Games like Gladatora
If Gladatora is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bloodrust, of MER and MAID and Stories of Somnia — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Gladatora: "Executed your masters. Stole the ludus. Now build a rebel force in secret. Gladatora is a gritty, tactical RPG with deep side-view combat, row positioning, and squad management. Master dozens of gladiator styles, forge your reputation, and defy Rome from the shadows."
Players who liked Gladatora also play
Steam players who put hours into Gladatora 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.
Bloodrust
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Top pick for Gladatora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Gladatora.
Bloodrust is a minimalist, old-school first-person dungeon crawler. Lead a party of four Ferric Wardens into the Ashwoods to clear the Blood Rust; a curse that spreads through metal and turns the world wrong.
of MER and MAID
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Second-strongest match for Gladatora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
Vacuum and mop your way through a world of tyrannical oligarchs and ancient gods as either a mermaid, a demon, a ghost witch, or a dryad. But when a cabal of cultists threatens all, you will need to switch the mop for weapons and spells and embark on tactical turn-based missions to even the odds.
Stories of Somnia
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Third-strongest match for Gladatora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
Stories of Somnia is an exploration-first JRPG with the bones of a Metroidvania. Use spells to grapple across gaps, change the rules of combat, and reshape the world around you. Collect memory-born companions called Dreamkin and uncover a story about grief, time, and the courage to rest.
Threaded Dungeons
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Ranked #4 for Gladatora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
A world threaded in death. Can you cultivate a party of four that defies all odds? Make every action count in tactical turn-based combat. Choose your allegiances carefully. Scour dungeons in search of loot and secrets. Resist or acquiesce to tempting whispers in the darkness.
The Great Wastes
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Ranked #5 for Gladatora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Gladatora.
"The Great Wastes" is a pixelated fantasy RPG. Players take on the role of a mysterious young man living in an isolated village. One day, the village is suddenly attacked by a group of unidentified black-clad individuals, forcing the young man to flee with his childhood sweetheart and companions.
Siralim Ultimate
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Ranked #6 for Gladatora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Gladatora.
Siralim Ultimate is a monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
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Ranked #7 for Gladatora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Gladatora.
In this non-linear RPG, rule and expand the Empire of Varennes across multiple generations. Discover a vast array of story experiences as you fight the Seven Heroes in an epic battle that plays out over thousands of years.
Dark Deity 2
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Ranked #8 for Gladatora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Gladatora.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Gladatora.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Saihate Station
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gladatora.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
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Frequently asked about Gladatora
- What games are most similar to Gladatora?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gladatora are Bloodrust, of MER and MAID, Stories of Somnia.
- Who developed Gladatora?
- Gladatora was developed by Jeremiah Eastman.
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 Gladatora.
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