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Single-player games like Age of Gladiators II: Rome

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Age of Gladiators II: Rome, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Age of Gladiators — Steam game cover

    Age of Gladiators

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    "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.

    2016SportsStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Qvadriga — Steam game cover

    Qvadriga

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Qvadriga is a tactical game of chariot racing in ancient Roman circuses, where you take control of a four horse chariot team. Choose your preferred upgrade combinations and prove your skills at the arena.

    2014SportsStrategySimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Age of Gladiators II: Death League — Steam game cover

    Age of Gladiators II: Death League

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Age of Gladiators II: Death League is a single-player strategy game set in the futuristic 3000AD, during the rebirth of the violent and hyper-competitive gladiatorial games. Manage your franchise while forging the attributes and abilities of your warriors. Build your story. Build your empire.

    2017SportsStrategyIndie12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Company of Crime — Steam game cover

    Company of Crime

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pathway — Steam game cover

    Pathway

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gods of Sand — Steam game cover

    Gods of Sand

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark — Steam game cover

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Spell — Steam game cover

    The Last Spell

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified — Steam game cover

    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death Lease — Steam game cover

    Death Lease

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    You will die.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Football Manager 26 — Steam game cover

    Football Manager 26

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.

    2025SportsStrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sector Unknown — Steam game cover

    Sector Unknown

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Sector Unknown is a solo-developed, isometric sci-fi RPG set in a shadowy expanse of space. Begin on a desolate planet, establish a stronghold, explore space, ally with or dominate local factions, and combat a despotic organization set on ruthlessly exploiting the sector's resources and inhabitants.

    2026RPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Raiders! Forsaken Earth — Steam game cover

    Raiders! Forsaken Earth

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Raiders! Forsaken Earth is a strategy/management game where you play as the leader of a merciless band of post-apocalyptic marauders. Build up your organization while extorting, kidnapping, and destroying the last remnants of civilization. The wasteland doesn't need another hero...

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Age of Gladiators Reforged — Steam game cover

    Age of Gladiators Reforged

    Single-player alternative to Age of Gladiators II: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Age of Gladiators II: Rome.

    Age of Gladiators Reforged is a REMAKE of the 2016 indie game. A single-player strategy/management experience set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome that allows you to manage your fighters as they increase in level, forging them into killing machines and champions.

    2023SportsStrategySimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →