Games like Gladiator School

Remember how brutal and retro Gladiator School felt at its best? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

Gladiator Command
Run a gladiator school in ancient Rome: recruit fighters, train them, balance the books, then watch your choices tested in brutal real-time arena combat. Every fight matters, every gladiator is an investment, and one wrong push can end a promising career in the sand.
Also in Tycoon · Brutal, Retro, Replayable
95% of 280 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$9.99
Ludus
Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.
Also in Tycoon · Brutal
72% of 801 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator
Run your own gladiator school in an alternate Ancient Rome. Recruit fighters, buy their gear, set the tactics, then watch brutal 3D arena battles where a loss can be fatal. Climb seven divisions against 112 rival ludi, alone or with friends in a shared campaign.
Also in Tycoon · Brutal, Replayable
82% of 674 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 59$24.99
Age of Gladiators
"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.
Also in Tycoon · Retro, Replayable
77% of 710 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Gods of Sand
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.
Also in Tycoon · Brutal, Retro, Replayable
86% of 732 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
Gladiator Guild Manager
Build a guild of gladiators, position them before each fight, and watch your tactics play out in the arena. Mix warriors, beasts and mages, chase championships, and pick an allegiance that changes how the story ends. A pixel-art strategy sim that is easy to pick up and hard to stop replaying.
Brutal, Retro, Replayable
80% of 3,847 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$14.99
Gladiator Trainer
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.
Brutal, Retro, Replayable
73% of 245 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99
Gladiators and Glory
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.
Brutal, Retro, Replayable
89% of 56 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Gladiator Manager
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Also in Tycoon · Brutal, Replayable
76% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Crown Champion: Legends of the Arena
Run a gladiator academy in the Crownlands: fix up a crumbling estate, buy fighters from the slave ship, train and equip them, and send them into twelve arenas on the road to the royal tournament at Aldmoor. You never swing a sword yourself. You spend the gold, make the choices, and live with the results.
Brutal, Retro, Replayable
82% of 204 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
We Who Are About To Die
A gladiator roguelite with physics-driven combat where one life is all you get. Learn to fight properly, charm patrons, play to the crowd, and climb from the Pits to the Grand Stadium. Or die gloriously trying, which happens a lot and is half the fun.
Brutal, Replayable
88% of 8,157 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 49$21.99
Age of Gladiators Reforged
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.
Also in Tycoon · Brutal, Retro, Replayable
61% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Cheaper than Gladiator School

Gladiator Trainer

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!

$1.99

Gladiators IDLE

Gladiators IDLE is an IDLE game where you will train your gladiators and upgrade your gladiators equipment.

$2.99

Gym Manager

Gym Manager is a simulation game where you can build, expand and manage your own gym.

$1.19

Gladiator Fights

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

$0.99

Gamer Career Tycoon

Start your life as a simple gamer in the year 2000. Find popular games to stream or compete in 8 different Esports. Who will you be?

$3.99

Arena Monarchy

Arena Monarchy is a gladiator management game with a heavy focus on turn-based combat.

$2.49

Rule Your School

Rule Your School is a game in which you create and manage a school. Choose the correct decisions at the right time and become the best school in town!

$2.99

Tinyfolks

Tinyfolks is a minimalist strategy RPG with crisp pixel art: train a tiny squad of folks, upgrade a tiny town and march them out against 70+…

$3.99

Boxing Simulator

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

$7.99

Outlast : Journey of a Gladiator

gladiator strategy rpg game about slavery to freedom.

$3.99

Space Gladiators

Ever dreamt of being a space potato? Now’s your chance! Space Gladiators is a 2D hand-drawn roguelite platformer following a bunch of captives…

$4.94

Despotism 3k

Manage a tiny human workforce to power your evil empire, and laugh while everything goes horribly wrong.

$7.99

Hidden gems like Gladiator School

Eslabong

Recruit a squad of mercenaries, coach them through league seasons, and jump into the arena yourself when a fight needs your own hands.

$14.99

Gladiator Command

Recruit gladiators, train them, keep the books balanced, and send your best into the arena where every fight tests your judgment.

$9.99

Gargadusa's Tower

Recruit heroes, keep them alive and paid, and watch each run up the tower unfold differently.

$8.99

Gods of Sand

Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower.

$9.99

Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator

Recruit gladiators, arm them and call the tactics, then watch the arena decide who walks out alive.

$24.99

Fight School Simulator

Are you ready to become a legendary martial arts master? Build your own school, train your students, and battle rival schools to become the strongest.

$9.99