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Fun Gate Studio · Published by Fun Gate Studio
4 user reviews — 100% positive (4 reviews) · 45 achievements
Last updated 30 Sept 2026
A board game-style survival adventure on a deserted island! In Cast Dice Away, roll dice to explore the island, gather resources, and survive. Each roll triggers unpredictable events, challenging you to strategically navigate diverse environments as you seek escape.
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Indie, Early Access, Casual · 2024 · More under £5 games
Navigate the unpredictable perils of a deserted island by rolling dice and gathering resources in Cast Dice Away. This indie early access game challenges you to survive each turn with strategic thinking and luck.
About this game
Game Introduction
A survival adventure unfolds like a board game on a deserted island!
Cast Dice Away is a unique, board game-style survival adventure where players strive to survive and escape an uninhabited island. Rolling the dice to explore and survive, this game combines strategic elements of board games with the tension of the survival genre.
To survive on this island, you must manage hunger, stamina, and illness while exploring various areas and gathering resources. Solve randomly occurring challenges by rolling the dice and interacting with NPCs to improve your chances of survival!
Key Features
Dice-Based Board Game Style: Roll the dice to explore, gather resources, and engage in battles. Events and battles unfold according to your dice rolls, allowing you to increase your survival chances through a blend of luck and strategy.
Resource Management and Survival Strategy: Gather various resources like wood, grass, stones, and mushrooms to craft weapons and armor, light fires to ward off wolves, and develop essential survival strategies through careful resource management and planning.
Diverse Exploration Zones: Explore different environments—jungles, coasts, forests, and underground dungeons—each offering unique resources and challenges. Use the characteristics of each area to devise optimal survival strategies.
Unique NPCs and Quests: Interact with distinctive NPCs to gain support, complete new quests, and earn rewards. You’ll also engage in battles and form alliances with the island’s animals to survive.
Endless Survival Challenges: Experience the thrill of survival with various threats, including changing weather, hunger, disease, and wolf ambushes, bringing the tension of a board game and the excitement of survival together.
Powerful Items and Artifacts: Enhance your character and upgrade your equipment with artifacts obtained through exploration, adding depth and diversity to your survival and adventure.
Are You Ready to Survive on This Island?
Cast Dice Away captures the charm of board games while delivering the thrill of survival. Explore different areas, face powerful boss monsters, and experience the exciting balance between luck and strategy as you roll the dice and use items. Will you endure the harsh environment of this island until the very end?
Roll the dice now and embark on your journey of survival!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2 cores
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: VRAM 2GB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 4 cores
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: VRAM 4GB
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update Notes - January 22, 2024
New Features Improved speed for actions that were unnecessarily time-consuming: Faster card flipping animations. Increased movement speed for square transitions during exploration. Improved speed for Combat Rolls. Clicking the screen during a Combat Roll now instantly selects the roll result. Other minor action speeds improved. Enhanced Fast Mode for nighttime sequences. UI size adjustments: Resolved overlapping UI elements on Steam Deck. Minor optimizations: Slightly increased game performance frame rates. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where inputs could be registered before the reward popup appeared after receiving a letter.Read full article on Community Announcements (fungatestudio)Patch NotesOfficial
Update Notes - December 24, 2024
New Features Added grown_mushroom to squares during exploration. Stepping on this square grants you a random mushroom. Eating the Moonwalk Shroom now makes the character actually move backward. Minor optimizations: Slightly increased game performance frame rates. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where inputs could be registered before the reward popup appeared after receiving a letter.Read full article on Community Announcements (fungatestudio)Patch NotesOfficial
Update Notes - December 19, 2024
Bug Fixes Fixed the issue where the frame rate dropped when the UI stacked up due to pop-ups and other elements.Read full article on Community Announcements (fungatestudio)Patch NotesOfficial
Update Notes - December 17, 2024
New Features Added a Game Menu Popup. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where NPCs appeared extremely large. Fixed an issue where restarting the game caused NPCs to persist and freeze the game when interacted with. Fixed a bug where the character became progressively squished during combat. Fixed an issue where some users could not launch the game (Visual C++ Redistributable added).Read full article on Community Announcements (fungatestudio)






