Element Battle vs The Ouroboros King
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Element Battle
Engage in an epic strategy game where you play as a Mender, a creator tasked with stopping destructive Wreckers. Heal, revive, and strategically destroy to protect the world across eight challenging levels.
- Eight unique levels
- Strategic combat
- Healing mechanics
- Revival abilities
- Destruction for defense
- Mender vs. Wrecker gameplay
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Fight your way through eight different levels in this epic strategy game. Your mission as a Mender is to stop the Wreckers before they destroy everything! Menders are creators nice and peaceful folk. Wreckers are built on destruction all they want to do is destroy, but there is still hope. As Menders you have a positive purpose. As you battle your way to victory you will have to heal, revive, and yes you will even have to destroy to stop the wreckers and their mischievous schemes.
The Ouroboros King
Engage in a unique chess roguelike experience, battling through procedurally generated maps and tactical skirmishes. Discover powerful synergies between novel chess pieces and relics to overcome challenges across different timelines. Unlock the full game with a single in-app purchase to explore all acts and content.
- Chess roguelike gameplay
- Procedurally generated maps
- Novel chess pieces and relics
- Synergy discovery
- Multiple game modes (story, infinity, practice)
- Single-device multiplayer
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Element Battle at 5.0 against The Ouroboros King's 3.8. Element Battle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). The Ouroboros King's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. The Ouroboros King sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Element Battle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Element Battle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Ouroboros King has 62 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Element Battle ships an update every 8 months, The Ouroboros King every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Element Battle | The Ouroboros King |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.8 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 61.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 408 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Zacharias Bryant | Oriol Cosp |
Customer experience
Element Battle
The Ouroboros King
Bugs and requests
Element Battle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Ouroboros King
Reported bugs
14 issues- Item system not working (buy but don't receive)
- UI broken when not English
- No buttons respond
- Cannot remove carnival mask
- Game rules screen arbitrary/doesn't appear
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- Cannot upgrade unit (menu goes back to map)
- Cannot load without internet connection
- Enemy AI not fine-tuned for new pieces
- AI portal mages capture any piece without adjacency
- Extra turn relics not working right
- Cannot continue if king is killed (have to restart)
- Press on one piece, moves a different one
- Bought full game but cannot play next act
- Full game purchase doesn't unlock progression
Requested features
11 requests- Create own pieces and use any image
- Add more items
- Create own board (1x1 to 17x17)
- Create a map with levels inside
- Unlockables
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- Difficulty modes
- Multiplayer mode
- Balance improvements
- Expanded play options
- Address UX around double tapping
- Fix bugs and issues
In-app purchases
Element Battle
No in-app purchases
The Ouroboros King
- Buy full game$7.99
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