Games like Dicey Dungeons

The Squirrel's verdictRing of Pain is a dungeon crawler where you navigate a ring of cards outward from the center, choosing which enemies, items, and events to engage each step. Every interaction carries randomness — stats, equipment, whether a potion heals or harms — and failed runs feed an unlock pool that expands what future runs can offer. Median playtime is 29.4 hours.

Not for you if you want RNG kept to build variety rather than baked into every single combat interaction.

The Squirrel's verdictDie in the Dungeon builds on the same dice-placement-over-card-drafting foundation, using a dice matrix where placement interacts with enemy debuffs and your own buffs across four classes. Combat runs faster than typical roguelike deckbuilders. Reviewers report the matrix gets unreadable once multiple effects stack on one space, and builds can feel underpowered rather than escalating.

Not for you if you want builds that feel powerful over a run rather than numbers that just increase, or dislike constant looping animations.

The Squirrel's verdictCircadian Dice structures its tension around a recurring wave-end decision: take currency, health, or XP to strengthen your current run, or bank score points toward unlocking more of the game's content. Classes have distinct dice pools and shop upgrades modify die faces. Reviewers note the forced tradeoff can make rewarding runs feel at odds with long-term progression. Median playtime is 21.7 hours.

Not for you if you dislike being forced to sacrifice run survivability for score-based unlocks every single wave.

The Squirrel's verdictDice With Death scores damage through poker-hand combinations — pairs, straights, and similar patterns — built from dice and relics accumulated over a run. Death actively uses his own rule-bending artifacts against you, so the player's cheating is met in kind. Character playstyles are largely fixed by choice, pacing is slow even at 2x speed, and reviewers flag controller bugs and relic-selection UI issues.

Not for you if you want fast runs, flexible character builds, or clean UI without controller and relic-choice bugs.

The Squirrel's verdictDicefolk keeps dice as the core resource but adds a monster-collection layer: you control both your team's and opponents' actions through rerolled dice each turn, and swap chimeras mid-fight instead of building a single character's deck. Runs run about 18 hours median. Suits players who liked the dice-driven decisions but wanted more moving pieces per turn.

Not for you if you wanted deep build variety across runs — reviewers report repetitive strategies and few build-defining choices despite the roster size.

The Squirrel's verdictDice & Fold plays out in turn-based battles where you roll dice and slot them into skill slots for yourself and a companion, adapting each round to what the dice offer. Thirty-five unlockable characters provide a long chain of meta-progression. Reviews consistently flag heavy balance problems — many characters feel underpowered, and losses often trace to RNG rather than decisions.

Not for you if you need balanced difficulty and consistent strategic control rather than runs that swing heavily on dice luck.

The Squirrel's verdictFORWARD uses card-based positioning rather than dice, with eight characters each carrying three distinct starting abilities. Runs are short, encounters are RNG-driven, and there is no meta-progression between them. At $4.49 and a median 8.8 hours played, the game is narrow in scope — reviewers note repetition sets in quickly and cloud save is absent.

Not for you if you want meta-progression, longer-term build variety, or cloud save support across devices.

The Squirrel's verdictOne Deck Dungeon puts dice against dungeon cards instead of Dicey Dungeons' combat menus, but the core loop is the same: roll dice, match them to requirements, adapt to bad rolls. It has permanent unlocks after losses, addressing the no-progression complaint, plus co-op if you want to run dungeons with someone else.

Not for you if you want deep character variety over Dicey Dungeons' roster, or dislike RNG punishing you hard before unlocks kick in.