Game profile
Slice & Dice
A dungeon crawler roguelike where dice determine skill usage instead of cards, and clever dice combinations decide victory or defeat. The short, tactically dense battles make it ideal for quick sessions on the go.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Roguelike / Strategy, set in a fantasy world. Visually it is built on pixel art, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It is built around short sessions, which makes it easy to pick up for half an hour.
It is genuinely demanding, and repeated failure is part of how it is designed. There is no story to speak of, the systems carry everything. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 2 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Dice instead of cards
- Short tactical battles
- Many classes
This fits you if
- you enjoy being made to think
- you want your skill measured against other people
- you usually have thirty to sixty minutes and want that to be enough
- cutscenes annoy you and you just want to play
- you want real resistance and are fine with dying a lot
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
Look elsewhere if
- you want to relax and not be punished for mistakes
- you play mainly for narrative
- pixel art puts you off
- repetition wears you down instead of drawing you in
How long is Slice & Dice?
About 20 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 3 weeks, or 10 sessions.
How the rating ranks
There are not enough ratings yet for a reliable assessment. A number based on a handful of votes would promise more than it can deliver.
Released in 2021, so it has 5 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2021
- Genres
- Roguelike, Strategy, Puzzle
- Playtime
- approx. 20 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Demanding, punishing
- Story weight
- None, pure gameplay
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Fantasy
- Visual style
- Pixel art
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, Mobile
- Critic rating
- n/a
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slice & Dice | 2021 | approx. 20 hrs. | n/a | Budget |
| Dicey Dungeons | 2019 | approx. 15 hrs. | 80 | Budget |
| Peglin | 2024 | approx. 20 hrs. | 86 | Budget |
| Wildfrost | 2023 | approx. 20 hrs. | 83 | Budget |
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