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The Ouroboros King 9+
Chess Roguelike
Oriol Cosp
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Chess roguelike.
The ad-free app contains 1 (of 3) acts and 22 (of 57 pieces). A single in-app purchase unlocks the full game.
The Ouroboros King is a chess roguelike game where players must free the Kingdom of Thessalonia from the Coven across different timelines. Advance through a procedurally generated map, fight chess skirmishes and improve your army with novel chess pieces and relics. Discover synergies between pieces and relics to perfect your builds and enjoy the depth of chess tactics. After beating the main story, replay it with extra difficulty options or fight in an endless gauntlet in infinity mode. The game also features a practice mode that can be used for single-device multiplayer.
What’s New
Version 1.03
Multiple quality-of-life changes based on user feedback, including a bigger chess board, confirmation when abandoning a run, and a fix to the game not recognizing the premium version without an internet connection.
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Notes
Teleporting mages? Dodging checkmate by rewinding? We’ve never played chess quite as surreal as this inventive roguelike.
Good game some bugs
Great game with a lot of potential. A little on the pricey side at 7.99 for the full game. If this game keeps getting updated it’ll be great and worth that price tag. Some weird bugs such as if the AI has portal mages, they seem to be able to capture any piece they want without being adjacent to a piece. And some extra turn relics not working right.
Mostly Good
Chess with rogue-like upgrades and “Really Bad Chess”-like board randomization is a great idea, and Ouroboros King delivers on the premise. The upgrades are simple and feel powerful, the interface is simple but good, later units go buck wild, which is fun. On the other hand - units and upgrades do not feel at all balanced, and restarting until you get favorable units and a favorable map can become tedious. Income is very limited and your units cap at 7, which is awkward. I’d love to see some balance improvements or expanded play options, but it’s still fun enough as-is for a few hours. I’m bad at chess but made it to “7.” I don’t know if I have it in me to grind it out past that.
UPDATE: After 6 months with no updates, it’s clear that issues will never be addressed.
App Privacy
The developer, Oriol Cosp, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
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Information
- Seller
- Oriol Cosp
- Size
- 183.7 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 9+ Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Copyright
- © Copyright (C) Oriol Cosp Arqué
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Buy full game $7.99