Dicey Dungeons

 A cute roguelike deckbuilding dice game.

Overview

Dicey Dungeons is another entry in the genre of permadeath exploration card games. However, instead of a deck of cards, Dicey Dungeon uses collectible equipment. Instead of shuffling a deck, Dicey Dungeons rolls dice.

Similarities

Dicey Dungeons would like to claim similarity to the popular Slay the Spire (see my review of Slay the Spire). However, Dicey Dungeons is much less complex. A better comparison would be to Dreamquest. 

Style

The sound and graphics are simplistic and cutesy. It wasn't for me, but not especially distracting. When the sound got repetitive, I turned it off.

The Bad

It forces you to play all of the classes on an easy level before you can ramp up the difficulty. This meant I was bored while playing, but there seemed like the promise of an interesting game later. By the time I hit the "interesting" part, I was ready to shelve the game and didn't give it much of a chance.

Some of the classes require a lot of unnecessary analysis. The Witch has a lot of choices available depending how you wish to arrange your dice. For me this leads to analysis paralysis as I seek to find the optimal solution. It is a common complaint I have with games -- where I wish there was an undo button so I could rollback any predictable choice. So long as I don't reveal anything hidden or trigger a random event, a game should let me easily explore different choices.

Should You Buy It?

I would likely recommend Dreamquest and Slay the Spire before Dicey Dungeons. However, everyone has different tastes and Dicey Dungeons offers something unique.