Dicey Dungeons

Decided to give this game another chance after a while, immediately ran into 2 gameplay bugs (options disappearing at the start of battle and gear inexplicably being weakened permanently after a battle).

Even without those issues, there's so many better roguelike card battlers with classes to choose from.
I know it's technically a dice battler but cmon. I'd recommend

Circadian Dice - If you want specifically a dice battler
Griftlands - Best card battler out rn IMO (aside from Slay the Spire)

Great first impression, before turning into an rng simulator after 10 hours.

You'll probably like Dicey Dungeons if (but not only if!): You enjoyed the old iPhone game Dream Quest, and want a modernized take with a less-ugly presentation(!), dice-rolling mechanics, better balance, and more replayability.

game is charming, fun, and does provide some decently deep strategy decisions.
UI is a bit slow to use imo, and there's some action speed stuff i don't really like where going too fast could screw you over (or be exploited for gains)

fun deck building rng game
the game WILL exploit flaws in your build so make sure you can adapt

peak

The game was good while you use the warrior for the first dungeon. Then you get the thief, and its RIDICULOUS after that, the thief has the worst RNG no matter what build you use, so be prepared to lose alot and its only your second character. I don't get why they made it so frustratingly difficult on your SECOND CHARACTER WITH THE FIRST EPISODE. I've tried my best to beat episode 1 with the thief and died 5 total times before I gave up and moved on to a better game.

A game that keeps on giving in terms of unique challenges. It's so fun to mess around in and play just one more game.

Ok, first of all, I love this game. I was instantly hooked. I purchased a copy for both my phone and steam AND I told my mom about it. She also loves it. I just want to be clear that, hands down, I like this game and you should definitely buy it. However, i have one large complaint.

I am so furious right now that I almost want a refund. I think it is a despicable act to make a character or playthrough so incredibly difficult as to render that character unplayable. If I had known at the start that losing 5 + attempts with one character (basically wasting my time) was an actual option I would not have bought the game. It's like dangling a carrot.

Of course challenge is necessary and everyone enjoys a difficult scenario from time to time. But deliberately creating a no-win scenario in a game that I payed for? Inconceivable. I literally cannot progress in a game I PAYED FOR because the witch is a waste of time.

Finally, I realize that the witch is a "higher" difficulty. But I've discovered that it is not that the challenge has increased. It is simply that the character is DEFINITELY not going to make it to the boss ever. Which feels like false advertising,

One of the most criminally underrated roguelikes of all time—if you enjoyed games like Slay the Spire or Balatro, you should give this one a try as well.

Fun roguelike with great art and vibe. One of Terry Cavanagh's many gems.

Deceptively simple at first, but tons of content and different types of challenges.
And an amazing soundtrack. Sometimes I just wait in battle to keep the music going.

Dicey Dungeons has a criminally underrated soundtrack that alone is responsible for making me want to play it.

Fun game, too. It does rely quite heavily on the RNG side, but some classes rely on it less so than others. Runs don't take very long to complete as well, which is great.

This is THE introductory rougelite deckbuilder in my eyes, it inspired me to get into both genres more deeply, and I had a blast playing! Such a fun combat system

Super fun deckbuilding roguelike with lots of options for variation between runs

one of the few games i felt like 100%ing and had a blast doing so

that is a high honor for a game for me personally

The game is definitely enjoyable. Lots of interesting combos with dice and planning each turn can make it engaging as well as a game that requires some actual thinking. HOWEVER, the game is (obviously) quite RNG heavy which can lead to it becoming exceedingly difficult or annoying, especially with certain characters. I found myself getting frustrated at times because of this. There are of course mechanics and strategies to mitigate some of that RNG and push things more in your favor, but failing a run due to something completely outside my control doesn't always feel great. Overall I consider it pretty good. But not quite "great". It's got a charming aesthetic and nice music. Deep enough gameplay and characters to seek your teeth into. And overall is solid. Not incredible, but solid. Also since I went for getting all the achievements, I was getting VERY frustrated when trying to snag the last few I needed so that probably soured my opinion a bit haha.

It does however support mods which definitely open up a lot of extra possibilities and extra replayability with this game which always gets a huge thumbs up from me!

Such a fun, simple and well crafted little RPG. Easy to pick up and play, silly themes and characters, and can also provide a real challenge. Well worth the money and time :)

Re-rolled a 6 back into a 6 all three times using my re-rolls in one turn. Proceeded to do the exact same thing with the number 1 the turn after.

When converted into a percentage, that's about 0.00214% chance when using 6 re-rolls to get the same number every single time.

The RNG in this game is either broken, or I'm just that unlucky.

This game is absolutely amazing.

The music is amazing too.

Short summary: It's actually a Min-Max Puzzle game, not a traditional RPG. If you don't sweat out every single move you'll end up frustrated. If you do Min-Max it can be rewarding and thrilling.

Longer review:

The game presents itself as a Rougelike RPG with an emphasis on RNG. But coming at the game with this mindset will result in frustration. It's ultimately a Min-Max Puzzle RPG, challenging the player to choose the perfectly optimal move every single round with every single enemy. Even on "Relaxed Mode" players need to be as sweaty as possible with every single enemy, as a Floor 1 Level 1 enemy can bring you down to 5% health after a few unlucky dice rolls. The same applies to all choices about equipment, shops, and healing items. All must be chosen in the perfectly optimal way to prevent an abrupt gameover if an unassuming enemy catches you offsides.

Inherently there will be some frustration over a lucky run suddenly dying to a pair of bad dice rolls. If that type of hardcore RNG difficulty makes you rage this might be a bad match for you. But if you embrace the fact that you're on a knife's edge every single move you can start thinking seriously about Min-Max strategy. Then your wins over even basic enemies feel more rewarding as they're so hard fought.

The music is great, as are the visuals and sound effects. The cartoony aesthetic lulled me into a false sense of security that this game could be casual or simple. In fact it's deeply challenging, and can't even be called "challenging but fair" since the randomness of the dice adds inherent chaos. But when you do win the victory is all the sweeter.

I think this style of gameplay might be niche to those with the min-max mindset. But it's absolutely worth picking up during a sale for anyone to give a try.

I've 100%'ed this game twice (once on mobile, once on Steam) and I enjoyed every moment of it. This game has so many amazing qualities, including the artstyle, characters, plot, challenges, and overall gameplay, it's a great choice (especially when on sale!)

I'd also like to claim the title of #1 Jester fan. I <3 Jester

I bought this game purely because it was made by Terry Cavanagh. I had been away from single player video games for several years, and I knew I enjoyed his previous games, so I looked up what he had made and bought it and played it.

I very much enjoyed it, in particular the playstyle of the witch character. When I unlocked the witch, I played through all her levels and then the rest of the game wasn't quite as good, but excellent, well worth the time.

A game that I feel is pretty good if you love numbers (and a bit of gambling with one of the characters that you can choose from).

The main critique I have is the elimination round game modes. Losing because you are handed with a bad hand from the start and you cannot make it good enough during your run means that you'll lose to a lot more rng and cannot combat to fix it. On top of that, everyone else has upgraded stats, so it's like the "tutorial for the character" round, but you are worse and the enemy is better. Not good design.

I like most things about this game though. If you like more relaxed games, this is definitely a good time. The characters are nice, most of the game modes are balanced to where you can do multiple strategies and they are not terrible, their are a lot of achievements to collect with some being pretty challenging, and the developers are great for adding actual mods as updates to the game, so there are now two different campaigns that you can choose from instead of having to stick to the main one. My rating for this game will be a solid 8/10.

Thanks for reading my opinion.

Call it a skill issue, but this game feels way too reliant on RNG or the same builds over and over again for its gameplay and it just isnt engaging for me.

This game is addictive. I've given up my wife and children for this game as a single man in his 20s. Fall into the dicey void.

Get Jester and the game becomes very fun

Too little enemy/build variety for me to be on board and this game wants you to play so MUCH of it. The game being reliant on ONLY dice makes this game wildly more random than other roguelikes to where victory doesn't even feel good.

I will relent the game's charming and holy smokes, that soundtrack is INSANE. This game might as well be a funk jazz album in a trenchcoat.

Dicey Dungeons is charming, fun, and challenging. I love a game that requires me to actively learn and face challenging opponents to improve my strategy. I also love that the amount of content is just right, its as short or as long as you want it to be, both the main story and the "post-game" are really fun and both have good amount of content.

I forgot I had this game in my library lmao.
Great game.

I love this game so much.

Very fun game. Great music. I like that gimmicks between challenges are not minor but game-changing. Each character feels radically different to play.

Fun game. Lady Luck can mess up your runs sometimes though, which can get frustrating if it happens several times in a row. Also f*ck that damn Loud Bird, it's a really annoying enemy especially during the elimination rounds because Flight+ is just so damn annoying. Great game though.

The things I would let Lady Luck do to me

game fun

very nice 9/10

100%'d the base game and DLCs in just under 60 hours and I've got say, it was a really fun game.

The charming art style and little quips of humor made me enjoy the characters more than I thought I would (the baby squid is adorable, how could you not love it).

The gameplay is simple done right. Roguelike dungeon, RNG abilities, manipulation of dice rolls, and different rules for each contestant for each of their story rounds? Sounds like a lot, but it's laid out in a really approachable way that makes learning from your mistakes pretty easy. Whether I went for dedicated or funny builds, the game remained enjoyable for the whole ride, even while I was praying for better initial rolls on Witch Hard mode (if you know, you know).

All in all, a fantastic game to play that is well worth the $15 dollars. Heck, it even goes on sale for a generous $3 for those more hesitant. Have fun and may Lady Luck bless you.

At the start I liked the game. The mechanics were interesting. But I quickly found the game of dice rolls loses strategy as you progress. New mechanics are thrown in to ruin any attempt at thoughtful use of the dice or equipment.

So an interesting game idea, nice art style and music, but lacks strategic depth.

+ The Music!
+ Art-Style
+ General gameplay

- Pretty shallow as a roguelike
- High variance

Overall: not for me but a well made game.

Great, perfect to play in the background while watching videos.

This is a great game to recommend to people who are considering getting into roguelite deckbuilder rpgs. It's very simple to get into with new depth appearing when you make more progress and new mechanics that make the seemingly simple and easy game much harder later on. It is alot more luck reliant then most other deckbuilders on the market but its got alot of charm and variety in it's gameplay that's very welcoming to newcomers and a very jazzy soundtrack to enjoy

I love being a little dice

Really fun rougelike with great replay value

Плюсы: много кубиков!

Very fun game to play on the steam deck, good game design, animation, and sound.

Those who review this game negatively are mad because of the inherent RNG mechanic. The game is less about skill and more about lucky dice rolls and lucky equipment pulls.

Rounds tend to be short to make up for this so you can easily restart a run.


Unless you get mad cause bad, its a nice chill game

I hate rouguelikes and rougelites. I hate deckbuilders. I literally couldnt even finish the Splatoon 3 dlc, despite being an OG WIIU fan, because I just hate the genre so much.

But this game. Something about this game. It is phenomenal. I have been chipping away at it for hours on end, just trying one step more to reach my goal of completing them all. I keep it open at work and do a battle or two as a break, I play it at home when I need to refocus myself, I play it all the time, and i have been since it came out. I reccomend this game to literally anyone, and I am genuinely going to be so sad once I finish all that I have set out to do and have to lay this game to rest,

Amazing roguelike with addicting gameplay and outstanding soundtrack.
The lucky factor can be a little anoying sometimes, but it's a dice game, so nothing wrong with it.
The gold lies on the challenges, and replaying levels when you fail does not feel bad, but engaging.
Love it.

fun little dicey game and i like the funny clown man

I love you gabmling

dice more like one die amiright

muy bien