Home / Games / The Ouroboros King
The Ouroboros King
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“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…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“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…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 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…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:27 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Daily deal and Gods vs Horrors release
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. Additionall
Modding Beta & Gods vs Horrors in Next Fest!
Hi everyone, My collaborator IngoH has been working on enabling modding for The Ouroboros King, and we’re doing an open beta to test the system. To join you need to own the game, and then go to Steam
You can now play The Ouroboros King even in the bathroom!
The Ouroboros King - Steam Deck Verified Experience The Ouroboros King on Steam Deck , bringing fantasy chess to your hands wherever you go. The game has been optimized with resolution adjustments and
Gods vs Horrors DEMO is out!
Hey everyone! We're incredibly excited to announce that the Gods vs Horrors DEMO is out now! Try out and join this incredible adventure and help the Gods defeating the Cosmic Horrors!
Announcing Gods vs Horrors - a roguelike card auto-battler!
Hi everyone! I'm incredibly excited to reveal my new game Gods vs Horrors, a roguelike card auto-battler with focus on synergies, scaling, and positioning. You can learn more and wishlist the game on
Games like The Ouroboros King
From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
Pawnbarian
89.3% · 644 reviews
shares Chess, Board Game, Turn Based Tactics, Turn Based Strategy
Roguebook
83.7% · 2,578 reviews
shares Turn Based Tactics, Turn Based Strategy, Rogue Lite, Rogue Like
Circadian Dice
94.5% · 524 reviews
shares Board Game, Turn Based Tactics, Turn Based Strategy, Rogue Lite
Dungeons of Aether
81.9% · 541 reviews
shares Turn Based Tactics, Turn Based Strategy, Rogue Lite, Rogue Like
Vault of the Void
93.6% · 1,645 reviews
shares Board Game, Rogue Lite, Rogue Like, Difficult
Conquest of Elysium 5
89.4% · 1,506 reviews
shares Medieval, Turn Based Strategy, Rogue Lite, Rogue Like
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
96.6% · 7,224 reviews
shares Chess, Board Game, Turn Based Tactics, Turn Based Strategy
StarVaders
98.0% · 2,404 reviews
shares Board Game, Turn Based Tactics, Turn Based Strategy, Rogue Lite
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Turn-Based Tactics · Rogue-lite · Difficult · Board Game · Turn-Based Strategy · Chess · Rogue-like · Strategy · 2D · Fantasy · Singleplayer · Medieval (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Full controller support · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Catalan, Polish |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 6 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://oriolcosp.com/the-ouroboros-king/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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: