
DARKDICE
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
You went down with your ship. The only way back up is to gamble for it.
DARKDICE is a dark-fantasy dice-bidding roguelite: Liar's Dice dragged to the bottom of the sea, where every hand is a secret, every bid is a threat, and every call could end you.
Bid, bluff, and bargain your way out of Davy Jones' Locker.
How It's Played
You know your own dice. You don't know theirs. Each round you raise the bid on how many of a given face are hiding across every hand at the table, both yours and your opponent's, daring them to either top your claim or call it a lie. Guess wrong and you lose dice. Lose all your dice and the Locker keeps you.
It's simple to learn, brutal to master, and every run requires a delicate balance of skill and luck.
Ascend
- Chart a Course: Cross a fog-shrouded map of wrecks, reefs, and drowned holy sites. Every route is a different set of fights, risks, and detours.
- Face Pirates and Monsters Alike: Battle against the Lovecraftian horrors of the deep and well-known names of the pirate world, as they too are fighting for a way out of the Locker.
- Enchant and Alter Your Dice: Rewrite your dice faces and enchant them with powerful abilities. Build a hand that lies better than you do.
- Use Special Dice Variants: Glass Dice, Dark Dice, Crazy Dice, Ghost Dice, Sin Dice all bend the normal rules of a bid, for better or worse.
- "?" Events Litter the Map: Strange bargains, stranger company, and consequences that follow you further than you'd think.
Beyond the Run
- Daily Challenge: The same seed, the same dice, the same Locker for everyone, every day.
- The Vault: The "Roguelite" aspect - every non-Daily run pays out Gemstones, spent on permanent Challenge Shakers and upgrades that change how the whole game plays.
- 48 Achievements & Run Stats: Chase achievements and track your stats across every run.
PLEASE...
Help me further improve this game by leaving some feedback via the google form link below.
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NOTE FROM DEVELOPER:
Currently, all of the art in-game is AI-generated. This is NOT something I aim to keep, but it does make it look prettier than it would without. I am in no way an artistic person, so I am asking for help in finding a real-life person who can help me create art for this world. If you are or know someone with artistic talents, please have them contact me directly, as I'd love to work together to create art for this game that is human-made.
Thank you for your understanding. <3
| Updated | 2 days ago |
| Published | 17 days ago |
| Status | In development |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Release date | 17 days ago |
| Author | Xynaros |
| Genre | Strategy |
| Tags | Atmospheric, Dark Fantasy, Dice, Difficult, Horror, Procedural Generation, Roguelike, Roguelite, Singleplayer, Turn-based |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
| AI Disclosure | AI Assisted, Code, Graphics, Sounds |
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Development log
- Sins Reworked & Cursed Dice Overhaul2 days ago
- Onyx Shaker Reforged, Demonic Die Reworked, and a Rulebook Accuracy Pass8 days ago
- The Siren, Glassblower's Gift, and a Major Animation/VFX Pass9 days ago
- Multiple Dice Variants, Gold Scaling, Battle Log, and Magic Forge Reworked10 days ago
- New Relics, Glass Dice Rework, and VFX/SFX Updates14 days ago
- Minor Bug Fixes, Balancing, and UI Updates17 days ago




