Underplayed Gems

Dee-6: Dice Defenders (2021)

Dee-6: Dice Defenders cover
Developer
KBA3u's factory
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating
3.8 of 5, 49 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.4 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A tactical dice-driven board game where you manage a spaceship crew under constant threat.

tacticalturn-basedstrategiccolorfulminimalistscore attackresource management

What players say

Players call this a faithful digital take on the board game Deep Space D-6, with added ships and modes. The core is dice allocation, but reviewers split on the randomness: some enjoy the mitigation puzzle, others say bad rolls leave you with no real choices and the game can spiral into a loss within a turn. Comparisons to FTL come up often.

Screenshots

Dee-6: Dice Defenders screenshot 1

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