Choose Death In Your Dice
Choose Death In Your Dice if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it's a focused single-player run rather than a multiplayer commitment. Death In Your Dice launched in 2026.
Death In Your Dice vs SIDE EFFECTS
Death In Your Dice and SIDE EFFECTS both land in Strategy, Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Indie on Steam. SIDE EFFECTS (2025) is 1 year older than Death In Your Dice (2026). SIDE EFFECTS is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Death In Your Dice has no Deck rating yet. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose SIDE EFFECTS
Choose SIDE EFFECTS if you want the Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. SIDE EFFECTS launched in 2025.
Both Death In Your Dice and SIDE EFFECTS sit in Strategy and Indie on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Death In Your Dice |  SIDE EFFECTS | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2026 | 2025 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Adventure | Strategy, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | Price unknown | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | — | 82.6% positive (386 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player |
| Developers | umrę | hirohun, Mr.Pootsley, Jaybooty, Lofar42 |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie on Steam.
- SIDE EFFECTS (2025) is 1 year older than Death In Your Dice (2026).
- SIDE EFFECTS is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Death In Your Dice has no Deck rating yet.
Death In Your Dice vs SIDE EFFECTS — FAQ
- Should I play Death In Your Dice or SIDE EFFECTS first?
- If you want chronology, SIDE EFFECTS (2025) came out before Death In Your Dice (2026). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Death In Your Dice and SIDE EFFECTS similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Death In Your Dice have multiplayer like SIDE EFFECTS?
- No. SIDE EFFECTS supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player), while Death In Your Dice is listed as single-player only.