Dicey Dungeons vs Expelled!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Expelled!
Navigate a boarding school day as a scholarship student accused of attempted murder. Gossip, lie, and manipulate your way to escaping expulsion or finding someone else to blame. This replayable detective game features a dynamic narrative and a unique morality system.
- Navigate school day and interact with characters
- Sneak around and avoid detection
- Dynamic narrative with character memory
- Unique morality system
- Simulated story-world
- Highly replayable with varied outcomes
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1922. Miss Mulligatawney's School for Promising Girls is one of the best boarding schools in England. You are Verity Amersham, here on a scholarship - and today you're going to be expelled for attempted murder. From the creators of Overboard! and A Highland Song comes a highly replayable detective game with a wicked twist. Can you escape expulsion through fair means - or foul? Can you find the culprit - or someone else to take the blame? GAMEPLAY Gossip, lie, steal, manipulate - but don't get caught! * Navigate the school day, talk to other characters, sneak around - and try not to get expelled! * Your actions will affect other characters, who remember everything they see and hear. * Everyone here has secrets - students and teachers alike. Remember, knowledge is power. * Unique morality system: the more EVIL you are, the more choices you'll have... DYNAMIC NARRATIVE CLOCKWORK * Next-gen visual novel: go where you want, when you want, and say what you want. * Simulated story-world: other characters move and act independently, remembering everything they see and hear - and everything you do. * Every minute counts: you have one school day to escape punishment. The clock is always ticking! * Who can you trust? Some characters are friendly and some are out to get you. Who will you befriend? Who will you betray? HIGHLY REPLAYABLE * Every run is different, with new leads and new opportunities for mayhem. * Avoiding expulsion is just the start. Can you rise to the position of Head Girl? * Mysteries abound. Why is the cellar locked? What is your best friend's dark secret? One play-through lasts about 30 - 45 minutes, but achieving that perfect run will take a lot longer... SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE THE FALL
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dicey Dungeons at 4.6 against Expelled!'s 4.0. Dicey Dungeons also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 57%) and ratings volume (221 vs 49). Expelled!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 7 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Dicey Dungeons costs $4.99 and Expelled! $5.99 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 — 221 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Dicey Dungeons's written reviews are positive against 57% of Expelled!'s.
Dicey Dungeons ships an update every 7 months, Expelled! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dicey Dungeons | Expelled! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (221 ratings) — better | 4.0 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 221 — better | 49 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #38 — better | #133 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 842 MB | 690 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Distractionware Limited | inkle |
Customer experience
Dicey Dungeons
Expelled!
User reviews
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
Expelled!
From 49 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Truly enjoyable
- 👍 Incredible potential
- 👍 Mysteries on top of mysteries
- 👍 Really fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Certain textures won't load
- 🐛 Glitchy with lapses in logic
- 🐛 Unplayable, crashes and can't be played
Bugs and requests
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
Expelled!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Textures not loading properly
- Glitches and logical inconsistencies
- Crashes and unable to play
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Save point system
In-app purchases
Dicey Dungeons
No in-app purchases
Expelled!
No in-app purchases
