The Ouroboros King vs Hexagonal Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Hexagonal Chess
Experience a unique twist on classic chess with six-directional movement and an expanded board. Challenge a friend in person or test your skills against an AI opponent.
- Six-directional piece movement
- Expanded board with additional colors
- Play against a friend locally
- Challenge an AI opponent
- Unique chess variant
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New location, new environment, same rules 50% more directions to move pieces 42% more board fields (with additional color) You can play with a friend but not online, so pretend it is 1990 and actually meet people or you can challenge an AI bot
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hexagonal Chess at none against The Ouroboros King's 1. The Ouroboros King's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Hexagonal Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Ouroboros King holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.7. 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. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of The Ouroboros King's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hexagonal Chess's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
The Ouroboros King ships an update every 5 months, Hexagonal Chess every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | The Ouroboros King | Hexagonal Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (62 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oriol Cosp | Konrad Leszczyski |
Customer experience
The Ouroboros King
Hexagonal Chess
Bugs and 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
Hexagonal Chess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Ouroboros King
- Buy full game$7.99
Hexagonal Chess
No in-app purchases
Questions
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