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"Age of Gladiators" 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.

Why similar: Sports 35.7%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title is the closest thematic and mechanical match, focusing heavily on managing a gladiator stable and navigating arena politics.

Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.

Why similar: Sports 56.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 14.5%, Indie 6.2%, Management 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep simulation experience where you recruit, train, and manage gladiators in a brutal, turn-based environment.

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 27%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.9%, Management 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike tactical game that perfectly mirrors the turn-based combat and management loop of the seed game.

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 35%, Management 25.8%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 14.9%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel expands on the original's tactical depth and management systems, providing a polished experience for fans of the genre.

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: Sports 40.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Management 9.8%, Turn-Based 9.6%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: A direct evolution of the original series, offering more complex management systems and a broader scope of arena competition.

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 25.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Strategy 18.4%, Management 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title shifts the focus to guild management and auto-battler mechanics while maintaining the core gladiator theme.

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: Turn-Based 29.7%, Management 17.4%, Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 14%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the gritty, historical gladiator management feel with a focus on turn-based combat and character progression.

E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!

Why similar: Sports 20.3%, Strategy 18.4%, Management 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Simulation 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: A complex management sim that focuses on the strategic side of professional gaming, mirroring the influence and management aspects of the seed game.

Blackthorn Arena is a strategy/management sim with a real-time/turn based combat system, set in a world of mythical monsters and classic fantasy races. Play as the master of Blackthorn Arena, train your slaves into gladiators, forge them into your champions, and send them to fight for your glory!

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.2%, Strategy 25.3%, Simulation 24.6%, Management 23%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a more immersive, 3D approach to gladiator management with a strong emphasis on training and tactical combat.

Teamfight Manager is a simulation game where you are the coach of an e-sports team. You must manage players to set them up for matches. Make the best of pick & ban by evaluating the characteristics of the champions/players! A smart strategy can make up for a lack of individual player skills.

Why similar: Sports 30.4%, Simulation 27.7%, Management 25.2%, Strategy 7.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the management aspect, requiring you to draft and train a team for competitive esports matches.

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Why similar: Strategy 51.1%, Simulation 48.9%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on mercenaries, its deep management, perma-death, and turn-based tactical combat are essential for fans of the seed game's difficulty.

XCOM meets Football Manager. Develop your club, earn experience in turn-based matches, learn new skills, achieve new classes, upgrade your facilities, buy and sell footballers, grow your youth academy, make difficult choices. It's a deep strategy game that respects your time.

Why similar: Sports 37.1%, Turn-Based 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Management 10%, Simulation 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It translates the turn-based tactical combat and management loop into a sports context, making it a great alternative for strategy fans.

Pro Wrestling Sim is a text-based pro-wrestling booking simulator. Control a wrestling promotion, decide your roster, and create storylines, feuds and matches where the winners and losers are in your hands.

Why similar: Sports 48.8%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Text-Based 11.5%, Management 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based management sim that captures the drama and booking aspects of professional wrestling with impressive depth.

Age of Gladiators II: Death League is a single-player strategy game set in the futuristic 3000AD, during the rebirth of the violent and hyper-competitive gladiatorial games. Manage your franchise while forging the attributes and abilities of your warriors. Build your story. Build your empire.

Why similar: Sports 40.8%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi twist on the gladiator management formula that retains the core strategic elements of the series.

Step into the world of MMA in World of Mixed Martial Arts 3. In this simulation title, you control every aspect of the MMA world. Take control of an MMA company and run it the way you want. Decide who to hire, what matches will take place, and who doesn't make the cut!

Why similar: Sports 76.2%, Simulation 17.2%, Management 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a premier text-based management sim that offers unparalleled control over a fighting organization.

Gladiator School is a Tycoon-style simulation game. You play as the master of a newly formed school for gladiators. Your job is to prepare and train recruits before you send them away to fight for their survival and entertain the crowd in the arena.

Why similar: Simulation 33.1%, Strategy 31.1%, Management 16.2%, Indie 12.8%, Casual 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the administrative side of running a gladiator school, emphasizing training and long-term planning.

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.

Why similar: Strategy 39.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Casual 14.9%, Indie 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that combines gladiator combat with management elements in a fantasy setting.

Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 42%, Turn-Based 28.9%, Strategy 23%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: A mercenary management game that features deep party customization and turn-based tactical combat in an open world.

Redemption: Eternal Quest is a casual RPG/Sim game which combines the feel of an RPG with roster management sim mechanics. You become the leader of a band of adventurers, guiding them through quests, watching them grow and signing them to pacts while keeping your gold pouch filled.

Why similar: Strategy 24.6%, Casual 23.5%, Turn-Based 15.4%, Indie 11%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual strategy and management game that shares the turn-based combat and progression feel of the seed game.

Esports Legend is a Esports club simulator. You are here to make a unknown amateur team world-famous within several seasons!

Why similar: Simulation 24.7%, Strategy 22.4%, Sports 19.2%, Management 13.8%, Casual 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that tracks the rise of an esports team from amateur to professional, emphasizing management and training.

World Boxing Manager is a game in which you develop and manage the careers of young, hungry boxers desperate for glory. You scout and recruit fighters from a pool of amateurs who come to train at your gym - it's up to you to decide who to mold into championship material.

Why similar: Sports 58.6%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 9.6%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style management game that focuses on the day-to-day operations of a boxing gym.

Complete your own squad, try to win the league, and experience a thrilling win in the World Championship. The journey to E-Sport League glory awaits.

Why similar: Sports 51.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Management 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a detailed look at managing a professional esports league, focusing on strategy and team composition.

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.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.5%, Turn-Based 23.4%, Management 16.7%, Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%

Hold the Line. Command the Fight. Survive the Chaos.

Why similar: Sports 68.5%, Simulation 18.1%, Casual 10.4%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: A casual card-battler and simulation game that focuses on the spectacle and strategy of arena combat.

Create your own gym, train boxers, and aim for the championship!

Why similar: Sports 63.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Casual 6.9%, Management 6.6%, Strategy 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A charming management sim that tasks you with building a successful boxing gym and training champions.

Pro Gamer Manager 2 is an e-sport simulator game. Create, manage and compete with your own team of Pro Gamers. Conquer all obstacles and become the number one team in the world!

Why similar: Sports 56.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Management 7.6%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of an esports team, requiring careful resource allocation and strategic planning.

Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon.

Why similar: Sports 63.9%, Management 19.7%, Simulation 16.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management sim that focuses on the training and career progression of a fighter, blending strategy with life-sim elements.

Victory Road is a boxing simulator that uniquely puts you in the role of the coach, not the boxer! As a coach, the fate of your boxer’s career, and potentially his life, is in your hands. Raise your boxer and utilize various strategies to climb up the ranking board.

Why similar: Sports 61.5%, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Indie 6.4%, Management 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sports simulation that blends strategy and management, focusing on the career path of an athlete.

Have you got what it takes to become the manager of a high-performance motorsport team? Motorsport Manager is a highly detailed, best-in-class management game for fans of motorsport. You’ll hire the drivers, build the cars and embed yourself in the dynamic world of racing.

Why similar: Sports 47.4%, Management 21.7%, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, strategic management experience where you oversee a team's performance and tactical decisions during races.

E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!

Why similar: Sports 49.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%

Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue is a battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild, hire and train gladiators, develop unique tactics, manage resources, compete for the rank in the arena, and much more.

Why similar: Simulation 24.6%, Strategy 23.8%, Management 22.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.4%, Indie 9.3%

Esports History is an RPG sim where you start as a regular guy, and work your way up to the very top of esports. Defeat bosses in tournaments, make a name for yourself within the esports community, and become a real pro!

Why similar: Sports 46.9%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 11.4%

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 27.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.8%, Management 17.8%, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 15.1%

Manage a house of eSport gamers by training the strong, and pruning the weak. Then go head to head with North Korea, the greatest gaming nation in history.

Why similar: Sports 46.7%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 10.9%, Casual 8%

Manage your own horse racing stables, breed and train future champions. Compete across diverse tracks, balance finances, manage staff, and expand your reach in the world of horse racing. Turn ambition into legacy, one choice at a time.

Why similar: Sports 49.6%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 14.1%, Strategy 12%, Text-Based 9.5%

Compete for stardom in this Esport management tycoon.

Why similar: Sports 45.5%, Simulation 20.1%, Management 12.5%, Casual 7.8%, Strategy 7.4%

A fantasy gladiator strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, team management mechanics, and emergent relationship-building. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together!

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39.3%, Management 31.7%, Strategy 28.9%

Lead your team to victory! Recruit, train and manage fighters of different classes before entering tactical battles of wit and glory. In this sequel to an award-winning strategy simulation RPG, can you climb the King’s League?

Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Simulation 39.7%, Indie 18.5%

A wrestling management sim that's easy to pick up and play. Book fantasy matches, create epic stories and develop your wrestlers as you grow to dominate the industry. With extensive customization and depth, you can bring your wrestling dreams to life.

Why similar: Sports 63.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 6.8%, Text-Based 4.8%

"Crown Champion: Legends of the Arena" is a fantasy RPG/Management simulator set in the ruthless world of gladiatorial combat. Develop your academy and train your fighters. Increase your power and influence in the realm. Reap the rewards of your labours.

Why similar: Turn-Based 61.6%, Casual 19.7%, Indie 18.7%

Esports History: Prologue is a free RPG simulator about the era of the birth of eSports. Start from scratch and work your way up to an eSports career. Use your resources and time wisely to develop a unique character and win tournaments.

Why similar: Sports 49.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Management 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%

Rugby Union Team Manager 2015 immerses you in the world of Rugby management. Battle your way through season after season; securing success both on and off the field. Pleasing the fans, and the star players whilst maintaining the backing of the boardroom. You are in complete control!

Why similar: Sports 46%, Strategy 20.3%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Casual 8.7%

Re-experience the thrill and challenges of managing a Gladiator arena in this management/simulation game. With new content, new graphics, Quality of Life updates, and all DLCs packed into this new experience, this is how Blackthorn Arena was meant to be experienced.

Why similar: Simulation 29.7%, Strategy 29.3%, Management 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%

Fantasy Kingdom Simulator transports you into a medieval realm where you reign as King of four villages, and your duty is to help them grow and blossom into fully developed cities. You'll be making meaningful choices, important decisions and face the consequences if you plan poorly.

Why similar: Casual 22.6%, Strategy 22.6%, Simulation 22.3%, Management 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%

Another classic RPG from Warfare Studios! Enter the merciless world of gladiators! Can you be the king of the Arena?

Why similar: Strategy 33.7%, Simulation 32.3%, Casual 19.3%, Indie 14.6%

Build your gym, train your boxers and make them stronger to beat stronger opponents.

Why similar: Sports 70.5%, Simulation 19.4%, Management 6.2%, Indie 3.9%

Experience the ultimate college basketball management game. Take charge as a coach, recruit top talent, develop your team, and compete for national championships. Manage one of 192 teams (or up to 384 when using custom leagues), making strategic decisions to build your basketball dynasty

Why similar: Sports 65.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Management 8.9%, Text-Based 7.8%, Strategy 5.3%

Manage your own esports squad, expand your gaming house, and defeat legendary teams to become the best in the world!

Why similar: Sports 50.4%, Strategy 15.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Management 14.7%, Casual 4.8%

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: Sports 59.2%, Strategy 22.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%

Start your journey as a boxer from the ground up, fighting your way to glory. Develop your character, collect fight cards, and face the challenges life throws your way. Train hard, manage stress, and give everything you've got to turn your championship dreams into reality.

Why similar: Sports 47.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Management 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Strategy 9.1%

Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.4%, Strategy 29.8%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Indie 15.9%

You've waited long enough. Boxing management is now in your gloves. Winning fights is your goal. Running the best gym is your future. Take control. Train and steer your boxers to glory in the ring! Build up your gym, make it World class!

Why similar: Sports 61.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Management 10.8%

MMA team manager is the all new, face punching, body slamming manager game for the real MMA fans. Experience the life as a manager running your own team and leading the fighters to international glory in the cage.

Why similar: Sports 64.3%, Simulation 15%, Management 11%, Indie 6.1%, Strategy 3.5%

Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!

Why similar: Simulation 33.6%, Strategy 29.8%, Management 26.5%, Indie 10.1%

The boxing world is at your fingertips in this deeply detailed and outrageously entertaining sports management simulation. Enlist competitive fighters, recruit top-notch staff, and ride the hype train all the way to endorsement city! Watch your fighter rise to the top, or get KO’d trying.

Why similar: Sports 61%, Management 15%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 9.6%

BOXING SCHOOL! Take control of a boxing gym in the 80s. You’ll hire the boxers, teach them to fight and climb the ranks. Management game made by the developers of Gladiator School.

Why similar: Strategy 29%, Simulation 28.7%, Management 22.1%, Indie 12.2%, Casual 8%

A true college football management game. Play as a coach or a school, recruit players, develop your team, and compete for national championships. Build a college football dynasty and become a coaching legend!

Why similar: Sports 60.4%, Simulation 15.5%, Management 8.3%, Text-Based 7.1%, Strategy 4.6%

Blackout Rugby is a modern, multiplayer, social, world-class Rugby Manager Game! Take control of a novice club and sidestep and fend your way to glory. Take on people all around the world as you strategise, conquer the league, battle your way up the ladder, and build up your club infrastructure.

Why similar: Sports 58.7%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 13.4%