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Gladiator Guild Manager

Entertainment Forge · GrabTheGames · 2024-06-22

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 13, 2021 (Mac), Oct 13, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

Gladiator Guild Manager is a 2024 Indie Simulation Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 4086 reviews).

28
playing now
81%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

A battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild, hire and train gladiators, develop unique tactics, manage resources, compete for the rank in the arena, and much more.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Gladiator Guild Manager trailer thumbnail

Gladiator Guild Manager - Trailer

≈187,947 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 288 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 82k–184k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,086 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.25 at DLGamer (2024-03-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 61 of 90 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47447420212026Week of 2021-10-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

78192026-09-15 14:00 — 77 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 65 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 40 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 60 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 71 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 33 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 38 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 40 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 48 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 20 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 36 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 52 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 42 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 44 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 42 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 42 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 51 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 40 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
55524Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 327 · peak 1,236Dec 2021 — avg 68 · peak 134Feb 2022 — avg 60 · peak 129Apr 2022 — avg 100 · peak 253Jun 2022 — avg 26 · peak 51Aug 2022 — avg 64 · peak 167Oct 2022 — avg 42 · peak 109Dec 2022 — avg 45 · peak 113Feb 2023 — avg 41 · peak 91Apr 2023 — avg 41 · peak 98Jun 2023 — avg 44 · peak 147Aug 2023 — avg 84 · peak 989Oct 2023 — avg 51 · peak 119Dec 2023 — avg 39 · peak 80Feb 2024 — avg 32 · peak 71Apr 2024 — avg 41 · peak 91Jun 2024 — avg 555 · peak 3,309Aug 2024 — avg 174 · peak 457Oct 2024 — avg 79 · peak 243Dec 2024 — avg 56 · peak 152Feb 2025 — avg 40 · peak 97Apr 2025 — avg 52 · peak 124Jun 2025 — avg 130 · peak 834Aug 2025 — avg 52 · peak 118Oct 2025 — avg 35 · peak 86Dec 2025 — avg 48 · peak 113Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 77Apr 2026 — avg 57 · peak 151Jun 2026 — avg 115 · peak 976Aug 2026 — avg 33 · peak 75
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.252021-10-142026-08-142021-10-14 — best price $8.992022-01-10 — best price $9.992022-05-02 — best price $8.992022-07-29 — best price $9.992022-10-15 — best price $7.992022-12-16 — best price $9.992023-02-19 — best price $8.992023-04-14 — best price $7.992023-05-24 — best price $9.992023-07-14 — best price $7.992023-09-13 — best price $11.992023-11-01 — best price $11.992023-12-11 — best price $10.692024-01-21 — best price $10.692024-02-24 — best price $14.992024-03-25 — best price $10.792024-04-23 — best price $10.442024-05-17 — best price $14.992024-06-17 — best price $9.742024-07-31 — best price $14.992024-08-19 — best price $14.992024-09-19 — best price $11.742024-10-17 — best price $13.052024-12-11 — best price $7.862025-03-02 — best price $7.492025-05-01 — best price $11.012025-07-11 — best price $11.012025-09-04 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992025-11-28 — best price $8.992025-12-20 — best price $11.892026-01-31 — best price $14.992026-03-03 — best price $11.892026-04-02 — best price $14.992026-05-02 — best price $13.202026-06-06 — best price $11.222026-07-11 — best price $8.312026-08-14 — best price $12.51
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
78%
earned "Death Party Begins"
14.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-06-20, latest 2025-06-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,9091%51

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGRTSBuildingMedievalStrategyTacticalManagementRogue-liteTurn-BasedAuto Battler

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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