Dicey Dungeons
Become a giant walking dice and battle to the end of an ever-changing dungeon! Can you escape the cruel whims of Lady Luck? In this new fast-paced deckbuilding roguelike from Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon, VVVVVV), Chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe, you'll fight monsters, find better loot, and level up your heroes as you work together to take down the Goddess of Fortune, Lady Luck herself. Balance your carefully planned strategies against the unknown of a dice roll. Play as six different characters, each with their own unique play styles and abilities. The Thief, who steals random enemy equipment every turn! The Robot, who gains dice by playing a push-your-luck blackjack game! The Inventor, overcome with inspiration, who must destroy their own equipment after each fight to get parts for powerful new gadgets!
Game Discussion
Steam User 8
This is peak work laptop game. It's fun, addicting, and easy to play. There's enough variety and difficulties to keep you playing for hours. I recommend this whole-heartedly.
Steam User 7
I really liked this game.
Initially I heard about it back when it was just an idea, then when it was released, but I only started playing it during Spring 2024. And then took a couiple of very long breaks, occasionally revisiting this game. Only now I found the time to actually finish it. Good think by now I already completed about 80% of the game.
here’s what the game is about:
- six characters, each has six chapters + one final chapter + bonus episodes (3 chapters in halloween special and 6 in reunion)
- the game functions like a sort of card game, but you use your dice as mana
- every character has a set of rules-mechanics, unique to them (e.g. Witch has only four slots, but she can learn six spells and assign whatever to any slot at any time, Inventor can use new gadgets every turn, Robot has a limit on total sum of dice values, etc…)
- each episode has 6 levels in the dungeon, with the boss on the final level
The more appealing part starts when the mechanics change for every character. Or when you find out small funny details in interactions, like you can not only steal enemy equipment, but also use it to turn yourself into a giant cubic bear.
This sort of details makes the game really fun to play.
But if up until now it was a fun and solid game with a very thought through gameplay loop, beautiful visual style and great soundtrack from Chipzel, solid 8/10. I really enjoyed Robot, Thief and Jester runs especially.
But it’s Halloween Special and Reunion chapters that up everything to the next level.
In these bonus chapters the rules are completely changed or turn into something familiar, yet unexpected: Warrior gets permanent buffs from workout plans, Witch practically gets puzzle mode, Inventor gets unlimited cards, but each type of cards is limited to 3 uses. These bonus chapters were so much fun that the game is 9.5 out of 10 for me now.
And it also inspired me a lot.
Steam User 9
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quite exciting on low difficulty
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The more difficult it is, the less opportunity there is for tactics and the more it depends on randomness.
The enemy is cheating, and the right dice are always at hand.
Your random is limping on both hooves, you roll a die 3 times and the same number three times.
6/10 It's exciting for the first 5 hours while you figure out the mechanics.
And then the game starts to get frankly infuriating, as you are against you and your chances are at a minimum. Therefore, it is difficult to enjoy the game when you feel like a cornered rat, and salvation lies only in luck, but not in your capabilities.
Steam User 6
You know how rougelike games have those moments where you either get incredibly lucky and steamroll through or crash and burn at a crucial moment all because of RNG? Well this game is all about the original RNG: dice rolls. This is an interesting rougelike that focuses on attacks being based on the dice roll and managing a weapon load out that can may or may not have synergy with what you're going for. The concept is nice and the music is funky. The gameplay doesn't get boring as the character differences and difficulty settings offers better challenge. Its something, but it does bring out the feeling of "the house always wins" as you defy odds to win regardless. Overall, its a decent game for those that really want to test their luck.
Steam User 5
Addictive game loop, fantastic music and stellar art.
Combat system feels deep and rive with optimisation.
Truly an indie gem.
Steam User 4
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS GAME. It's wild how much the different characters change the playstyle. Wonderful mechanics, cute art, fun storyline... My only gripe is that the Witch Character is SO DIFFICULT. I just cannot beat her 5+ levels...
Steam User 3
A lovely roguelike. While by design VERY luck based, you're given a lot of chances to twist luck in your favor through the fun equipment system.
Can be VERY difficult. The elimination round episodes get incredibly difficult on some of the higher difficulty characters, but thankfully they aren't required to beat the game.