Circadian Dice
Shuffle Up Games · 2022 · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics, Singleplayer, Strategy
PC
Very Positive94% · 548
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About Circadian Dice
✦ AI summary
Lead a band of heroes outside a time loop to destroy a cosmic entity by upgrading your dice and crafting powerful combos across 13 scenarios. With 10 unique heroes, 110+ abilities, 60 relics, and near-infinite combo possibilities, every run feels fresh as you build an ever-growing arsenal through progressively harder challenges.
A cosmic entity has twisted time into an endless cycle. By observing the repeating patterns, the entity intends to destroy all uncertainty and ultimately control reality.
In Circadian Dice, you control a group of heroes that have managed to step outside this unnatural cycle, and are now setting out to find and destroy its source. You will need to overcome a series of skirmishes by upgrading your dice to bend chance in your favor, and strategically using your limited resources to defeat your enemies.
While the heroes and their dice are restored to normal after each scenario (whether they die or succeed), any upgrades, relics, abilities, and modifiers that you have unlocked persist - so your arsenal is constantly improving! The better you perform in battle, the quicker you will build your arsenal and progress through the game towards your ultimate goal to break the loop and save the universe.
In Circadian Dice, you control a group of heroes that have managed to step outside this unnatural cycle, and are now setting out to find and destroy its source. You will need to overcome a series of skirmishes by upgrading your dice to bend chance in your favor, and strategically using your limited resources to defeat your enemies.
While the heroes and their dice are restored to normal after each scenario (whether they die or succeed), any upgrades, relics, abilities, and modifiers that you have unlocked persist - so your arsenal is constantly improving! The better you perform in battle, the quicker you will build your arsenal and progress through the game towards your ultimate goal to break the loop and save the universe.
Features
- A game about probability manipulation and combo crafting: shape 6-sided dice into weapons of destruction, generators of wealth, magic conduits, or stat-boosting machines!
- 13 scenarios, each available in Normal and Hard Mode. In Hard Mode, each scenario is significantly changed with new enemies, secrets, and challenges!
- Built for quick pick-up-and-play sessions: each scenario takes between 10 and 30 minutes to play, and is designed as a stand-alone challenge.
- Unlockable end-game modes such as an endless randomized scenario, and a campaign mode that provides a more traditional, long-term roguelike experience.
- 10 different heroes with unique characteristics and play styles.
- 60 unlockable and equippable Relics that provide your hero with new abilities, change your stats, and give you game-warping bonuses.
- Tons of hand-drawn animations.
- 110+ different abilities that strengthen your hero, manipulate your dice, or damage your enemies.
- A semi-random upgrade mechanic for each scenario and hero, that ensures new combo opportunities every time you play.
- 66 enemies and 27 bosses, each with different characteristics and abilities.
- (Almost) every enemy can be captured in your dice to give you bonuses and new attacks based on the enemy's attributes!
- Rare random enemy mutations that can either make your adventure harder, or be turned to your benefit.
- High replayability: random mutators, semi-random upgrade opportunities, and near-infinite combo possibilities makes each run of a scenario unique!
- Lots of secrets to discover.
- Extensive tooltips for every element in the game help you learn and strategize.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Simply put, a Slay the Spire-like with dice instead of cards, and it's good to play and very deep. But sometimes frustrating, especially in early progress. Using earnable characters, buffs and magics you'll slowly progress through the points-based level-up system in what are strictly 1-shot runs taking no more than 15 minutes a time. each extra point earned lets you try new environments with ever-more tricky (or at least varied) bad guys who have their own unique traits and buffs. Like STS particularly, it's fairly easy to think you've hit a brick wall at times, only to realise a thing you could have used. Before you know it you'll be going back to early levels and OP-ing them for extra progress points and as such, more and more of the game unlocks. Images and sounds are just fine, game-loops short and satisfying but...ONLY when you feel into it. At other times, like many of these games, you might not feel like embarking on another attempt so it gets parked until you do. Very good game, well thought through and presented but not easy and NOT casual, you'll need your +1 Commitment Boots if you really want to take it on.2 found this helpful
This is one of my all time favourite rougelikes. Love the variety they crammed into these dice and these characters. Not the best looking game, but it is one I come back to time and time again.2 found this helpful
Great game for its value. Buy if you want to throw some dice!
boring
Such a simple concept that has maximal replayability and longevity. Well recommended for the price!
5/5 Really cool indie game. Fun game mechanics and a bunch of different abilities and relics that can interact with each other and vary play styles. Not too many good dice games out there, so bonus points for that
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