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GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena

GFX47 · 2019-05-22

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Dec 14, 2019 (iOS), Apr 20, 2016 (Android), Apr 20, 2016 (Linux), Apr 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2016 (Mac)

Assemble your robot squad, construct their AI and send them in the battle arena to see your strategy play out. Iterate, improve and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online.

GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena is a 2019 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 903 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

3
playing now
88%
positive of 903 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (134 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 49,477 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 903 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12012020182026Week of 2018-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2602026-09-14 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992018-08-102026-07-202018-08-10 — best price $13.492019-09-12 — best price $11.242020-01-23 — best price $11.992020-06-25 — best price $8.992020-10-29 — best price $10.492020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-04-02 — best price $7.492021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-09-20 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-04-07 — best price $7.492022-06-24 — best price $5.992022-09-12 — best price $7.492022-12-05 — best price $13.492023-01-30 — best price $11.992023-04-10 — best price $10.492023-08-28 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $10.042024-01-11 — best price $4.942024-01-23 — best price $4.952024-02-13 — best price $11.512024-03-04 — best price $14.992024-04-15 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $4.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $14.992024-09-19 — best price $4.492024-11-27 — best price $4.492025-01-06 — best price $4.492025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-06-04 — best price $4.492025-07-14 — best price $3.742025-09-29 — best price $3.742025-11-24 — best price $3.742026-02-09 — best price $3.742026-03-30 — best price $3.742026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-20 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "I know Kung Fu"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportStatsFamily Sharing6 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Ukrainian, Dutch…

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2018-08-09, latest 2020-05-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

PvEPvPIndieLogicRobotsStrategyTacticalAutomationSimulationCompetitive

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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