, is pretty cheap, and the stuff you get is nice). While I liked the weapons added, I think the bosses added had much to be

Helpful: 1
DontRunWScissors
Recommended | 10 Aug 2025

Really good DLC for spicing up the early part of runs, Mama Tick is an interesting boss and decently fun (unless you're using a fire build), and you get some good areas as well like the Arboretum and Morass. Overall

Helpful: 3
Rhazgok
Recommended | 19 Aug 2023

This DLC adds two new areas (and a new boss fight) and items, helping the game from getting too stale and repeating the same areas over and over with the same gear. It also helps support the game and its updates.

Helpful: 0