Games like Gladiator Manager
If Gladiator Manager is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Elite MMA Manager and MMA Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and immersive. 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Gladiator Manager 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.
Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion
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Top pick for Gladiator Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
Manage a heavyweight boxer from pro debut to undisputed champion — or play as one of the 300 greatest of all time. 2,500 real fighters from 1880 to 2026, 4 world titles, 7 regional belts, live round-by-round commentary, rivalries, and a career mode spanning 1,000+ years. Unify them all.
Elite MMA Manager
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Gladiator Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
Can you shape the careers of future MMA Legends? Start with nothing. Build a dynasty. Navigate the politics, egos, and brutal economics of professional MMA. Management game where you sign fighters as clients, and your job is to maximize their success.
MMA Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Gladiator Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Manage your own gym, train fighters and chase championships! Control every aspect of your fighter's training to build the perfect weapon - all while expanding your roster to dominate the competition.
Pro Basketball Manager 2025
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Gladiator Manager.
Ranked #4 for Gladiator Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
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.
Age of Gladiators
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Shares an immersive mood with Gladiator Manager.
Ranked #5 for Gladiator Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
"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.
Tennis Manager 2022
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Shares an immersive mood with Gladiator Manager.
Ranked #6 for Gladiator Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
Become a tennis manager. Manage your tennis academy and train the next tennis super stars. Even more realistic, with new players and updated potentials. Take the reins in 2022.
Horse Racing Manager
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Shares an immersive mood with Gladiator Manager.
Ranked #7 for Gladiator Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
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.
Elysium: Blood Games
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Shares an immersive mood with Gladiator Manager.
Ranked #8 for Gladiator Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
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!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Gladiator Manager
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Out of the Park Baseball 17
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Shares an immersive mood with Gladiator Manager.
Reviewers of Gladiator Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
Out of the Park Baseball 17 - now officially licensed by MLB.com and the MLBPA - is the best baseball strategy game ever created! Guide your favorite MLB franchise to glory, play any historical season or create a fictional baseball world. Play solo or in online leagues. Own the future - rewrite the past!
Out of the Park Baseball 21
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Gladiator Manager.
Reviewers of Gladiator Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
Officially licensed by MLB, MiLB, and the MLBPA, Out of the Park Baseball 21 is a strategy & sports gaming fan’s dream come true and the only game ever to win Metacritic PC Game of the Year Award TWICE. OOTP 21 - Twenty One Years of Excellence!
Front Office Football Nine
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Shares roster management and an immersive mood with Gladiator Manager.
Reviewers of Gladiator Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Football Manager 26
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Shares an immersive mood with Gladiator Manager.
Reviewers of Gladiator Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Strategy with Gladiator Manager.
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gladiator Manager at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Gladiator Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator Manager.
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
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Priced ~63% under Gladiator Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator Manager.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under Gladiator Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Gladiator Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator Manager.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Gladiator Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator Manager.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Gladiator Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator Manager.
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!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~50% under Gladiator Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~63% under Gladiator Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator Manager.
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Toribash
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!
Kingdom: Classic
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Learn to Fly 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Mr.Mine
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator Manager.
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
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Frequently asked about Gladiator Manager
- Does Gladiator Manager run on Steam Deck?
- Gladiator Manager is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Gladiator Manager cost?
- Gladiator Manager is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Gladiator Manager?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gladiator Manager are Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Elite MMA Manager, MMA Simulator.
- Who developed Gladiator Manager?
- Gladiator Manager was developed by Eternity Games.
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