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- Released: 2017
- Developer: Raptor Claw Games
- Price: $4.99checked Nov 7
- 68% of 162 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Deep micromanagement loop
- Devs eventually restored the original version
- Gladiator progression feels meaningful
- Challenging
- Dark
- Grim
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About Gladiator School
The closest matches to Gladiator School: Boxing School, Age of Gladiators, We Who Are About To Die, Gamer Career Tycoon, and Punch Club. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Gladiator School is your kind of game, the closest matches are Boxing School, Age of Gladiators and We Who Are About To Die — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, dark and grim, and single out its ai driven fight outcomes and arena combat. 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.
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.
Is Gladiator School worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 68% of 162 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 13 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 12 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Deep micromanagement loop
- Devs eventually restored the original version
- Gladiator progression feels meaningful
- Unique blend of management and combat
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“"I have been playing this game from BETA for about 6 months now, I cant recommed this game as it should still be early access, it's nowhere near complete yet and should never have got its full release. The Storyline isnt finished and a lot…”
“they had a great game going, then they changed the whole concept and took out what i feel like is 50% of the content... i don't know why they changed something that works”
People who play it also play: Boxing School, Age of Gladiators, We Who Are About To Die
Frequently asked about Gladiator School
Can I run it?
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, Age of Gladiators, We Who Are About To Die.
Who developed Gladiator School?
Gladiator School was developed by Raptor Claw Games and published by Raptor Claw Games, Millendream.