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Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance

Throwback Entertainment · 2017-01-31

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 05, 2003 (PlayStation 2), Nov 05, 2003 (Xbox), Nov 18, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2003 (Nintendo GameCube)

A Warrior Slave… Chosen by the Gods… To restore the glory of an Empire. In the Year 106 AD the Roman Empire is in terrible decline. After the untimely death of the much-loved Emperor Trajan, the despotic Emperor Arruntius has bled the once powerful Rome to its knees.

68%
positive of 65 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)
Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance is a 2003 hack and slash video game for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Windows. Developed by Acclaim Studios Manchester and published by Acclaim Entertainment, it was released for all platforms in North America and Europe in November 2003 and in Australasia in January 2004. In 2006, Throwback Entertainment acquired the rights to the game, re-releasing it on the Microsoft Store in December 2015 and on Steam in February 2016.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 21,978 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 65 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2018-12-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.992017-02-012026-07-092017-02-01 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-09-04 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $4.492018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-03-26 — best price $2.492018-05-25 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $3.992018-07-10 — best price $5.992018-07-24 — best price $7.992018-08-06 — best price $4.792018-11-02 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-02-04 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $7.992019-12-19 — best price $3.192020-01-27 — best price $7.992020-04-13 — best price $7.992020-07-14 — best price $7.992020-10-29 — best price $2.792020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-02-11 — best price $5.192021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-10-28 — best price $2.792021-12-01 — best price $7.992022-01-27 — best price $3.992022-07-07 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $5.592023-01-05 — best price $7.992023-06-29 — best price $3.192023-11-28 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

91152026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 32 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 27 pageviews2026-07-15 — 36 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 23 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-27 — 53 pageviews2026-07-30 — 28 pageviews2026-08-02 — 43 pageviews2026-08-05 — 31 pageviews2026-08-08 — 40 pageviews2026-08-11 — 29 pageviews2026-08-14 — 28 pageviews2026-08-17 — 33 pageviews2026-08-20 — 42 pageviews2026-08-23 — 38 pageviews2026-08-26 — 38 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-01 — 27 pageviews2026-09-04 — 25 pageviews2026-09-07 — 28 pageviews2026-09-10 — 25 pageviews2026-09-13 — 33 pageviews2026-09-16 — 33 pageviews2026-09-19 — 34 pageviews2026-09-22 — 37 pageviews2026-09-25 — 29 pageviews2026-09-28 — 52 pageviews2026-09-29 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

GoreMagicActionClassicFantasyViolentAdventureCinematicMythologyHistorical

Census log

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

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