Ancient Go
A Go board game with tutorials and optional visual hints
Hart Laboratories LLC · Released May 30, 2017
Third-party account required
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 63% of 108
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 7 years ago
- Jul 31, 2019
What is Ancient Go?
You place stones on a 3D board to surround territory and capture opposing stones. Matches pit you against AI or online opponents, with ranked multiplayer using an Online-Go.com account.
For you if...
- +you enjoy minimalist strategy games with simple rules
Not for you if...
- −you want action rather than methodical board game matches
What players say
63% of 108 reviews are positive
Players praise the traditional board presentation and usefulness for solo practice. Complaints include weak AI and scoring issues, while more recent reports describe online matches failing to start.
Screenshots and trailer
Ancient Go system requirements
Minimum: PassMark Score of 1000, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Ancient Go?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Window 7
- Processor
- 64 Bit
- Graphics
- PassMark Score of 1000 or Better (Any Modern Graphics Card)
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Please be capable of running Unreal Engine 4. Graphics will scale automatically, may run at low resolution on slightly slower hardware.
Does Ancient Go have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.
Does Ancient Go run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Third-party account
- Online-Go.com accounts used for multiplayer. Not required for tutorials or AI.
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 33
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Ancient Go use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Strategy
- Minimalist
- Puzzle
- Casual
- Board Game
- Tabletop
- Abstract
- Realistic
- Chess
- Artificial Intelligence
- PvP
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- 3D
- 2D
- Real-Time
Recent updates
- Jul 31, 2019 · Update 1.2 OGS Bug Fix
- Dec 16, 2018 · Update 1.1 - OGS Bug Fix
- May 30, 2017 · Update 1.0 - Release!
- May 30, 2017 · Update 1.0 - Release!
- May 23, 2017 · Update 0.3 - New Menu, Steam Achievements
