Games like GLADIUM
If GLADIUM is your kind of game, the closest matches are Story of a Gladiator, Iron Snout and Nidhogg — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brutal, tense and unsettling. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About GLADIUM: 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.
Players who liked GLADIUM also play
Steam players who put hours into GLADIUM also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Story of a Gladiator
WHY THIS
Top pick for GLADIUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for GLADIUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for GLADIUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for GLADIUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.
Pato Box
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for GLADIUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
A surreal boxing quest with a duck! Test your reflexes as you fight your way through an evil corporation in search for retribution.
One Finger Death Punch
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for GLADIUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.
Lethal League
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for GLADIUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GLADIUM at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under GLADIUM on Steam right now. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GLADIUM on Steam right now. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under GLADIUM on Steam right now. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GLADIUM on Steam right now. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GLADIUM on Steam right now. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under GLADIUM on Steam right now. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Superflight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GLADIUM on Steam right now. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
Post Void
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GLADIUM on Steam right now. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Story of a Gladiator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
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.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
One Finger Death Punch
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.
Lethal League
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with GLADIUM.
Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.
Frequently asked about GLADIUM
- How much does GLADIUM cost?
- GLADIUM is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to GLADIUM?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GLADIUM are Story of a Gladiator, Iron Snout, Nidhogg.
- Who developed GLADIUM?
- GLADIUM was developed by Eirik Wiklund.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on GLADIUM.
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