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Games like Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story

If Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend, Souls of White Star and Banners of Ruin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, chill and punishing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story: Roguelike game where you build up your character to defeat monsters. Use dice as energy to attack and collect items and blessings. Explore worlds and defeat bosses to unlock new progression. Choose your path and playstyle, you never know what's around the corner.

2023ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access2.49 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby MistByte
Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story — Steam game cover
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Early access potential for future updatesLow price point with generous contentMinimalist art and chill pacingChallengingChillPunishing

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Steam players who put hours into Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Top pick for Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Souls of White Star

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Second-strongest match for Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Souls of White Star is a sci-fi turn-based card wargame Roguelike strategy game. The different design of [double-sided technology moving cards] and [bandwidth draw cost] will test your judgment and decision more!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure4.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. Banners of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Third-strongest match for Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

    2021StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Trials of Fire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Ranked #4 for Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

    2021StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Ranked #5 for Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Ranked #6 for Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Monster Slayers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Ranked #7 for Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.

    2017ActionIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Roguebook

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Ranked #8 for Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story

Does Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story run on Steam Deck?
Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story cost?
Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story is listed on Steam at 2.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story are Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend, Souls of White Star, Banners of Ruin.
Who developed Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story?
Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story was developed by MistByte.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story.

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