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Games like Gladiators

If Gladiators is your kind of game, the closest matches are GigaTurtles, Squabblin Goblins and Serpent Showdown — 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 Gladiators: Step into the arena for fame and glory in Gladiators, a 3D 1v1 rogue-lite fighter. Lost a round? You get to draft crazy upgrades and stack them for chaotic synergies to outsmart your opponent in fast-paced, unpredictable duels!

ActionIndieWindowsby VoodooDuck
Gladiators — Steam game cover

Players who liked Gladiators also play

Steam players who put hours into Gladiators 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. GigaTurtles

    WHY THIS

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

    Grab your friends (or even better, your enemies) for intense, upgrade-stacking, turtle v. turtle chaos! Bask in glory when you win. Stack upgrades when you lose. Clone yourself, gain lasers, shoot through walls, cheat - do whatever it takes to become the GigaTurtle.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Squabblin Goblins

    WHY THIS

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

    A chaotic multiplayer deckbuilding PvP game where your inventory slots are your health. Grab items, go goblin mode, throw them at your friends, and make your goblin a force of nature with upgrades.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Serpent Showdown

    WHY THIS

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

    Serpent Showdown is a competitive arena fighter for all ages! You and a friend go head-to-head in a battle of the ages! It is time to don your... cardboard armor, and grab your trusty crayon?! Play as two classroom pet snakes, battling it out to see who'll reign victorious.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Superation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gladiators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gladiators.

    Fight Thor and earn your place among the Aesir. Unlock new blessings from the gods and complete challenges to unlock the wisdom of the runes in Superation: a boxing boss-rush roguelike experience

    2025ActionSportsIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Mad Streets

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Gladiators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gladiators.

    Mad Streets is a hilarious multiplayer party game with an emphasis on brutal yet comical fist fighting throughout a multitude of modes, local and online, where players battle it out in wild physics driven chaos to determine who is the baddest player in town!

    2022ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Knock'Em Out

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gladiators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gladiators.

    Fight with your whole body. If you lose an arm, it's just a scratch. If you lose the other, it's a flesh wound. If you lose your legs, headbutt them. LET'S FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!

    2025ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Hero Mania

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gladiators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gladiators.

    Hero Mania is a chaotic, bombastic, 4-player action party game in which players don the spandex of whacky, washed up, and eccentric heroes as they brawl their way to fame and glory using their powers, abilities, environment, and even each other!

    2026ActionCasualSteam ↗
  8. A Gummy's Life

    WHY THIS

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

    A Gummy’s Life is a local & online party multiplayer with candy-coated physics-based fights. Choose your favorite gummy, customize it to your taste and show who rules over the sugar! Play with friends, family or AIs in multiple manic game modes or battle online - as easy as taking candy from a baby.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Gladiators.

    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 ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

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

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gladiators

Does Gladiators have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Gladiators supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Gladiators?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gladiators are GigaTurtles, Squabblin Goblins, Serpent Showdown.
Who developed Gladiators?
Gladiators was developed by VoodooDuck.

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 Gladiators.

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