Dicey Dungeons

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 53
  3. Negative: 5 out of 53

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  1. lastcoolname
    Mar 14, 2021
    6
    Starts off really fun but then the game mechanics turn against you quickly. After about 4 hours, it becomes impossible to get past a level.
  2. drlowdon
    Jun 26, 2021
    6
    Dicey Dungeons is a roguelike in which players roll and use dice to defeat a series of enemies in the hope of escaping the game show in which they find themselves trapped.

    The core gameplay loop is fairly enjoyable to start with, but even with unlockable characters that each come with their own unique set of rules, this is a game that comes a little repetitive fairly quickly. Worth    Dicey Dungeons is a roguelike in which players roll and use dice to defeat a series of enemies in the hope of escaping the game show in which they find themselves trapped.

    The core gameplay loop is fairly enjoyable to start with, but even with unlockable characters that each come with their own unique set of rules, this is a game that comes a little repetitive fairly quickly. Worth picking up if you see it on sale, but I doubt I’ll go back to it very often.    … Expand
  3. ZoRDoK
    Mar 27, 2022
    7
    Too random and lack of control after some of first levels. Very frustrating and annoying game.
  4. Sufferage
    Jul 10, 2022
    7
    A nice twist on the rogue "deck" (dice) builder, though doesn't have quite the lasting appeal of the leaders of the genre
  5. LouistheHelms
    Oct 3, 2022
    7
    I don't have much to say about this game. For what it is, it's a perfectly fine, perfectly fun luck-based RTS. The style is fun enough, and the gameplay loop is quite nice. Figuring out each character is fun! I think the soundtrack is the shining point of this game, in my opinion. Each song on the soundtrack is pretty great.
    Worth trying out, at least.

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Nintenderos
    Jan 28, 2021
    78
    Dicey Dungeons makes the most of its possibilities. It is original, challenging, extremely varied... it manages to create with a simple roll of the dice the emotion of knowing if we can resist until the next fight. It mixes many really interesting formulas for the players.
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  2. NintendoWorldReport
    Jan 6, 2021
    95
    I came into Dicey Dungeons with high hopes and I was thoroughly blown away. It’s so smartly designed in how the classes and equipment all work together to create consistently unique and creative instances where you have to squeeze the usefulness out of almost every play style and strategy. The episodic design fits it very well, because it makes the early parts far more approachable, while keeping the variety up enough that even later episodes slow you down, you still have so much to enjoy. Dicey Dungeons is an amazing game that I’d almost call a roguelike game for people who don’t like roguelikes. You do have to like turn-based combat, though. And dice.
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  3. TouchArcade
    Jan 5, 2021
    90
    Well, this game is just plain awesome. It’s kind of a dungeon-crawl roguelite thing, but the battles use an interesting dice mechanic that really helps the game stand out. As you make your way through each floor, you’ll find various skills that you can pick and choose from to fill out your battle actions. Each turn you roll a number of dice and assign them to those skills to use them. There are lots of different kinds of enemies and skills, and the maps themselves, while simple, have some points of interest and branching paths you can choose to explore. One of those games where you fire it up meaning to play for twenty minutes and end up playing for four hours. I’d expect no less from Terry Cavanagh, though.
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