The Ouroboros King

Oriol Cosp Games / Feb 27, 2023 / Indie, Strategy

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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.

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What's new

Daily deal and Gods vs Horrors release

2025-05-05

The Ouroboros King is participating today in a Daily Deal with its biggest discount ever: 50%. If you have any friends who don't own the game yet, this is a great opportunity to tell them. Additionally, today I'm releasing my second game Gods vs Horrors. It's similar to TOK in being a deep strategy roguelike, but in this case, it's about making the perfect build instead of tactical execution. Here's a link in case you're curious: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2994240/Gods_vs_Horrors/

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What players say

Mostly Positive

80% positive, 435 reviews

Not recommended2 hrs played

Really interesting concept, but marred by execution. I found myself constantly hovering over the icon that shows where you or the enemy pieces move because of the unfamiliar pieces and rules. The portals constantly screwed me because I didn't understand how they worked until it clicked after a few turns. You only have a limited number of rewind (undo). I've only played a few games, but these pieces feel...

25 found this helpful, 2026-03-24

Not recommended18 hrs played

It is a solid game, but much more barebones than I previously expected. - The UI is a mess and has trouble updating, so sometimes you will lose a run to a piece you assumed had a completely different moveset because the UI didn't refresh. - Some of the rules for the pieces feel very arbitrary and item / pieces' abilities aren't well communicated. I often just have to rely on hovering over the pieces to know what...

8 found this helpful, 2026-03-21

Not recommended3 hrs played

Short chess-based roguelike. The concept is genuinely decent and enjoyable for an hour or two, but the game is ultimately let down by a bunch of things like the following: • Variety is a bit lacking for a roguelike. E.g. there are too few types of map nodes and hardly any level obstacles. There's little incentive to play more than a few runs. • Many chess pieces have unintuitive mechanics which make it hard to tell...

7 found this helpful, 2025-12-16

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