Name: The Ouroboros King
Brand: Hawthorn Games
SKU: 4f41a218-cf98-5d21-bc60-d910a18953ef
Price: 9.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Description

Chess Meets Roguelike

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.

Conquer with Strategy

Build the Ultimate Army: Combine classic and new fairy chess pieces, relics that give them bonuses, and consumable items that grant you temporary advantages to create a formidable army.
Perfect Your Strategy: You can only move …

Chess Meets Roguelike

Conquer with Strategy

Build the Ultimate Army: Combine classic and new fairy chess pieces, relics that give them bonuses, and consumable items that grant you temporary advantages to create a formidable army.
Perfect Your Strategy: You can only move one piece per turn, so you must choose carefully. Make your troops work together to obliterate the enemy army.
Another Chance: If you're defeated you can go back to action on another timeline, where the path to victory will change: different map, different enemies, different rewards... in true roguelike spirit.

Key Features

Lots of end-game options to dial up the difficulty to insane levels.
Same-device multiplayer, challenge your friends to chess games with lots of unique pieces.
Chess-based tactics, easy to learn and hard to master.
15-45 minute runs, good for a short break and also longer sessions.
No gatekeeping, all the content is unlocked from the start. Win or die based on your skills.
No need to learn any chess openings or study anything.
All in game text is available in English

Game inspirations: Shotgun King: Chess, The Final Checkmate, Pawnbarian, Slay the Spire, Into the Breach, 5D chess with multiverse timetravel.

Illustrations by Isaac Murgadella

The Ouroboros King

81%

·457 reviews

$9.99

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Product Details


Release Date:	February 27, 2023
Platform:	Steam
Operating Systems:	Linux , Windows , Mac
Genres:	Indie , Strategy
Publishers:	Hawthorn Games , Oriol Cosp Games
Developers:	Oriol Cosp Games
Tags:	2D , Board Game , Chess , Difficult , Fantasy , Indie , Medieval , Rogue-like , Rogue-lite , Singleplayer , Strategy , Turn-Based Strategy , Turn-Based Tactics
Languages:	English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Catalan, Polish, Ukrainian
Controller Support:	Full Support

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

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 Additional Notes:

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

Instructions

In order to activate this game, you will require a third-party 'Steam' account. For full details on how to activate please follow this link: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5414-TFBN-1352

Description

Chess Meets Roguelike

Conquer with Strategy

Build the Ultimate Army: Combine classic and new fairy chess pieces, relics that give them bonuses, and consumable items that grant you temporary advantages to create a formidable army.
Perfect Your Strategy: You can only move …

Chess Meets Roguelike

Conquer with Strategy

Build the Ultimate Army: Combine classic and new fairy chess pieces, relics that give them bonuses, and consumable items that grant you temporary advantages to create a formidable army.
Perfect Your Strategy: You can only move one piece per turn, so you must choose carefully. Make your troops work together to obliterate the enemy army.
Another Chance: If you're defeated you can go back to action on another timeline, where the path to victory will change: different map, different enemies, different rewards... in true roguelike spirit.

Key Features

Lots of end-game options to dial up the difficulty to insane levels.
Same-device multiplayer, challenge your friends to chess games with lots of unique pieces.
Chess-based tactics, easy to learn and hard to master.
15-45 minute runs, good for a short break and also longer sessions.
No gatekeeping, all the content is unlocked from the start. Win or die based on your skills.
No need to learn any chess openings or study anything.
All in game text is available in English

Game inspirations: Shotgun King: Chess, The Final Checkmate, Pawnbarian, Slay the Spire, Into the Breach, 5D chess with multiverse timetravel.

Illustrations by Isaac Murgadella

81% · Very Positive
81% of the 457 user reviews on Steam are positive.

June 8, 20264.7 hours playtime at review

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… Show more

June 23, 20261.8 hours playtime at review

it's uhh... not great. i mean the premise if great, variety is good, gameplay... well, it's chess on drugs, any questions? but what i mean is that some design or boss choices wer… Show more

June 19, 20260.7 hours playtime at review

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 manag… Show more

June 15, 20262.9 hours playtime at review

As mechanically sound as an empty chessboard, but not quite as fun as having those same missing pieces thrown at you.…