Games like Gladiator School
If Gladiator School is your kind of game, the closest matches are Boxing School, Football School and Gamer Career Tycoon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep micromanagement loop, gladiator progression feels meaningful and challenging. 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 Gladiator School: Gladiator School is a Tycoon-style simulation game. You play as the master of a newly formed school for gladiators. Your job is to prepare and train recruits before you send them away to fight for their survival and entertain the crowd in the arena.
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Steam players who put hours into Gladiator School 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.
Boxing School
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Top pick for Gladiator School fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
BOXING SCHOOL! Take control of a boxing gym in the 80s. You’ll hire the boxers, teach them to fight and climb the ranks. Management game made by the developers of Gladiator School.
Football School
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Gladiator School.
Second-strongest match for Gladiator School fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
Football School - Take control of a sports club in a small town. Train your team, compete and climb the world ranking. Management game made by the developers of Boxing School.
Gamer Career Tycoon
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Gladiator School fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator School.
Start your life as a simple gamer in the year 2000. Find popular games to stream or compete in 8 different Esports. Who will you be? Play your career and story. Can you become the most famous broadcaster or the best progamer in the world?
Age of Gladiators
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Shares resource management and a stressful mood with Gladiator School.
Ranked #4 for Gladiator School fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
"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.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
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Shares a stressful mood with Gladiator School.
Ranked #5 for Gladiator School fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious series. Manage your food truck, cook delicious dishes and serve customers as you take the road trip of a lifetime across war-torn America.
Ludus
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Shares a challenging mood with Gladiator School.
Ranked #6 for Gladiator School fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.
Game Dev Tycoon
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Ranked #7 for Gladiator School fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
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Shares a stressful mood with Gladiator School.
Ranked #8 for Gladiator School fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
The massive sequel to the original cult classic! Plan your menu, decorate your restaurant, cook hundreds of foods, and for the first time ever - earn medals by mastering dozens of themed restaurants!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gladiator School at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Gladiator School on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator School.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Gladiator School on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator School.
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 ~70% under Gladiator School on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator School.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Gladiator School on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Gladiator School.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Gladiator School on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Gladiator School on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator School.
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?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~60% under Gladiator School on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Gladiator School.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under Gladiator School on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gladiator School.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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. Shares Indie with Gladiator School.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gladiator School.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator School.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator School.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gladiator School.
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.
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More from Raptor Claw Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Raptor Claw Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Pro Gamer Manager
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Shares a stressful mood with Gladiator School.
Another title from Raptor Claw Games, the studio behind Gladiator School. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator School.
Compete for stardom in this Esport management tycoon.
Boxing School
WHY THIS
Another title from Raptor Claw Games, the studio behind Gladiator School. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
BOXING SCHOOL! Take control of a boxing gym in the 80s. You’ll hire the boxers, teach them to fight and climb the ranks. Management game made by the developers of Gladiator School.
Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Raptor Claw Games, the studio behind Gladiator School. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator School.
Tower Walker is a fresh new type of addictive semi-idle auto-grinder rich with features, inspired by classic MMORPGS and RTS games with indirect control over your hero. The mysterious tower awaits!
Gamer Career Tycoon
WHY THIS
Another title from Raptor Claw Games, the studio behind Gladiator School. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gladiator School.
Start your life as a simple gamer in the year 2000. Find popular games to stream or compete in 8 different Esports. Who will you be? Play your career and story. Can you become the most famous broadcaster or the best progamer in the world?
Dino Nest
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Another title from Raptor Claw Games, the studio behind Gladiator School. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
Dinosaur survival management game. Lead your own pack of dinos and feed to grow bigger. Can you survive or will you become extinct?
Please Subscribe: Streamer Career
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Another title from Raptor Claw Games, the studio behind Gladiator School. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
Please Subscribe is the sequel to Gamer Career Tycoon from 2018. Develop your own livestream channel from the ground up. Manage and operate, overcome challenges, learn new tricks in order to rise in the charts, and possibly, become the next big internet superstar.
Football School
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Gladiator School.
Another title from Raptor Claw Games, the studio behind Gladiator School. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
Football School - Take control of a sports club in a small town. Train your team, compete and climb the world ranking. Management game made by the developers of Boxing School.
Boxing School 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Raptor Claw Games, the studio behind Gladiator School. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gladiator School.
BOXING SCHOOL 2! Take control of a boxing gym in the 80s. You’ll hire the boxers, teach them to fight and climb the ranks. This is the improved and refined sequel to the management game Boxing School.
Frequently asked about Gladiator School
- How much does Gladiator School cost?
- Gladiator School is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Gladiator School?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gladiator School are Boxing School, Football School, Gamer Career Tycoon.
- Who developed Gladiator School?
- Gladiator School was developed by Raptor Claw Games and published by Raptor Claw Games, Millendream.
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