Dice of Kalma is a strategic, poker-style dice roguelike for iOS and Android that focuses on deckbuilding and synergy discovery.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Players hire the game for the tactile satisfaction of dice-rolling luck mitigation, serving the need for high-replayability strategy sessions that reward long-term deck planning.
For Fans of roguelike deckbuilders and strategic card games who enjoy high-replayability, puzzle-oriented mechanics.
Key features
Collect and manage a deck of 70+ unique skulls with distinct game-changing abilities
Select and reroll dice to form specific poker-style hands to score points
Compete against other players for the highest scores
Time-limited daily challenges with unique constraints
How much does it cost?
Freemium model utilizing ad-supported gameplay with in-app purchases to monetize the user base.
Velocity
Intense developmentShow more...
5 versions in history. Development pace: intense.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Dice of Kalma: Dice Roguelike
How's the Games market?
Dice of Kalma maintains a presence in the Strategy category across multiple global markets, currently holding the #101 Free rank in the US. The gap between its free-install velocity and grossing performance suggests a need to optimize IAP conversion.
The rivals identified
By Playstack Ltd
Dominates the poker-roguelike sub-genre with massive market penetration and direct thematic overlap with Dice of Kalma's core mechanics.
- Features a deep, multi-layered poker-hand scoring system that creates a more complex meta-progression than our current dice-based loop.
- Leverages a highly polished, distinct visual aesthetic that has become the industry benchmark for the poker-roguelike genre.
- Offers a massive library of unlockable jokers and tarot cards that provide significantly more build variety than our current skull deck.
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Key takeaways for Dice of Kalma: Dice Roguelike
Where is it heading?
The poker-roguelike category is consolidating around high-polish, premium-priced titles, leaving ad-supported entries like Dice of Kalma exposed to churn. The app must transition to IAP-focused monetization to sustain growth as the market shifts toward higher-value user segments.
- The lack of cloud-save functionality creates a high-friction experience for long-term players, which compounds the churn risk against established roguelike competitors.
- The latest release demonstrates active bug-fix investment, which stabilizes the core loop and prevents further erosion of the Android rating baseline.
The SWOT
- Dice-rolling mechanic provides a tactile luck-mitigation experience distinct from card-based roguelikes.
- 70+ skull deckbuilding library enables high-replayability through diverse synergy discovery.
- Untapped B2B potential in strategic gaming partnerships.
- Expansion into wearable platforms to capture short-session casual play.
Next best moves
Ship cloud save because it is the top-requested missing feature → unlock data-loss frustration
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The game's reliance on ad-supported monetization is a…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Cloud-save functionality (available in Balatro+ but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The app transitioned to a freemium monetization model and identified critical technical debt regarding cloud-save functionality.
Bottom line
Dice of Kalma holds its category lead through sticky deckbuilding mechanics but bleeds long-term players to data-loss friction, so revenue growth hinges on shifting from ad-based monetization to IAP-driven value.
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