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Slice, Dice & Rice
Developer Dojo Games
Slice Dice & Rice is an indie fighting game with no health bars. Inspired by Bushido Blade, it revolves around the idea of finding an opening in opponents defense and ending the round with a single, clean hit. From the Steam store page
187 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Mastodon) · newest Jul 20, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
65
Fresh
121 positive · 65 negative
95% range 58–72%
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| Steam reviews | 121 | 65 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
476 of 733 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 187 · most liked firstI love this games combat and mechanics but i cant reccomend it for the simple fact that it feels unfinished, this game often crashes and sometimes dosent work all together, I have heard that there are ways to fix these issues but in my opinon any game that needs me to go out of my way to make playable isnt worth a recommendation. If these issues are fixed in the future i would gladly recommend this game to anyone but as it is now it's very hard to.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simply put: Pros: - Music - Atmosphere - Graphics - Gameplay gimmick (one clean hit kills) - which makes it really fun for footsies, baits, faints and so on. Cons: - Hitboxes - Input handling - No save during storyline. - Absolutely no tutorial. - Unagi system. - Technical issues. Pros are pretty self-explanatory. So I'll focus why I cannot recommend this game. Slow motion which should "warn" about deadly hit is broken as hell - will activate on hits which are miles away from you and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disclaimer: This game has no online support so keep that in mind when you look at its mixed review rating Slice, Dice & Rice is 1on1 2D Fighting in it's purest form. On the surface, the one hit kill mechanic may seem arbitrary and make some characters feel unbalanced compared to others, but if you take the time to learn a) the different functions of your 3 attack options (vertical, horizontal and heavy) b) the parry button and your movement abilities and most importantly c) how these first…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An interesting game, But it seems unfinished and it's quite frustrating.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun except that same match ups are insanely unfair and unfun to play, and if you reach an enemy in the story that's completely stonewalling you you have to restart the story to change the difficulty. Be warned that in particular Benkei and Shinigami are extremely weak. Benkei has no range and does half the damage of other characters, while Shinigami is extremely slow with nothing to make up for it. On top of that, the game sometimes randomly disconnects controllers, and when it reconnects…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neat little rock,paper & scissors fighter. Can be played together(2p) on a keyboard, controls are customizable. You've got normal, light and heavy attacks. As well as parry and dodge, which can also be used to fake. This combined with jumping attacks. Simplicity comes with not being able to combo this stuff. Then again, most of the time you'll die in 1 hit. Artwork and Soundtrack are decent. Worth picking up for a night when you have a friend over.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hmmm ... I don't know. The idea is good, but the execution somehow lacks. + Character design is ok. + Art style is ok. + Sound is ok. - Controls are laggy, sluggish, and sometimes unresponsive. - The characters hardly seem balanced. - The tutorial is deficient. - Moveset is a bit bland. I did buy this for 1,50 € which is an adequate price for this game, in my opinion.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL:DR If you are into fighting games, this is a nice hidden gem! However, unfortunately the game was abandoned by the Devs. So don't expect any new updates or features. Still worth buying on sale. Now, to the proper review: Two games come to my mind when playing this: Samurai Shodown and Bushido Blade. However, Slice Dice & Rice has its own unique mechanics and gameplay, so go expecting a beast of its own kind! The game has 4 buttons, being 3 for different attacks (light, heavy and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good game for its price of INR 36/-, one or two sword hits kill. Interesting roster. A fighting game fan and friend introduced this to me...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- 0 balance - poor hit detection - weird controls settings (only 3 attacks and 1 parry are adjustable and game always remembers default values in menus where u use them to accept and go back) also controls dont respond well - some crashes (which are especially anoying in story mode with no saves...) - no reward for completing story mode (except 2 hidden heroes that are just copies of 2 other heroes with almost same skin) - if u click change hero while playing story mode u lose all…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Git Gud" - Unknown Philosopher
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unagi Complete awareness; Total state of awareness. Coming from from the japanese fighting style, Karate. When you have achieved Unagi, you can defend & prepare yourself from any danger at any given moment. -----x----- Also, very good game. Local Play only so far, so I play with my brother and friends. Very competitive, but easy to learn, so its a blast in local parties. Could use smoother animations, but for the price and being an indie dev, the game is totally fun (and funny), and I highly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent indie fighter with a decent indie roster in a decent indie package. If you're looking for a game that's going to give you 40 hours plus of content, better look elsewhere. However if you're fine with having a 'short but sweet' experience in a fighter that shakes up the fighting game formula with deadly one-shots then SDR can deliver. If buying for multiplayer, don't. This is a single player game. The game is 'finished', so don't expect updates or DLC. Game may feel unfinished to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting concept however the settings in the game are very limiting, it would default to the non main monitor regardless of how it was setup, and was a pain to get any of the 3 arcade sticks I own to function with this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great visual style, pity it was left unfinished
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →abandoned game, could've been amazing but just fell flat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heh, I wanted to give this a positive review but I just couldnt (despite getting it for 6 bux) The games main downfall is the one hit kill fighting style (for me anyways). I just dont think this makes for a good fighter. Then the move sets all felt sluggish and at times extremly frustrating. Other than that the game lacks content and online gameplay. So all in all, I like the art but hate just about everything else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun to play with your boyfriend/friends for a (short) while, it lacks content and online multiplayer so it can't recommend it for now even if just 9$
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game. too bad it doesn't have online multiplayer
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Out of all the one-hit-kill indie fighting games I've played, this is easily the best. Mechanics are simple, but offer up a ton of strategy. Laser focused on zoning, timing, and footsies. Music really adds to the atmosphere, and well, have you seen the screenshots? Visuals are amazing. Like a manga come to life but with muted colors, and splashes bright red blood. So why are reviews so mixed? Well mostly because there is no online play. Look, I get it, this would be cool online. But…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buy Two Strikes instead!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good start, but its unfinished
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is not finished by the looks of it, and he has been abandoned too...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool visual styling and a solid 1 strike to kill concept that is just ruined by small issues that make the game really no fun. 2 "no fun" things actually. 1> Parry doesn't really work. Sometimes it doesn't trigger at all... sometimes the game gives you this "rigged" feeling like it's delaying the AI attack so that your parry is no longer up, and thus you fail to parry... and, this bleeds over into point number 2. 2> I got to the end boss and the game became completely unbeatable. My…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game and absolutely broken. I can't continue a playthrough in storymode without crashing, i can literally never unlock anything at all. It seems the developers have abandoned this project, shame cause it has everything i like in a game, it just doesn't work and probably will not get fixed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game if you"re into Games like Bushido Blade (realistic, one deathblow, one kill)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got the game on sale for $1. Best purchase with one dollar i ever made. I had a good bit of fun playing through the campaign. reccomended on sale but for $10 god no. Edit: I have just speedrun this game in 56:19. Love this game reccomended on sale! yt channel is firezz224 for anyone who may be interested.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its fun for like 5 minutes, but then it gets boring... the idea of a new bushido blade style game is nice, but this lacks variety and depth... nice graphics anyway... for the sale price of 1,50 its ok i guess if you like such games... but it aint for me....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know what the hell this game is about but it's pretty fun and not pricey so I'll thumb it up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ultimately shallow. It tries to execute a concept similar to Bushido Blade but on a 2D plane, and it just comes across as having less depth, because it does. Neat for a bit, but not worth much time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a good game, but bosses that take more than one hit are a pain in the ass, this gets a down vote bc when playing story mode as Tomoe i kill the boss yama kochi or whomever, and it just resets the boss fight. i killed him 4 tikmes in a row, twice now, it it just resets the battle. cant advance only lose. I feel like Zero from megaman just fighitng the same fight then reseting
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is great. A simple yet fun concept wrapped in a very easthetic package. The devs done goofed though by making a somewhat revolutionary fighting game WITHOUT ONLINE MULTIPLAYER. Seriously?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this fights! its all about skill, be faster then opponent. Very nice soundtrack in this game too you can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azsFOR05HIA
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no earthly idea why people are complaining about a $10 game. The idea and concept I absolutely am in love with. The characters are great, and the game play is fun and challenging. I hope there will one day be a sequel for this game as I want more more and more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was abandoned by its developers. 3 years after its release, there is still no way to play with anyone online.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →simplistic, not like proper complex fighters, and unlike bushido blade isn't actual 3d fighter just fine for 2 shekels (seems abandoned in terms of lack of MP however)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Graphics / Character Desing / Concept / Atmosphere / And Fighting Background Sounds All 10/10 Now Gameplay Is Very Simple 1 clean Hit And Won The Round Its Ok Funny For 2 Euro At Sales Its Worth For Me Spend Some Good Time Beat The Story At Hard Difficulty Thats All
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful on the outside, empty on the inside. Characters are unbalanced as is the gameplay in general. Needs more stages to fight on - they’re recycled way too often. Last boss is a PITA - can’t even imagine how annoying he must be on the harder difficulties. Even at $2, this game is overpriced. I paid three times that and had serious buyer’s remorse. The developers could have made this a worthwhile title but have chosen not to. 😴. Not recommended, even to hardcore fighting fans.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slide, Dice & Rice is a mildly racist arcade fighting game where the health bars have been removed in lieu of a more direct, brutal zero TTK. If you take a lethal hit, you die, so you must deliver a killing strike before your enemy. While the concept is novel, the implementation falls flat. There's no multiplayer, just vs. AI, and the AI is extremely good at the game, so the difficulty is very high, combined with the very quick and sudden deaths results in a somewhat unenjoyable and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great visuals, nice music, some funny dialogues (can be skipped if u want), and simple but interesting stories for the different characters which get unlocked by playing through the story mode. The combat consists of block, 2 normal attacks (vertical and horizontal) and a heavy one that takes longer but is unblockable. And there are air attacks, equivalent to the standard ones. Then you can dash/dodge for- and backwards by taping the direction twice, also doable in midair. So the basics are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is little to no tutorial in this game, normally that would be fine, however at the same time it drops you in to a mortal combat scenario without any context. ok? Well maybe there will be combo's and such that I can do. Negative, you get 3 attacks and a parry. other than that you are pretty much screwed. Well with this in mind maybe the game will be hard? You can literally beat the campaign in 30 min. GG boys, GG.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very short review: superb presentation, great idea (even if it isn't new), and terrible execution. Inertia itself is not such a bad idea (although one I could live without), but combined with unresponsive controls it's the death of a fighting game. Oh well.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short version: It takes a few minutes to get used to it: cuz it IS rather odd, at least for the genre. However, once you do get used to it, TOTALLY worth it. Very fun! Story mode is... both oddly intriguing and very boring, but the fights themselves are very good. and, much to my surprise, every character is actually REALLY erll balanced. ...you wouldn't think so, but it actually really does come down to SKILL. ergo, to me: Definite YES recommend. longer version, which is still brief: As an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game but, it cheats. Literally the AI will cheat. Not sure if its bad code or what but I have watched the AI play itself and cheat the same way when I play it. Also, if you continue 78 times in a row the game locks up. Yeah I fought that a$$hat Yokai Kojiro that many times with Benkei before I finally beat him. Multiplayer is great, loads of fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slice, Dice & Rice is a distinctive indie fighting game developed by Dojo Games and published by Ultimate Games S.A., built around a bold design philosophy that rejects many conventions of modern fighting titles. Instead of health bars, extended combos, and layered meter systems, the game embraces a minimalist but high-stakes approach inspired by classics like Bushido Blade. A single clean strike can end a match instantly, turning every duel into a tense psychological standoff where patience,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely underrated and overhated.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible wouldnt recommend it even if it was free bad mechancis bad hitboxes unskipable conversations unsaved storyline parry is basically useless bots basically have auto parry and u can just cheez the bots with 2 abilities with good rng xd gameplay can be finished in 2 hours casually playing
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a gem of a game beautifully drawn - nice soundtrack and easy to control - best money I`ve spent in a long time!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very solid pick for entering the fighting game genre, with very few mechanics, but solid and with good depth. The reaction windows are tight but not unfair, there is a good bunch of characters, and each attack has good balance of risk-reward. On top of that, I really like the art-style, animations and stage have been given a lot of love, and controls are nice. Cons? A bunch as well. Firstly, let me skip dialogues. Narrative is bad, and there isn't a lot, but it's so poor, and every retry you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game you slice and dice not sure about the rice thing why the mixed reviews?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good, I didn't find any bugs or problem, just fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That's a nice little game held back by technical issues. Presentation: I really like the art style - muted backgrounds with high contrast characters and splashes of color look good IMO. Sound and music are decent but not breathtaking. Characters are pretty varied but pretty cliche - for the most part it's what you can expect from asian-myth inspired game. Story is in similar vein - nothing too impressive but it provides enough reasoning for the action, has consistent mood and is over before it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you buy it on sale (which is 90% now), it's a money well spent
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →trash and boring couldve spent the 24 mins played jerking off
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful art, terrible game. The concept in the description sounded awesome, but the result is just footsies and cheese tactics to win. Most of the time the bots won't even die in the first hit yet they could sneeze in your direction and you'll blow up into a million pieces.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful Style all around and a rather compelling flow to combat. This game in many ways is a 2d version of Bushito Blade or Kengo which makes this for me quite a welcome throwback to more adventurous fighting game design. Unfortunately despite a nice selection of standard modes there is no online mode which kills the replay value of SDR. Local versus against Human or CPU is in my opinion a given but in this age online is necessary if you want to have a rewarding experience in any fighter.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best fighiting game ever....Love the one hit kil system.... When I beat the game I got the Kami versions (I prefer Yojimbo)....It should have online multiplayer.... 9/10 will play again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: Beautiful aesthetics. Interesting combat system. One clean hit kills make for tactical batlles where button mashing is just simply not the way to go. A fun story that doesn't take itself too serious. Cons: The controls can feel unresponsive some times. Lack of online multiplayer. It took me 8 hours to beat the story mode on hard with all 8 characters and although i'd like to play more, there's simply nothing else to do in the game. The game's price drops to 2 euros on some sales…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very,,clean''and simple combat. Simple in the way,that you dont need to use a lot of keys or do over the top combos,but it still requires skill. You need to come up with tactics in a fight and wait for the right time to strike. Graphics are not bad,and the music suits the game,i really enjoy the dark athmosphere. Story is.....meh. There barely is any,could be longer. You fight as kojiro,a dead samurai, you encounter a new opponent each time,kill him,and make your way to hells ruler,to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is superb. Lovely design, great soundtrack and good straight forward gameplay. I just wish the developpers update it to keep it alive. PS: 2Player Local Does not work, mixed weird keyboard and gamepad issues.
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