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The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.

The Ouroboros King is a turn-based tactics, rogue-lite and difficult game developed by Oriol Cosp Games and published by Hawthorn Games and Oriol Cosp Games.
Released on February 27th 2023 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 12 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Catalan and Polish.

It has received 447 reviews of which 372 were positive and 75 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.40€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Ouroboros King into these genres:

Turn-Based Tactics Rogue-lite Difficult Board Game Turn-Based Strategy Chess Rogue-like Strategy 2D Fantasy Singleplayer Medieval Indie

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
  • Processor: SSE2 support
  • Graphics: true, need some graphics to display things
  • Sound Card: sure, if you want to hear anything
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Linux
  • OS: I tried it on Ubuntu and it worked, refund if it doesn't work on your OS
  • Processor: yes
  • Graphics: yes
  • Sound Card: yes

User reviews & Ratings

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1 hours played
June 2026
Decent. A lot of games have attempted the whole "chess with novel move sets" thing before, but this game pulls it off a little better than what I've typically seen, seemingly manage to grapple with the inherent ridiculous balancing of giving chess pieces new move capabilities a little better than most others have that I've encountered in the past. Overall delivery package could definitely use polish: there is a lack of linting on potential moves and you feel a little bit starved for information. One potential easy fix that would help a lot I think would be using two different colours for pieces different move axes, and possibly making use of arrows to show the pathway when hovering over an axis. I also think the game needs better notice for when you will be ending a move in check, really it should just straight up have a warning dialog IMHO like "this move will end your turn in check - are you sure?" because of the nature of instant death and the many novel types of pieces. Best of all I think would be a highlight over all pieces on the board that are currently "in danger"or something like that. With a bit of fine tuning and work on extra visibility as regards the state of the board for the player, I think this title could be an all time great. Definitely a really excellent design effort, full props to the developers for producing such a great game. Amount of content is quite thin and probably that couldn't have been any other way because same with all of these chess sort of titles the format and the fundamental game that they're working from does fairly limit the content space (there's only so many different ways to move around pieces under chess board rules, after all), so with that in mind it might be one to pick up on sale. I grabbed it at 50% off and i think it was WELL worth it at that price. At full price I'd say it's probably still worth it but not exactly excellent value for money. So if you're skint wait for a sale, and of course otheriwse just pick it up whenever, everyone will get some mileage here! It's also not just a game for chess fans, non-chess players will like this one just fine. If anything in my experience actual chess players seem to struggle with these chess themed games for some reason; I guess because they can't get their mind out of the traditional chess sapce that its used to operating in so it doesn't deal well with the novelty. Anyway, The Ouroboros King gets a thumbs up from me!
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5 hours played
June 2026
The game is fun in general though the system on how much gold you get each round could be reworked entirely because the current one is hit or miss, you also get punished for buying stuff that gives you extra turns because those extra turns in one turn count as two and take money twice as much, also if you get an extra turn on a turn where you'd already win you basically have to waste a turn and lose money with no gain, also the having to replay the game 5 times for the actual ending is stupid because you don't get anything new after 1 win so you literally just replay the exact same thing 4 more times just for slight dialogue changes, and the final achievement is basically rng because doing it without the modifier that's entirely rng is next to impossible
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7 hours played
March 2026
bought this game on steam a few days ago and today i sat down and beat the game. genuinely super fun experience all the way through. kinda surprised at how few people know about this masterpiece. the art and setting are both great and i think i know for sure 4 people ive gotta get playing this. even downloaded it on my phone. really wanted to say just how much i loved it
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1 hours played
Feb. 2026
The Ouroboros King is a fun roguelike chess game with a lot of new and interesting pieces. You have to win quickly in order to gain gold for upgrades and the AI is often quite difficult, so it can be rather challenging, particularly before you figure out all of the new pieces and how they typically work.
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78 hours played
Oct. 2025
This game plays out too similarly to a game of chess to the point where it doesn't really stand out. If you're looking for a chess game that has roguelike elements, buy Shotgun King instead, it's much more enjoyable. UPDATE: It's more of a thumbs sideways than a thumbs down. UPDATE 2: I would recommend this game. It's better once it gets going, it's a bit slow starting off.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Ouroboros King is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

No, The Ouroboros King is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Yes, The Ouroboros King received 372 positive votes out of a total of 447 achieving a rating of 7.79.
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The Ouroboros King was developed by Oriol Cosp Games and published by Hawthorn Games and Oriol Cosp Games.

Yes, The Ouroboros King is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, The Ouroboros King is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, The Ouroboros King is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Ouroboros King offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

The Ouroboros King offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

No, The Ouroboros King does not currently offer any DLC.

No, The Ouroboros King does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Yes, The Ouroboros King supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yes, The Ouroboros King is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Ouroboros King.

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The Ouroboros King
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Rating
7.8
372
75
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
6
Developer
Oriol Cosp Games
Publisher
Hawthorn Games, Oriol Cosp Games
Release 27 Feb 2023
Platforms
Remote Play
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