Circadian Dice

Circadian Dice

Shuffle Up Games · 2022

Every roll becomes a sharp tactical gamble

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The WhatsNext verdict

For Fans of turn-based roguelite deckbuilders who love manipulating probability and theorycrafting tightly focused tactical builds.: Instead of building a card deck, you craft and customize individual dice faces. Every turn delivers rich tactical decision-making as you mitigate randomness, assemble game-breaking combos, and adapt to scenario-specific modifiers. Tradeoff: The lo-fi visual presentation and cluttered interface can make tracking complex interactions uninviting, requiring patience to grasp the underlying depth.

What it does best

  • Every roll becomes a sharp tactical gamble

  • A genuinely fresh dice-building system

  • Short runs with a powerful one-more pull

What might put you off

  • Low-budget visuals and UI

  • Score-based progression choices

The setup

What you are walking into

Circadian Dice is a game inspired by single-player deck-building games, but instead of upgrading a deck, you build up a set of dice! The game has 26 different scenarios to fight through, each designed to allow for short game sessions. You can also play in different game modes, like playing through the game in a single-life Campaign Mode, as well as an endless randomized scenario. Between every game, your dice are reset - but you unlock abilities, new characters, and powerful relics that become part of your permanent arsenal.

Where it lives

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Genre

Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Indie
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