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Games like Drone Gladiator

If Drone Gladiator is your kind of game, the closest matches are 2030, Grand Throw Auto and Colony - Arena Online — picked from the ranked list below. 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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About Drone Gladiator: New era of gladiator battle shows has come, era of robots! And you have a chance to participate in it! Drone Gladiator is an arena shooter, where you upgrade your drone, fight giant bosses and participate in random events.

2021ActionIndie4.99 USDWindowsby Flying Islands Team
Drone Gladiator — Steam game cover

Players who liked Drone Gladiator also play

Steam players who put hours into Drone Gladiator 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.

  1. 2030

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Drone Gladiator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    ONLINE sci-fi Multiplayer ZOMBIE game.It's 2030 AC, Beings from planet Venus are back and they declare WAR to humans with a deadly virus. Use ultimate military weapons, make body parts fly, clear the area from deadly hordes, Great amount of action to play alone or with at least 4 friends.

    2022ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Grand Throw Auto

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Drone Gladiator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Launch a vehicle and make it have maximum impact! Grand Throw Auto is a fast paced action packed game with rogue like elements. Fight a battle for the cup victory. With many difficulty settings that you earn as you pass the previous tests, as well as various types of foes and weapons to collect.

    2025ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Colony - Arena Online

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Drone Gladiator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Fight against rebel robots together with your friends and save planets from invasion....

    2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Eleven

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Drone Gladiator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Drone Gladiator.

    In Eleven, customize your ship with powerful lasers, adaptive shields, and precision thrusters. Choose colors, ships, and thrusters to match your style. Master zero-gravity mechanics and outmaneuver rivals in intense space battles where every choice matters.

    2025ActionCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. JellyMen

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Drone Gladiator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Drone Gladiator.

    JellyMen is a chaotic split-screen party shooter where the goal is to be the last player standing to claim victory. Take advantage of a plethora of weapons to shoot, explode and pummel your enemies while avoiding the environmental hazards and destructible levels

    2022Action4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Drone Arena

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Drone Gladiator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Drone Gladiator.

    Drone Arena is a TPS arena shooter roguelite where you control a Drone wielding weapons at a time to fight off hordes of mechas. Choose from a variety of power-ups and items to create unique builds and survive to the top of the arenas. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

    2026ActionCasualEarly AccessSteam ↗
  7. Quantum Era

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Drone Gladiator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Explore, Fight, Upgrade. Join the roguelite action in third-person, every fight raises alert levels! Conquer outposts, unlock weapons and powerups in an unpredictable procedural environment, get out before the island turns against you!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Reflection Arena

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Drone Gladiator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    A shooting action game set in a closed arena where reflecting projectiles fly. Test your limits in evasion and interception.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Drone Gladiator at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Drone Gladiator on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Drone Gladiator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Drone Gladiator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Drone Gladiator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Drone Gladiator.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Drone Gladiator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Drone Gladiator.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Drone Gladiator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Drone Gladiator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Drone Gladiator.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Drone Gladiator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Drone Gladiator.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Drone Gladiator.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Flying Islands Team

Other recommendable Steam games by Flying Islands Team, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Pixel Gladiator

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Flying Islands Team, the studio behind Drone Gladiator. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    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.

    2017ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Aborigenus

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Flying Islands Team, the studio behind Drone Gladiator. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Aborigenus is a small adventure platformer with RPG-elements in a primal world. Hunt the aggressive fauna, learn new abilities and fight with the whole enemy army. Choose who you are - a shaman, a warrior or a hunter. Can you save the flying islands from the evil?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mushroom Quest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Flying Islands Team, the studio behind Drone Gladiator. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Rethinking of the classic sokoban genre, slow and kind game with original gameplay elements. Mushroom Quest is a retro styled and addictive arcade, ideal to spend few unhurried evenings.

    2018IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mushroom Savior

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Flying Islands Team, the studio behind Drone Gladiator. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    The evil tree kidnapped the mushroom folk and imprisoned them in the dungeon. Help the mushroom king to rescue his people. Make your way through the dangerous dungeon, save the mushrooms and defeat the evil tree!

    2020IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Flaskoman

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Flying Islands Team, the studio behind Drone Gladiator. Shares Indie with Drone Gladiator.

    Flaskoman is a puzzle platformer in a steampunk laboratory. Use mysterious liquids to activate lab mechanism and your abilities.

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Drone Gladiator

How much does Drone Gladiator cost?
Drone Gladiator is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Drone Gladiator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Drone Gladiator are 2030, Grand Throw Auto, Colony - Arena Online.
Who developed Drone Gladiator?
Drone Gladiator was developed by Flying Islands Team.

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 Drone Gladiator.

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