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DICEOMANCER

DICEOMANCER

超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy Studio · released Oct 8, 2024

CasualIndieStrategyPC

DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.

89
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Update Log - version1.1.2” (1y ago)

92%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
96%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews96%911000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)96%913000
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 90.6, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 5,613 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Oct 18, 2024) · 300 reviews sampled · 4117 total reviews in window · weighted 217.2 up / 17.6 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Update Log - version1.1.2
    Oct 18, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  2. Update Log - version1.1.0
    Oct 17, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  3. Update Log - version1.0.15
    Oct 15, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  4. Update Log - Version 1.0.14
    Oct 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  5. Update Log - Patch 1.0.10
    Oct 11, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  6. Update Log - Patch 1.0.9
    Oct 10, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  7. Update Log - Patch 1.0.8
    Oct 10, 2024significant · resets scoring window