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GLADIUM

Eirik Wiklund · 2021-06-24

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Feb 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unforgiving boss fights. Gory pixels. Glorious fast-paced gladiatorial action-combat. Analyze your opponents weakness, adapt your strategy and colour the sands with the blood of your enemies.

73%
positive of 82 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 17,846 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 82 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720202026Week of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.192020-02-122026-03-262020-02-12 — best price $6.292020-05-25 — best price $6.992020-10-12 — best price $5.242020-11-02 — best price $6.992021-01-14 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-08-02 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $4.492022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-06-06 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-08-15 — best price $2.992022-09-26 — best price $9.992022-11-23 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-06 — best price $5.992023-04-10 — best price $4.192023-05-29 — best price $5.992023-08-14 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $5.992023-12-21 — best price $2.392024-01-22 — best price $5.992024-04-08 — best price $3.592024-05-27 — best price $5.992024-09-09 — best price $4.192024-10-28 — best price $5.992024-12-09 — best price $4.192025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-03-03 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-05-26 — best price $4.192025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-08-25 — best price $3.592025-10-06 — best price $2.392025-11-24 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $2.392026-03-26 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

GoreRomeRetroActionCombatViolentFightingDifficult2D FighterFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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