Slice & Dice

Rolling dice has never felt so diabolically addictive.

At first glance, Slice & Dice looks like a simple dungeon crawler where you roll some dice, reroll when things go sideways, and hope for the best. But give it a few minutes, and you’ll quickly realize you’re trapped in a deviously elegant loop of tactical decisions, randomized chaos, and one-more-run obsession that’s dangerously hard to put down.

You control a team of five heroes, each armed with their own unique dice faces, some heal, some shield, some hit like a truck, and take on a gauntlet of 20 battles against an ever-shifting roster of monsters. Every enemy broadcasts exactly what they’re about to do, turning each round into a turn-based puzzle where you’re constantly weighing risk versus reward. Do you reroll and risk whiffing entirely? Or lock in a suboptimal roll and play it safe? It’s deceptively simple, but relentlessly engaging.

Slice & Dice is what happens when roguelike sensibilities collide with pure systems design. After every fight, you level up a hero or grab an item, opening up new synergies and ridiculous combos that can spiral into broken builds if you’re lucky, and smart, enough. With over 100 hero classes, hundreds of items, and modifiers that radically reshape each run, the sheer variety on offer is staggering. Even if you somehow tire of the default mode, there are 18 extra modes (including an unhinged infinite curse run) and over 300 difficulty modifiers to keep things spicy.

It also nails the “play anywhere” part of mobile gaming. Portrait or landscape, touch-friendly UI, and buttery-smooth dice physics make it a joy whether you’ve got two minutes or two hours. The minimal-yet-charming pixel art and customizable soundtrack only sweeten the deal.

Of course, no roguelike is complete without some friction. Enemies that summon reinforcements can be a headache, and there’s no cloud save yet, which stings if you’re bouncing between devices. But these are small blemishes on an otherwise absurdly polished package.

Slice & Dice isn’t just one of the best mobile roguelikes, it’s one of the most dangerously replayable games I’ve played in years. And with a generous free-to-try model, there’s no excuse not to give it a spin. Just don’t blame me when “one run” turns into dozens.