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74/100
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90/100
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80/100
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73/100
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88% positive10,483 reviews
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Price
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2019 · Terry Cavanagh · Adventure · Board game

Dicey Dungeons

Timed Nintendo exclusive

Fighting against fortune would be a lot easier if you weren't a walking dice.

Released
13 August 2019
Platforms
AndroidLinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SiOSmacOS
Genres
AdventureBoard gameIndieRoguelikeRoguelike deck-buildingRole-playingStrategy
Developers
Terry Cavanagh
Publishers
Terry Cavanagh
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
FantasyComedy
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
ESRB E10+PEGI 7GRAC 12+CERO AACB PG
Languages
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish and 5 more
Time to beat
30hmain story35hwith extras39hcompletionist
Composers
Chipzel

About

Dicey Dungeons is a roguelike deck-building game developed by Irish game designer Terry Cavanagh. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in August 2019, for Nintendo Switch in December 2020, for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in November 2021, and for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in February 2023. Ports for iOS and Android were released in July 2022.

›Story

Chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe, you'll fight monsters, find better loot, level up your heroes, and maybe even take down the Goddess of Fortune, Lady Luck herself. Balance your carefully planned strategies against the unknown of a dice roll.

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Gameplay

Dicey Dungeons combines elements of roguelike games with deck-building games. The game takes place on a game show-like backdrop, where Lady Luck challenges adventurers, who have been turned into dice, to complete a dungeon with a rather unlikely chance of winning their freedom. The player takes one of six characters, which defines the type of equipment they will start with. The player then moves their character across a dungeon map, where there are various encounters with monsters, treasure chests, health items, shops, and upgrade stations, along with exits to the next level.

The goal of each run is to reach the lowest level of the dungeon and defeat the boss. Doing so unlocks the metagame progression, such as unlocking additional characters, or new episodes for existing characters that introduce new rulesets that make runs more difficult.

Development

Terry Cavanagh announced Dicey Dungeons in May 2018, after about three months of prior development, with an in-progress free version available for users to try up to this point. Cavanagh had planned to produce a commercial version of the game for release later in 2018. Dicey Dungeons is inspired by one of the first roguelike deck-builder games, Dream Quest. The game's art was created by Marlowe Dobbe, while its music was composed by Chipzel and it was written by Holly Gramazio.

Dicey Dungeons was released on 13 August 2019 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux personal computers, and on 15 December 2020 for Nintendo Switch. The game was ported to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S by Ratalaika Games, and released on 11 November 2021.

Reception

Dicey Dungeons received "generally favorable" reviews for Windows and Switch according to review aggregator Metacritic; the mobile version received "universal acclaim". Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 87% of critics. The game has been called a good introduction into roguelike deck-building games. The Windows release of the game was among the best-selling new releases of the month on Steam.

Following its initial release exclusive to Bandcamp, game soundtrack record label Materia Collective released the official soundtrack by Chipzel on 20 December 2019.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows13 August 2019Worldwide
Linux13 August 2019Worldwide
macOS13 August 2019Worldwide
Nintendo Switch15 December 2020Worldwide · Europe 16 December 2020
Xbox One11 November 2021North America
Xbox Series X/S11 November 2021North America
Android7 July 2022Worldwide
iOS7 July 2022Worldwide
PlayStation 46 February 2023Worldwide
PlayStation 56 February 2023Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Downloadable content
Dicey Dungeons ReunionDicey Dungeons: Halloween Special
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Dicey Dungeons+

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