Dice With Death

Its a fun dice game to kill time with for sure :)

In recent times, I don't always drop a steam review for every game I play and finish, but when I do it's because I particularly enjoyed a game (or, in some other cases, particularly hated one). This is most certainly the former case. I have amassed a fairly large backlog of games in my library at this point, with plenty of high quality games to choose from, but the one that surprisingly actually hooked me after giving it a shot was Dice With Death. The gameplay is based around a simple dice game that's easy to pick up, matched up against the character of Death itself. It's a very simple design yet the developer was able to flesh out well-written and engaging dialogue scattered throughout as you play with Death, providing introspective insights into the multiple characters you can play as and into Death's domain and his story as well. Each character (there's four) has their own unique playstyle, and the game gives plenty of tools for you to choose and strategize how you approach the dice game. At first, beating Death for the whole 7 rounds of his dice game was difficult, but eventually you figure out what works and what doesn't. It's a simple yet addicting gameplay loop with increasingly difficult matchups against Death being made available the more you beat him. While his relics get pretty scary, you unlock some pretty powerful relics as well the more you play, with each one giving some description of your character's backstory as well, delivered by the aforementioned well-written dialogue. Overall, it's really well made. There's obviously some lack of polish, what with the noticeable lackluster UI and the occasional bug here and there, but there weren't that many that actually got in the way of the game itself. I chalked those up to what I'd guess is a small dev team. They did their best with the actual gameplay itself, I believe, and that's what matters most to me at the end of the day. Can't recommend playing this game more if it intrigued you enough to check out the reviews for it.

I like this game a lot, the pixel art style is very charming, and the play table and effects give me both Skyrim stone carving vibes, and reminds me of Magic The Gathering Duel of the Plainswalker. Very pleasing.

Absolute blast to play. need more characters though.

yes it is very good

good

Its like Balatro, Slay the Spire and Dice a Million had a baby...and I love it. The gameplay loop is very simple with just enough depth and strategy to be a challenge, but it never feels unfair. Sometimes its just the luck of the draw/the roll. Everything just makes sense. Often with these types of games I spend ages trying to get to grips with all the mechanics and synergies etc but Dice with Death keeps things a lot simpler and its better for it. Everything just works, simply. Super relaxing game, a proper gem.