SPL vs Dicey Dungeons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPL
A minimalist puzzle game designed to challenge your intellect. Experience a deceptively simple yet deeply engaging gameplay experience that will test your problem-solving skills.
- Minimalist design
- Challenging puzzles
- Intellectual gameplay
- Engaging experience
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We know. It doesn't look like much. But we promise that it's a very good puzzle game. Like, really good.
Dicey Dungeons
Embark on a challenging deckbuilding roguelike adventure as a giant walking dice. Battle monsters, collect loot, and level up heroes in an ever-changing dungeon. Strategize against the unpredictable nature of dice rolls to escape Lady Luck's domain.
- Deckbuilding roguelike gameplay
- Battle monsters
- Find better loot
- Level up heroes
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Dice roll mechanics
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"It is going to be hard for anything on mobile to top this for me" - TouchArcade Game of the Week Become a giant walking dice and battle to the end of an ever-changing dungeon! Can you escape the cruel whims of Lady Luck? In this new fast-paced deckbuilding roguelike from Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon, VVVVVV), Chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe, you'll fight monsters, find better loot, and level up your heroes as you work together to take down the Goddess of Fortune, Lady Luck herself. Balance your carefully planned strategies against the unknown of a dice roll.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dicey Dungeons at 4.6 against SPL's 4.0. Dicey Dungeons also leads on chart position (#63 vs unranked). SPL's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
SPL costs $2.99 and Dicey Dungeons $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dicey Dungeons holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 125 and 221 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.
SPL ships an update every 11 months, Dicey Dungeons every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | SPL | Dicey Dungeons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (125 ratings) | 4.6 (221 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.9% of reviews — better | 74.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 125 | 221 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #63 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 842 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Simogo AB | Distractionware Limited |
Customer experience
SPL
Dicey Dungeons
User reviews
SPL
From 125 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Elegant and minimalist design
- 🧠 Surprisingly deep and challenging
- 💡 Hidden features and surprises
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues
- 🔋 Drains battery even when not playing
- 🔇 No option to mute sound effects
- 🤔 Confusing instructions and lack of guidance
Dicey Dungeons
From 221 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 🎨 Great art style and music
- 💎 Unique and varied character classes
- 🕹️ Intuitive and easy to pick up
Room to improve
- 🎲 Heavily reliant on RNG/luck
- 🔁 Repetitive and lacking in progression
- 🤕 Unfair/frustrating difficulty spikes
- 🔇 Missing audio/sound issues
Bugs and requests
SPL
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on iPhone X and newer devices
- Game disappears when no more moves are available
Requested features
4 requests- Restart/reset option
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Ability to save progress
- Option to adjust color scheme
Dicey Dungeons
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tutorial not registering inputs
- Buttons/controls bugging out
- Crashes and performance issues
Requested features
4 requests- Vertical/portrait mode support
- Cloud save/sync across devices
- More content and character variety
- Better balance and progression
In-app purchases
SPL
No in-app purchases
Dicey Dungeons
No in-app purchases
