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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, RPG, Turn-Based Tactics, Singleplayer.

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Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 77% — of 580 reviews
Released: 2026-03-12
Developer: Exordium Games
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment
Genres: Indie, RPG, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 2.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 6.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 65%

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    97% matchVery Positive81% of 4,032 reviews2024
    Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
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    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Tactical RPG 12.3%, Turn-Based 11.3%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Base Building 9.6%

  2. #2 Mortal Glory
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 582 reviews2020
    Dev: Redbeak Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Tactical RPG 10.8%, Party-Based RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based 10%

  3. #3 The Last Spell
    96% matchVery Positive91% of 13,461 reviews2023
    Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    Why similar: Perma Death 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Tactical RPG 9.8%, Turn-Based 9.7%

  4. #4 Gods of Sand
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 733 reviews2026
    Dev: Achenar Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.

    Why similar: Rome 37.4%, Turn-Based 11.4%, Perma Death 11.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%

  5. #5 Mortal Glory 2
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 306 reviews2024
    Dev: Redbeak Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Manage a team of traveling gladiators in this turn-based fantasy roguelike. Find the best recruits, discover powerful item combinations and come up with clever tactics on the battlefield. The tournament awaits those who desire MORTAL GLORY!

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, Party-Based RPG 15.2%, Tactical RPG 13.1%, Management 8.6%

  6. #6 Gladiators and Glory
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2023
    Dev: Oguz Kemerli
    Windows

    A Turn-Based Fighting Game Set in the Roman Era, where you can develop your Gladiators and fight them in arenas to increase the glory of your Ludus.

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  7. #7 Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
    91% matchVery Positive83% of 2,603 reviews2026
    Dev: Hamma StudiosPub: Sidekick Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of Auto Battler, Strategy, and RPG. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid party through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!

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  8. #8 The Iron Oath
    92% matchMostly Positive77% of 912 reviews2023
    Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Tactical RPG 12.1%, Party-Based RPG 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Turn-Based 9.8%

  9. #9 Age of Gladiators II: Rome
    93% matchMixed68% of 276 reviews2018
    Dev: Creative Storm Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Age of Gladiators II: Rome is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities. Build your story. Build your empire.

    Why similar: Rome 40.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Management 7.5%, Turn-Based 6.9%

  10. #10 Expeditions: Rome
    91% matchVery Positive87% of 6,635 reviews2022
    Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

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  11. #11 Our Adventurer Guild
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,311 reviews2024
    Dev: GreenGuy
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Become the new Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and lead your adventurers in explorations and turnbased tactical battles. Will the Guild thrive under your leadership? Or will it finally disband under it?

    Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.6%, Management 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%

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    89% matchVery Positive92% of 272 reviews2025
    Dev: Fantasy Creations
    Windows

    Turn-based fantasy gladiatorial game with monster breeding. Crossbreed various species to create monster hybrids for gladiatorial combat. Manipulate creatures’ traits with surgery, magic, and alchemy. Manage your enterprise, craft items and upgrade your base. Fight in the arena for gold and glory!

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Perma Death 13%, Turn-Based 11.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Strategy RPG 9.3%

  13. #13 Warbanners
    90% matchMostly Positive71% of 610 reviews2017
    Dev: Crasleen Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  14. #14 Blackthorn Arena
    88% matchMixed69% of 3,780 reviews2020
    Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Light Up Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    Dev: icefill
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    Dev: Creative Storm Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Dev: Critical Forge
    Windows

    A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.

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    84% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,047 reviews2021
    Dev: Sword & Axe LLCPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!

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    80% matchVery Positive81% of 588 reviews2026
    Dev: Alessandro Roberti
    Windows

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    79% matchVery Positive95% of 158 reviews2026
    Dev: Marius Spikas
    Windows

    A gladiator management sim. Recruit unique gladiators, train them, equip them, hire staff, manage finances, build prestige, develop traits and stat-based skills, and let real-time arena battles decide your rise.

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  24. #24 Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,554 reviews2020
    Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%

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  25. #25 Legionbound
    79% matchVery Positive84% of 560 reviews2026
    Dev: Spicy Garlic Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    77% matchVery Positive80% of 328 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive86% of 8,214 reviews2020
    Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
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    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Windows

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    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 34,862 reviews2020
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    75% matchVery Positive96% of 220 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 418 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    74% matchMixed62% of 206 reviews2024
    Dev: Ancient Forge
    Windows

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    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,215 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    73% matchVery Positive88% of 28,141 reviews2017
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    72% matchVery Positive92% of 3,949 reviews2022
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    70% matchMixed56% of 2,711 reviews2026
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  50. #50 We Who Are About To Die
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 8,289 reviews2022
    Dev: Jordy Lakiere
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas - rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!

    Why similar: Rome 67.5%, Roguelite 14.8%, RPG 8.3%, Strategy 7.4%, Singleplayer 2%

  51. #51 Heroes of Steel RPG
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 284 reviews2014
    Dev: Trese Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.

    Why similar: Perma Death 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Party-Based RPG 11.2%, Strategy RPG 10.1%, Turn-Based 10.1%

  52. #52 Netherguild
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 95 reviews2023
    Dev: David Vinokurov
    Windows · Linux

    Descend into Netherguild, a tactical grid-based roguelite. Lead expeditions deep into mysterious, strange depths. Explore, battle dangerous foes, and manage resources carefully. Push your limits before returning to resupply. What secrets await below?

    Why similar: Perma Death 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Tactical RPG 13.1%, Party-Based RPG 10.1%

  53. #53 Revelatio
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 98 reviews2024
    Dev: Guild Studio
    Windows

    "Revelatio" is a turn-based strategy game that combines tile-based combat and elements of roguelike. Strategically summon and control units to claim victory. Stain the world with your darkness by corrupting various units, bosses and even NPCs.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 17.7%, Strategy RPG 13.7%, Tactical RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%

  54. #54 Rune Coliseum
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 912 reviews2024
    Dev: Rafale Software
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    A deck-building roguelike game with unique semi-real-time combat system. Step into the shoes of an ancient gladiator and do your best to survive in the coliseum. Combine various skills and equipment, develop your own fighting style, and defeat all the enemies to become the next champion!

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 33.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 30.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Strategy 10.4%, RPG 9.2%

  55. #55 The Last Flame
    65% matchVery Positive85% of 2,865 reviews2025
    Dev: Hotloop
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Party-Based RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based 10.8%, Strategy RPG 10.3%

  56. #56 Gordian Quest
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 5,992 reviews2022
    Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Party-Based RPG 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%

  57. #57 Shogun Showdown
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,849 reviews2024
    Dev: RoboatinoPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

    Why similar: Turn-Based 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Strategy RPG 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%

  58. #58 The Dungeon Beneath
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 887 reviews2020
    Dev: Puzzle Box Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.

    Why similar: Perma Death 18.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Tactical RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%

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