Owari

Owari

Brian Franco · June 16, 2017 · Indie, Minimalist, Board Game

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lowest tracked $1.49
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Owari price by region

Owari costs £2.09 in the United Kingdom, €2.39 in Europe (EUR), $2.99 in the United States, $2.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.39 in Canada, NZ$3.69 in New Zealand, A$4.50 in Australia, R$6.49 in Brazil and zł10.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Owari offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.09 £2.09 — 1
Europe (EUR) €2.39 €2.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Canada CA$3.39 CA$3.39 — 1
New Zealand NZ$3.69 NZ$3.69 — 1
Australia A$4.50 A$4.50 — 1
Brazil R$6.49 R$6.49 — 1
Poland zł10.99 zł10.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Owari


Owari is a variant of Mancala where players strategically attempt to capture stones from their opponent's row.

Easy to learn, hard to master



Owari is a very simple game at it's core: grab the stones in a pit, sow them around the board. Landing in a pit with 2 or 3 will result in some points. First to 25 points, wins. The game includes a tutorial to get you through the basics.

Practice makes perfect



Owari will come with 3 levels of AI difficulty that should offer up different levels of challenge to the player. The easy AI will greedily attempt to capture all that it can without much regard to defense, while the medium AI is a little more careful about leaving itself open. Finally, the hard AI will attempt to think one step ahead in order to defeat the more advanced players.

Two is better than one



Be it local or online, Owari will allow you to play with a friend (or stranger) with it's different multiplayer modes. If you're playing online, you can choose from hosting a private lobby for a friend, or waiting/joining a match in the public lobby.

Extra Info



Owari was heavily inspired by the DOS game "Wari: The Ancient Game of Africa", redone with a modern aesthetic. It is meant to be a very simple, play-it-during-your-break sort of game. Special thanks to Rachel Franco and Marius Ioan for their help in testing and debugging.

Owari — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included
More games like this:Split-screen games

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Nov 21, 2020
[h1]A simple turn-based strategy game for two[/h1] Game itself is alright but the execution leaves some to be desired. [h1]Rules[/h1] Owari is one of the myriad of [i]Mancala[/i] games. In this version the rules are as follows: - Players in turn choose a pit on their row and move the stones in that pit counter-clockwise leaving one stone into each pit. - If the last pit has 2 or 3 stones in it (i.e. it had 1 or 2 before), those stones are captured and scored. In case of capture, if there are several of applicable pits in row before the last pit, those too will be captured. - First to 25 points wins. - Also somehow clearing your own row grants lots of points - the number of stones left on the table, maybe? That's simple enough. Also, there's a quick and easy to follow tutorial. [h1]AI and multiplayer[/h1] There's three AIs to fight. I lost to the Easy one on the first try but afterwards won all three in a row, so I doubt they are particularly optimized for challenge. You may also play local and online multiplayer. Online multiplayer match is required for one of the achievements: fortunately there's a guide to do this on your own (launching another game client and making tha…
6 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 21, 2017
Just like mancala, relaxing and free to play by yourself. Obs: pls add the fullscreen option.
4 found this helpful
Not recommended Dec 12, 2018
Not like any mancala I've ever played and the multiplayer - which was the whole reason I bought it - doesn't work at all
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 26, 2018
Well, I can't play online with my friend, helloooo? help?
2 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 15, 2019
Great minimal implementation of this ancient game. There is no proper fullscreen support, but that doesn't hurt the game much. The hard AI definitely knows what it is doing, it is beatable but indeed quite hard (at least for me, took quite a few attempts to finally beat it). The only nitpick I have (besides the missing fullscreen support) is that you have no option to go second against the AI. You are forced to make the starting move in every match against the AI.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 3, 2026
hey mr dev can you fix the multiplayer real fast

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