The Ouroboros King vs Hexstead
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.
Hexstead
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Hexstead is a cozy board game of dice, land, and rivalry. Settle a valley of hexes, and claim the realm before the seasons turn. Every round starts with a roll of the dice - every hex matching the roll pays its owner. Spend your harvest to claim new tiles, upgrade your land, and chase your secret goal. But watch the roads: roll a seven and the bandit rides, blocking a hex and stealing from whoever owns it. HOW IT PLAYS - Roll two dice, then choose: activate the sum, or each die on its own - Claim free tiles with wood and brick, upgrade them to double their yield - Play cards to bend the rules: shift a die, charter distant land, or send the bandit after a rival - Buy landmarks for lasting powers, like warding the bandit off your fields - First to 15 points wins - or the richest realm when round 15 ends SHARP RIVALS Face 1 to 3 bots with real strategies of their own. Start Easy, then test yourself against Fair and Cruel opponents with bigger score bonuses on the line. MADE FOR QUICK SESSIONS A full match runs about ten minutes. Play offline, anywhere, in portrait with one hand. Hexstead is free to play against an Easy rival. A single one-time purchase unlocks every difficulty, matches with up to 3 rivals, and removes ads for good. No subscriptions, no consumables.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Ouroboros King at none against Hexstead's shown. The Ouroboros King also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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 and Hexstead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | The Ouroboros King | Hexstead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (62 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oriol Cosp | Erez Rosenbloom |
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
Hexstead
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Ouroboros King
- Buy full game$7.99
Hexstead
- The Full Homestead$3.99







