From Press Release:
London, UK – September 11th, 2026 – Playstack and developer Pengonauts today announced that Dicevaders, a dice-based roguelike deckbuilder, will launch on September 29, 2026, for PC and Nintendo Switch systems.
The game will be available for: £12.99 / $14.99 / euro 14.99 with a 10% launch discount for the first two weeks.
Every unit you draft is another combo waiting to happen. Build your army, stack bonuses, and manipulate your dice to unleash combos that can break math AND the planet it was invented on. Created by the team behind StarVaders, Dicevaders is a completely new game where every run offers new synergies to discover, new builds to experiment with, and increasingly absurd numbers to chase.
An Army of Combo Opportunities
Draft units and collect artifacts to turn your invasion force into an increasingly elaborate scoring machine. Every placement on your grid matters, and a new addition could be the missing piece that sends your build into overdrive. Stick with a reliable combination or chase a synergy you haven’t tried before. There’s always another run.
What WOULD happen when you multiply infinity by infinity?
Give Luck a Nudge
A disappointing roll doesn’t have to ruin a perfectly unreasonable plan. Use Chrono to reroll dice and refresh the shop, or spend Budges to adjust your results. Line up pairs, triples, and quadruples to trigger powerful combos and enjoy the satisfaction of making the dice work for you.
Find Something Broken. Make It Worse.
Experiment with over 10 different Commanders, each with distinct perks and synergies, and push your builds to their limits. Stack effects, set off chain reactions, and watch your attack score climb. The pilots from StarVaders will turn up to defend Earth and disrupt your plans, so consider excessive force a sensible precaution.
The game started as a “what if…” idea from developer Axolotl at Pengonauts:
“I had a crazy dream about a dice-based game in the same universe , so I put together a prototype in a few days. Somehow it ended up being way better than it had any right to be. From the beginning, the goal was to create a numbers-go-up game that rewards strategy and planning rather than pure luck. The more we worked on it, the more we realized that we accidentally made a really cool game.”
Key Features
10 commanders: Explore distinct playstyles and synergies to find your next favourite build.
60 units, plus warped units: Draft an army of combo opportunities and turn individual abilities into outrageous chain reactions.
120 artifacts: Stack bonuses, discover powerful combinations, and push your numbers into unreasonable territory.
30+ constellations: Explore even more possibilities by altering your runs through the power of the STARS
6 difficulties and a true ending: Put your strongest builds to the test and uncover the true ending.
13 more challenges in a Multiverse campaign: Why stop at one universe?
Daily challenges: Come back for a fresh challenge and another excuse to make numbers go up.
About Playstack
Playstack’s mission is to embrace the diversity of brilliant ideas. We publish fearless and delightful games to their fullest potential with dedication, expertise and extensive planning. Learn more about us at Playstack.com
About Pengonauts
Pengonauts is a small independent development team based in Montréal, Canada. The studio is best known for creating StarVaders, the acclaimed tactical roguelike. Dicevaders is a standalone spinoff that puts players in control of the invading alien commanders and challenges them to conquer Earth and make number go up.
