It's coming to PC early access next year.
The studio behind led by Sam Barlow is still as mysterious as ever.
At a reported 110 employees in 2023, these layoffs represent a roughly 50 percent reduction in staff.
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture developer The Chinese Room took over development after publisher Paradox Interactive removed Hardsuit Labs from the project.
The studio that has been supporting Dead Cells with new content since its release in 2018 is moving on to different projects.
These layoffs join the more than 5,500 employees laid off across the games industry at large just this year.
Reports indicate 20 percent of Deck Nine's staff is equal to roughly 30 employees.
The team's size may be dramatically reduced over the next few weeks.
Started in 2009, Moon Studios has been a remote studio since its beginning.
What could it be?