Games Like Gladiator 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.

Why similar: Strategy 49.9%, Management 34.2%, Indie 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a modern take on the genre by focusing on guild management and auto-battler tactical combat.

"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 39.9%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Management 11.9%, Text-Based 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive gladiator management sim that shares the same focus on training, hiring, and tactical arena combat.

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: Strategy 34.6%, Simulation 27.7%, Management 25.2%, Indie 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, turn-based management game that captures the brutal atmosphere of gladiator life in ancient Rome.

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: Strategy 34.5%, Management 32.4%, Simulation 25.4%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at combining roguelike management with deep, turn-based tactical combat in a fantasy setting.

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 51.4%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 17.5%, Management 8.7%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the management loop of Gladiator Manager but shifts the theme to the professional boxing circuit.

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: Simulation 35.7%, Sports 27.6%, Management 23.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game applies the management and auto-battler formula to the high-pressure world of esports.

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 42.5%, Simulation 19.5%, Strategy 16.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, text-based management sim that captures the intricacies of booking and managing a professional wrestling promotion.

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

Why You'll Like It: A thematic match that focuses on the management of fighters in a brutal, fantasy-inspired arena setting.

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 51.9%, Simulation 48.1%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on mercenaries, it provides the most satisfying management and tactical combat loop for fans of team-building games.

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 37.1%, Strategy 35.9%, Indie 13.7%, Management 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused simulation that tasks you with running a school for gladiators from the ground up.

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 46.5%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 14.9%, Management 11.9%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the original, expanding on the management mechanics and the Roman setting.

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 49.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 18.5%, Management 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It effectively strips away the bloat of traditional sports sims to focus on tactical, turn-based matches and team development.

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 51.7%, Simulation 17.1%, Fighting 11.2% ★, Management 9.2%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a comprehensive management experience for mixed martial arts, similar to the training and fight-scheduling loops of the seed game.

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 53.3%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 18.7%, Indie 7.4%, Management 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sports management sim that emphasizes the tactical progression of your team through various leagues.

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 54.5%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 16.5%, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management simulation that tasks you with building a 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 48.7%, Simulation 19%, Strategy 18%, Indie 7.6%, Management 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the indie management feel by tasking you with building an esports team and managing their daily lives.

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: Sports 54.8%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 12.6%, Indie 6.2%, Strategy 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the long-term development and management of young athletes, mirroring the training aspects of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Sports 61%, Simulation 23.8%, Management 5.6%, Fighting 5% ★, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style management game that allows for deep control over the training and career of a boxer.

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 88.2%, Indie 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that leans into the gladiator theme with turn-based combat and management elements.

Take control of the career of a professional wrestler, guiding him through the world title wins, the tough matches, and the rivalries. Control matches negotiate contracts, manage personal finances, navigate backstage politics and more in this text-based pro wrestling role-playing simulation.

Why similar: Sports 74.6%, Simulation 25.4%

Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy management simulation that focuses on the career progression and tactical choices of individual fighters.

Lords of Football is a whole new sports lifestyle simulator, played in God Mode.The everyday routine of football is brought to life, simulating footballers' training to improve their skills and all the drama and real-life distractions that unfold during a normal season.

Why similar: Sports 60.3%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Indie 5.5%, Management 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique management sim that blends sports strategy with life simulation elements for your athletes.

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

Why similar: Sports 69.8%, Simulation 26.1%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual approach to the gladiator genre that focuses on quick, tactical combat encounters.

Manage your racing team, driver and a car, prepare setups and strategy for every race, plan your season and budget, analyze race telemetry.

Why similar: Sports 53.6%, Strategy 23%, Management 14.1%, Text-Based 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: While the theme is racing, the deep management and tactical decision-making are highly similar to Gladiator Manager.

Would you like to try your hand as a manager of this e-sport? eSport Manager is a game based on the idea of e-sports competitions, especially the most popular - FPS AND MOBA.

Why similar: Sports 45.9%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 17%, Management 10.3%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the administrative and tactical aspects of managing a professional gaming team.

Game Club "Waka Waka" [/] - computer club simulator!

Why similar: Sports 51.8%, Strategy 20.4%, Simulation 19.6%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A niche management sim that shares the indie, text-based, and sports-adjacent feel of the seed game.

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 50.2%, Strategy 49.8%

Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to Mortal Glory 2, offering a refined, turn-based tactical combat experience with management elements.

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 32.9%, Strategy 32.8%, Management 22.5%, Indie 11.8%

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: Strategy 38.6%, Simulation 36.4%, Management 25%

Compete for stardom in this Esport management tycoon.

Why similar: Sports 42.6%, Simulation 26.7%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Indie 8.4%

An old-school football manager in the style of the management games of the 90s. Lead your team through the seasons, shaped by dynamic story events. Develop your club and yourself to gain reputation and conquer your league and the world.

Why similar: Sports 53.8%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 18.6%, Management 8.4%

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 51.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 17.4%, Indie 6.8%, Management 6.7%

Take the lead of your favourite rugby union team.Pro Rugby Manager 2015 covers all aspects of the challenges of a real rugby union manager: guarantee sporting success on the field and financial success off it and be the next Champion!

Why similar: Sports 62.8%, Strategy 19.3%, Simulation 17.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a detailed management experience for rugby fans who enjoy tactical team building.

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 43.7%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 18.7%, Management 10.6%, Indie 7.5%

Tactic Boxing is a boxing game with ragdoll physics, local multiplayer, career mode and manager mode.

Why similar: Sports 73.4%, Simulation 26.6%

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 70.9%, Simulation 22.7%, Management 6.4%

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 54.9%, Simulation 18.4%, Management 14%, Strategy 12.7%

Suit up and become the manager of a basketball team. You’ll have all the managerial tools you’ve come to expect in a manager game, scouting, facilities, training and more. Will you put emphasis on coaching or player development? Success is only the result of your decisions both on and off the court.

Why similar: Sports 55.5%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 12.5%, Management 9.4%, Text-Based 5.3%

Take control of a Real Football Club or create your own club, in Club Soccer Director 2022 a fast-paced Football Club Management Game. Download Club Soccer Director 2022 now for FREE & start your Football management journey.

Why similar: Sports 54.2%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 17.8%, Management 5%, Indie 2.6%

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: Strategy 38.2%, Simulation 37.6%, Management 24.2%

Take charge as the ultimate racing manager, leading your GT racing team to victory. Build your team, improve your car, and deploy winning race strategies across 5 official GT leagues, including the pinnacle of endurance racing: the hypercar category! Are you ready to dominate the world of GT racing?

Why similar: Sports 48.6%, Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 19.8%, Management 11.5%

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 34.6%, Simulation 33.2%, Management 18.7%, Indie 13.5%

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: Simulation 35.4%, Strategy 35.1%, Management 29.6%

Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!

Why similar: Sports 60.2%, Strategy 18.7%, Simulation 17.3%, Management 3.8%

Gym Manager is a simulation game where you can build, expand and manage your own gym. To attract more customers, invest in new equipment and sabotage your competition. But beware: the town's shady streets provide opportunities for illegal business ventures.

Why similar: Sports 51%, Simulation 24.4%, Management 16.5%, Indie 8.2%

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 43.6%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Management 12.9%, Text-Based 9.7%

Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.

Why similar: Sports 55%, Simulation 19.3%, Strategy 17.7%, Management 8.1%

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 49.6%, Strategy 17.8%, Simulation 17.4%, Management 9.7%, Text-Based 5.5%

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 57%, Simulation 20.7%, Management 8.2%, Text-Based 7.7%, Strategy 6.3%

Take control of a Real Football Club or create your own club, in Football Club Manager 2023 a fast-paced Football Club Management Game. Download Football Club Manager 2023 now for FREE & start your Football management journey.

Why similar: Sports 58.5%, Simulation 16.8%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Indie 3.4%

Squiggle Football is a deck-building football management roguelike, where you create a team and form powerful combinations of players, coaches, tactics and culture. Recruit, trade & innovate through nail-biting matches to reach & conquer the National League. Inspired by Australian Rules Football.

Why similar: Sports 66.3%, Simulation 21%, Management 9.4%, Indie 3.3%

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: Strategy 57.7%, Management 42.3%