Tycoon games like Gladiator School

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

Gladiator Command
Run a struggling gladiator school in ancient Rome and turn it into a legend. You recruit fighters with their own traits and potential, train them into defenders, duelists or attackers, balance the books and recovery, then watch them fight for real in the arena. Profit and prestige are the score, and every loss is felt.
Brutal, Retro, Replayable
95% of 284 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$9.99
Ludus
Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.
Brutal, Replayable
72% of 801 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator
Run a gladiator school in alternate Ancient Rome: recruit fighters, train stats, buy swords, axes, spears and armor from the market, set tactics, then watch brutal 3D arena fights where losing can mean death. Climb seven divisions past 111 rival schools toward champion of the Empire, solo or with friends running rival clubs.
Brutal, Replayable
82% of 694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 62$24.99
Dominus Gladiatus
Run a gladiator school in Rome. Recruit desperate men from the market, train and arm them, keep them fed and rested, then watch your choices play out in brutal auto-battles where one mistake can cost a fighter his life. Six rival Domini stand between you and the final.
Brutal, Replayable
61% of 277 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 327$15.99
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.
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.
Brutal, Retro, Replayable
86% of 732 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Gladiator Manager
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Brutal, Replayable
76% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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.
Brutal, Retro, Replayable
61% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Inherit a broke gladiator arena and turn it into the most feared house in the Freelands. You buy slaves, train fighters, set cooks and healers to work, and chase money and reputation from fight to fight. Winning pays for better steel, better slaves, and a better house.
Brutal, Replayable
66% of 888 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$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. Join tournaments, raise your grasshoppers, and most importantly, collect tuition from your students!
89% of 228 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Habet
You were sold onto the sand and walked off it free. Now you own men who stand where you stood. Buy them, train them, send them out to bleed. Every one of them wants what you were given, and however long you last, the sand is waiting.
Brutal, Replayable
58% of 19 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$16.99
Boxing School
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.
Retro, Replayable
89% of 516 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Cheaper than Gladiator School

Punch Club

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$1.99

Gym Manager

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

$1.19

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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

Guild Commander

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$2.49

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$2.99

Smooth Operators

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$0.99

Game Corp DX

Run your own video game studio, from micro games made at cramped desks to big releases that impress the critics and take home awards.

$2.99

War Hospital

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$1.49

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Hidden gems like Gladiator School

Gladiator Command

Run a struggling gladiator school in ancient Rome and turn it into a legend.

$9.99

Gargadusa's Tower

Gargadusa's Tower puts you in charge of an adventurer guild with a 100-floor tower to beat.

$8.99

Gods of Sand

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

$9.99

Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator

Run a gladiator school in alternate Ancient Rome: recruit fighters, train stats, buy swords, axes, spears and armor from the market, set tactics…

$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