
Build a legendary gladiator school in ancient Rome. Recruit and develop unique fighters, manage the business behind the bloodshed and watch your decisions tested in brutal real-time arena combat.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Singleplayer, Management, Simulation.

Build a legendary gladiator school in ancient Rome. Recruit and develop unique fighters, manage the business behind the bloodshed and watch your decisions tested in brutal real-time arena combat.

Gladiator Guild Manager
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.

Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
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.
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: Auto Battler 60.1%, Management 26.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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: Auto Battler 51.6%, Management 22.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Combat 4%
Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator is a classic management experience set in an alternate Ancient Rome. Start in Division VII with one of sixteen clubs, recruit fighters, equip them from the market, and climb the ladder through fully simulated seasons and matches.
Why similar: Auto Battler 41.9%, Rome 31.8% ★, Management 9.2%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8%
"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: Rome 32.9% ★, Auto Battler 23.5%, Management 17.9%, Historical 8.2%, Strategy 8%
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: Management 30.4%, Simulation 27%, Strategy 23.7%, Historical 11.3%, Indie 3.2%
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 53.7% ★, Management 23.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8.3%, 2D 2.6%
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 50.3% ★, Management 21.9%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Historical 6.7%
The Ultimate Gladiator Simulator. Fight & strategize through spectacles and arenas. Rise from slave to Champion and earn your freedom or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and unique physics simulated combat. Those who are about to die, I salute you!
Why similar: Rome 50.3% ★, Historical 15%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Combat 7.4%
You are the CEO of a private military company. Recruit capable mercenaries, purchase weapons, and develop your mercenaries according to their roles and characteristics. Observe how your mercenaries perform in combat and plan your tactics to ensure mission success.
Why similar: Auto Battler 49.3%, Management 25.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Combat 4.2%
Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.
Why similar: Rome 49.1% ★, Management 15.6%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 10.9%, Historical 8.2%
Arena combat meets mercenary club management. Recruit from a dynamic market, build your squad, and compete season after season in leagues and cups.
Why similar: Auto Battler 58.8%, Management 20.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 6.3%, Combat 4.7%
Age of Gladiators Reforged is a REMAKE of the 2016 indie game. A single-player strategy/management experience set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome that allows you to manage your fighters as they increase in level, forging them into killing machines and champions.
Why similar: Rome 31.5% ★, Management 21.8%, Historical 14.3%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 13.2%
Roma Invicta combines action packed real-time battles with turn-based strategy on a big campaign map. Supply your legions and conquer ancient Gaul turn by turn. Fight by yourself or hand over your soldiers to the AI and enjoy the spectacle.
Why similar: Rome 41.1% ★, Auto Battler 38.4%, Historical 9.5%, Strategy 7.3%, 2D 2.3%
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Simulation 36%, Strategy 34%, Management 25.2%, Indie 4.8%
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: Rome 61.5% ★, Strategy 32.5%, 2D 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 1.6%
Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements. You are a Roman centurion in the army of Julius Caesar. You will control both your character and the unit under his command.
Why similar: Rome 49% ★, Management 16.5%, Historical 13.4%, Auto Battler 11.7%, Simulation 8.5%
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: Rome 68.9% ★, Management 21.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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: Management 46%, Simulation 21.5%, Strategy 20.7%, Combat 9.8%, Singleplayer 2%
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: Auto Battler 41.6%, Management 35.3%, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 4.2%, 2D 1.2%
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
Why similar: Rome 39.9% ★, Auto Battler 36.2%, Historical 10.2%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 5.5%
Hold the Line. Command the Fight. Survive the Chaos.
Why similar: Simulation 91.5%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 3.8%
Lead a Roman expeditionary force into the heart of Ancient Britain! Recruit, promote, and upgrade your legionaries while constructing a series of fortified marching camps. Use Roman tactics and strategies to conquer the entire island and become Warlord!
Why similar: Rome 61.3% ★, Historical 16.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Combat 4%, Stylized 2.6%
Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building simulation. Build flourishing cities and look after your citizens. Earn gold with production and trade of goods and build impressive monuments. Strengthen your influence and become a Roman emperor!
Why similar: Rome 48.6% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Historical 12.6%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 11.7%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: Management 39.3%, Historical 33.7%, Strategy 20.8%, 2D 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
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: Strategy 88.8%, Singleplayer 11.2%
Story of a Gladiator is an arena beat 'em up where you take the role of a man in search of his destiny. Fight against waves of enemies in the arena to earn coin and fame until you are strong enough to enter the colosseum and become champion.
Why similar: Rome 56.4% ★, Management 19.1%, Historical 14.2%, Stylized 3.6%, Combat 3%
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: Management 33.3%, Historical 24%, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 18.9%, Indie 2.3%
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: Management 38.5%, Simulation 21.8%, Strategy 20.1%, Historical 11.3%, 2D 4%
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...
Why similar: Rome 46.5% ★, Strategy 25.6%, Historical 15.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Indie 1.5%
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: Management 75.5%, Strategy 21.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
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: Management 36%, Simulation 29.9%, Strategy 27.5%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.
Why similar: Historical 29%, Management 24.1%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 14.3%, Combat 9.1%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: Rome 51.9% ★, Management 21.9%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 9.5%, Combat 6%
Teamfight Manager returns with more detailed tactics and management, a new MOBA-style match format, and a Deathmatch mode reminiscent of the previous title. Take charge of a fictional esports team, build the strongest roster, and become the best manager!
Why similar: Auto Battler 53%, Management 28.3%, Simulation 16.4%, 2D 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: Management 37.5%, Historical 24.8%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 17.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
Why similar: Rome 46.8% ★, Management 22.3%, Historical 12.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 8.1%
As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.
Why similar: Rome 53.9% ★, Strategy 18%, Historical 15.1%, Simulation 12.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Enter a world of blood, influence and secrets in this easy to learn, yet deep strategy sim where you control a group of Gladiators, guiding them through combat and competition. Bribe, gamble and slash your way to an arena championship!
Why similar: Simulation 33.2%, Management 31.7%, Strategy 30.5%, Indie 4.7%
Unforgiving boss fights. Gory pixels. Glorious fast-paced gladiatorial action-combat. Analyze your opponents weakness, adapt your strategy and colour the sands with the blood of your enemies.
Why similar: Rome 69.2% ★, Historical 18.1%, Combat 7.7%, 2D 3.2%, Indie 1.1%
Welcome to the arena! An auto battler with lite "idle" game mechanics. Defeat bosses to earn resources and power up. Invest in a complex skill tree and dig for ancient relics. Earn glory from righteous combat and spend it on permanent upgrades that ramp up the pace and excitement every run.
Why similar: Auto Battler 69.6%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 7.4%, Combat 4.1%, 2D 3.5%
Rise through the ranks and lead your band of Gladiators to glory. Can you build the ultimate fighting force and a kingdom to rule all! Be careful who you trust. Becoming a Gladiator Trainer isn't easy.
Why similar: Strategy 62.5%, 2D 20.3%, Indie 9.6%, Singleplayer 7.6%
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: Management 62.1%, Strategy 19.2%, Simulation 15.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 1.5%
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: Rome 61.5% ★, Historical 15.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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: Rome 37.7% ★, Management 31.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 14.6%
Build and lead your own professional esports organization. Scout players, manage contracts, develop talent, hire staff, grow your brand, and compete for championship titles in a deep and realistic management simulation.
Why similar: Management 51.4%, Simulation 21.8%, Strategy 19.5%, 2D 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.
Why similar: Rome 69.9% ★, Historical 19.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Management 48%, Simulation 22.3%, Strategy 21.2%, 2D 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Embark on an epic journey in Hero’s Warband, a captivating 2D Survival Autobattler. Recruit and manage a diverse array of heroes with unique classes and skills. Discover the perfect synergy between classes to suit your strategic vision. Lead your heroes to greatness and conquer the land of Astoria!
Why similar: Auto Battler 52.6%, Management 21.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 8.4%, Combat 4.4%
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Why similar: Management 37.9%, Historical 21%, Strategy 20%, Simulation 19.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.
Why similar: Rome 57.8% ★, Historical 17.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Rome 49.7% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Historical 13.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 10.1%
Be the drill instructor! Insult recruits with no remorse! Can you transform flabby recruits into lean war machines within 12 weeks?
Why similar: Auto Battler 46%, Management 25.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.6%, Historical 6.3%
[game type] AVG + simulated love cultivation[game rating] objects aged 18 and above[game theme] BL ancient Roman wind school daily + hot-blooded battle
Why similar: Rome 72.6% ★, Strategy 12.5%, Stylized 9.3%, 2D 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
A turn-based strategy war chess game. You will play a commander in the Roman period, and command the generals and troops to complete the specified mission objectives and occupy important strongholds in the level. Rome, Samnite, Epirus, Carthage. Different choices will open different histories!
Why similar: Rome 74.1% ★, Historical 11.3%, Strategy 10.7%, 2D 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Goofy Ragdolls and Physics Simulated duels that will challenge your tactics. Customise & Upgrade your Gladiator, dismember opponents in the arena and climb the Leaderboard. All for free!
Why similar: Rome 72.5% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Combat 6.9%, Strategy 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Flowers and Deities is a roguelite auto battler where you command a blood-soaked lizardman army through escalating arena battles, spending every drop of spilled blood to cast spells, summon creatures, and survive long enough to earn the favor of the Gods.
Why similar: Auto Battler 66%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 8%, Combat 7.6%, Stylized 2.2%
Run your own football academy. Scout and discover young talents, evaluate their potential, manage their development through training, and negotiate transfers with clubs to grow your prestige and influence.
Why similar: Management 62.8%, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 7.3%, Stylized 5.1%, 2D 3.1%
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
Why similar: Historical 34.2%, Management 28.2%, Strategy 26.1%, Combat 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Gladiators: Survival in Rome is an Action RPG with casual survival game mechanics and active city building. You'll experience a new type of survival game with quests & dungeons, continuous progression, seasonal events and lots of spear poking.
Why similar: Rome 74.6% ★, Historical 20.5%, Combat 4.9%
Build your gym, train your boxers and make them stronger to beat stronger opponents.
Why similar: Simulation 54.9%, Management 39.9%, Indie 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%