
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.
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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.

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.

Bloodgrounds
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.
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 26.3%, Management 15.7%, Tactical 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Resource Management 7.6%
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 37.6% ★, Turn-Based 11.5%, Perma Death 11%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%
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.
Why similar: Rome 53.8% ★, Management 23.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 8.3%, 2D 2.5%
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 39.2% ★, Turn-Based 11.6%, Management 10%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, Tactical 8.4%
"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 42% ★, Turn-Based 19.2%, Management 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Strategy 6.2%
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 35.6% ★, Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 11.5%, RPG 8.5%
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 42.3% ★, Turn-Based 19.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Management 8.4%
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 33.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Management 13.4%, Strategy 8.5%, RPG 7.1%
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 29.7%, Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, Management 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Turn-Based 39.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, RPG 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Strategy 9.6%
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: Rome 55.2% ★, Tactical 13.3%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 7.2%
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: Management 42.5%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 15.5%, RPG 13.1%, Indie 6.1%
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 Combat 26.8%, Management 23.8%, Tactical 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Strategy 7.7%
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: Perma Death 27.1%, Management 25.6%, Turn-Based Combat 23.8%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 9.3%
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 70% ★, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 8.5%, RPG 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
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 30.7%, Strategy 24.9%, Simulation 21.3%, Indie 8.6%, RPG 7.2%
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 62.8% ★, Management 12.4%, Perma Death 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Character Customization 4.7%
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: Turn-Based 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Tactical 14.1%, Management 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
Gladiator! Grab your sword, equip your sandals and take on the world in multiplayer Swords and Sandals! Brutal turn-based combat where gladiators can lose limbs, wield guitars and yell so loudly enemy heads will fall off. This is the most fun you'll ever have in the arena!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 31.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.9%, Character Customization 15.9%, RPG 9.8%, Strategy 9.8%
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Strategy 34.9%, Simulation 27.7%, Management 24.8%, Indie 12.5%
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 42.8% ★, Turn-Based 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Perma Death 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
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: Turn-Based 31%, Management 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Perma Death 14.2%, Tactical 11.4%
Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.
Why similar: Rome 61.5% ★, Management 11.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 8%, RPG 6.7%
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: Perma Death 36.4%, Turn-Based Combat 36%, Strategy 12.9%, RPG 11.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%
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: Tactical 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Turn-Based 17.1%, Strategy 10.8%, RPG 9.6%
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 82.7% ★, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, 2D 3.6%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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: Turn-Based 30.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Management 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Simulation 13.8%
Grid-Based First Person Dungeon Crawler set in a Dark Fantasy version of the Imperial Rome. Create and develop your party, explore catacombs, manage your Gladiatorial School and fight demons and undead to free Rome. Inspired by old-school cRPG from the 80s and 90s.
Why similar: Rome 72.7% ★, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, RPG 7.8%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Perma Death 9.7%, Strategy 9.6%, RPG 9.1%
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: Tactical 27.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Strategy 16.8%, RPG 15%, 2D 8.4%
Create your Religion, raise your Disciples, and guide them to bring you glory! Inspire growth in your Disciples so they may challenge the false gods and convert their followers. Defeat your rivals, and become the One Truth!
Why similar: Turn-Based 37.8%, Strategy 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 13.9%, RPG 10.8%
Relive the conflict between the mighty Roman Republic and the brave Celtiberian people of Numantia! Featuring hand-drawn illustrations, classic turn-based strategy mechanics, and combat tactics, with decision-making and side missions.
Why similar: Rome 45.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Tactical 7.1%
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Tactical 12.5%, Strategy 7.2%
Manage a team of fantasy gladiators in this Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, and emergent relationship-building. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.4%, Management 25%, Character Customization 16.8%, Choices Matter 12%, Strategy 9.7%
Forge your strategy around powerful relics in this turn-based tactical roguelite. Choose your slots, manage their constraints, and face formidable bosses.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 59.6%, Strategy 40.4%
Gods of the Fallen Land is an action-strategy game centered around base building and villager management. Take on the role of a leader trying to rebuild humanity in a broken and dangerous world. Lead your followers into battle and make strategic decisions on what to develop and build to survive.
Why similar: Strategy 34.5%, Management 29.3%, RPG 24.6%, Indie 11.5%
Distant future… Brutal gladiatorial battles is a top-rated show, extremely popular all over the Universe. You’ve been sent to the abandoned planet as one of the participants of the show. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, fighting back deadly creatures in the focus of billions of viewers.
Why similar: Side Scroller 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 31.6%, Indie 14.1%, 2D 12.9%, Singleplayer 5.2%
"Gladiator, gladiator, gladiator, Swords and Sandals, Gladiatorrrrr!"You grew up playing the legendary Swords and Sandals turn based combat game series. These games have been played over half a billion times. Swords and Sandals is nostalgia, Swords and Sandals is life.
Why similar: Turn-Based 46.9%, Turn-Based Combat 25.9%, Strategy 11.6%, RPG 8.9%, 2D 4.9%
In the merciless sands of the arena, a gladiator is forced to fight for survival. Trakonius defies Mars, the God of War, in this Action Roguelike experience! Face gladiators, mythological creatures, and deadly challenges across four brutal arenas. The truth can only be revealed through combat!
Why similar: Rome 54.6% ★, RPG 16.8%, Perma Death 12.2%, Indie 12%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
Why similar: Turn-Based 28%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Tactical 14.6%, Strategy 9.3%
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 41.9% ★, Management 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 8.1%
Take over a small dungeon that no adventure is interested in as a new manager. You'll start with almost nothing and recruit minions, accumulate money, construct facilities, develop technology, explore the realm, have the dungeon's name up, defeat other dungeons and win the championship of the Dungeon League.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.2%, Strategy 22.1%, Simulation 16.5%, Resource Management 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.1%, Turn-Based Combat 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Tactical 14%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
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?
Why similar: Rome 50.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Tactical 7.7%, Strategy 6.3%, RPG 5.5%
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: Management 24.4%, Tactical 22.9%, Character Customization 14.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
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 63.4% ★, Management 15.8%, Strategy 7.1%, Resource Management 6.8%, Simulation 5.4%
Hire a band of almost-heroic goblins to fight and die for you in tactical turn-based battles, accomplish silly quests for the weird inhabitants of this fantastic world, and truly become a god - at least by goblin standards.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.9%, Character Customization 19.9%, Strategy 12.1%, RPG 9.9%
In this rogue-lite turn-based RPG, you create a bloodline of gladiators, fight online with or against your friends in the arena, decide the fate of your fallen rivals, and bring honor, wealth, and the spoils of war to improve your legacy.
Why similar: Turn-Based 36.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Perma Death 13.5%, Character Customization 11.3%, Strategy 8.5%
A retro-inspired turn-based strategy. Conquer your way across a war-ravaged world to forge a new empire and impart an unprecedented era of peace!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 16.7%, RPG 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!
Why similar: Tactical 29%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Strategy 10.8%, RPG 10.4%
"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 59.5%, RPG 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Indie 5.5%
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: Management 38.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Choices Matter 14.6%, RPG 11.2%, Simulation 10.7%
Qvadriga is a tactical game of chariot racing in ancient Roman circuses, where you take control of a four horse chariot team. Choose your preferred upgrade combinations and prove your skills at the arena.
Why similar: Rome 46.1% ★, Turn-Based 20.9%, Tactical 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%, Strategy 6.2%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.5%, Strategy 26.7%, Resource Management 16%, Simulation 15.4%, Indie 6.1%
Lootbound is a tactical roguelite with turn-based combat, loot management and D&D elements set in a dark fantasy world. Fight dangerous enemies, collect epic loot, recruit allies and lead them on a path of adventure.
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.4%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 11.1%, Character Customization 8.5%
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 76.7% ★, Character Customization 11.3%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
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: Management 26.3%, Resource Management 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Strategy 10.3%
Gladiator, you are now a knight! The greatest gladiator series in the world, Swords and Sandals, has just gone medieval! Swords and Sandals moves into the middle ages in this action packed, turn-based combat RPG.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 38.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.2%, Strategy 14.4%, RPG 8.5%, 2D 7.9%
Build your gym, train your boxers and make them stronger to beat stronger opponents.
Why similar: Simulation 35.4%, Management 33%, Character Customization 21.4%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%
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 38.4%, Strategy 20.8%, Simulation 17%, Indie 7.6%, RPG 7%