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The Ouroboros King cover art

The Ouroboros King

Oriol Cosp Games · 2023-02-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 20, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2023 (Linux), Jun 21, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jun 21, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jul 14, 2026 (Android)

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 an Indie, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 578 reviews).

3
playing now
80%
positive of 578 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.26★
PlayStation Store rating (27 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 578 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at IndieGala Store (2026-09-15) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 64 of 99 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
404020232026Week of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
263Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 23 · peak 71May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 40Jul 2023 — avg 19 · peak 49Sep 2023 — avg 11 · peak 25Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 65Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 149Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002023-02-272026-10-082023-02-27 — best price $8.992023-06-19 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $7.292023-12-21 — best price $6.892024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-04 — best price $9.992024-09-09 — best price $6.292024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-26 — best price $5.692025-05-12 — best price $9.992025-07-08 — best price $4.892025-07-28 — best price $7.342025-08-09 — best price $7.892025-09-16 — best price $3.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-22 — best price $9.992025-10-30 — best price $9.992025-11-20 — best price $3.832025-12-01 — best price $7.652025-12-22 — best price $3.872026-01-26 — best price $3.292026-03-07 — best price $4.502026-03-19 — best price $4.292026-04-01 — best price $4.192026-04-13 — best price $4.502026-04-23 — best price $9.992026-05-04 — best price $2.942026-05-19 — best price $3.992026-05-30 — best price $7.892026-06-11 — best price $0.002026-06-24 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-24 — best price $3.692026-08-27 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
75%
earned "Defeat Edea"
44.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Catalan, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)53710%6
PS5 (PlayStation)4844%14
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4353%13
PS4 (PlayStation)1573%14
PS4 (PlayStation)863%14
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DChessIndieFantasyMedievalStrategyDifficultBoard GameRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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