# Gladiator Manager — Level up. Dominate the arena.

> Turn-based management and combat simulation game set in ancient Rome. (iPhone/iPad app by Rene Slump.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gladiator-manager/id1670358723 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Rene Slump](https://appshunter.io/developer/1670358725)
- Category: Games, Role Playing, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 252 App Store ratings · 161 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 44 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2023-06-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-31
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gladiator-manager/id1670358723/reviews.md

## What is Gladiator Manager?

Level up your gladiators and dominate the arena! Manage, battle, bribe, and ascend to become Rome’s finest Lanista. Free to play. No ads. In-app purchases for more content. No pay-to-win.

Gladiator Manager is a turn-based management sim set in ancient Rome, where tactical auto-battles reward smart decisions over reflexes.

Hire and train gladiators with unique traits. Handle injuries, develop skills, balance egos, and survive in a corrupt arena system full of intrigue and betrayal.

Win matches to gain influence, unlock better gear, and enter tougher tournaments. Lose, and your best fighters may be gone forever.

- Bribe, scout, sabotage, or assassinate your rivals
- Die, restart, and ascend to insane difficulties
- Plan technique-based combat
- Strategic resource, influence, and roster management
- Customize gear, techniques, traits, and loyalty
- Grow your estate and build out your influence skill tree
- Undertake quests, survive raids, make hard calls

Earn gems by completing in-game achievements. Use them to unlock new weapons, tournaments, buildings, quests, and features. If you’d like to speed things up, there are two optional in-app purchases: Pouch of Gems and Chest of Gems.

Need help or want to share tactics? Join 9,000+ lanistas on Discord: https://discord.gg/H95dyTHJrB

## Key features

- Manage and train gladiators
- Turn-based tactical auto-battles
- Strategic resource and roster management
- Bribe, scout, sabotage rivals
- Customize gear, techniques, and traits
- Grow estate and influence skill tree

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pouch of gems | $3.99 | one-time |
| Chest of gems | $7.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Gladiator Manager?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 🚀 Addictive and engaging
- 💎 Great value for free-to-play
- 🎨 Beautiful visuals

**Cons**

- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- ⚠️ Unbalanced difficulty
- 🔍 Missing features compared to Android version
- 🕹️ Clunky UI/UX

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Disappearing gladiators
- Aqueduct construction issue
- Crashes when viewing battle reports
- Scaling issues on larger devices

**Most requested features**

- Multiplayer mode
- More content updates
- Ability to customize gladiators
- Better progression system
- Improved balance and difficulty scaling

## Recent user reviews (10 of 161)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gladiator-manager/id1670358723/reviews.md

### 1/5 — I wanted to like this game, but…

*2026-08-02, version 2.26*

Unfortunately, there’s no way to do so. 

There’s no tutorial and no way to succeed after the first 1 or 2 fights. 

You buy 1 gladiator, equip him the best that you can, win your first time in the arena and then a bunch of dumb dialogues take the rest of your money. 

Attempt your next time in the arena just to get destroyed. 

I’ve played this game for 2 hours and every single time it’s the exact same thing. 

Don’t waste your time!

### 4/5 — Add more

*2026-07-20, version 2.25*

The game is great but I would like to see the political side improve and be added to

### 5/5 — This changed my life

*2026-07-18, version 2.25*

Incredible game. I was not living before this game

### 5/5 — Great game! With edit for downsides

*2026-07-17, version 2.25*

Honestly so fun! When I first started playing, I kind of complained about they’re not being enough gear like weapons and armor, but as you play and unlock gems through certain achievements, you can unlock different armor and weapons that you can buy and or make yourself. Really gives you something awesome to grind and Work up for. This game is honestly so fun. I’m so addicted. I get chronically depressed when one of my gladiators die in combat because i worked so hard training them up and making them special. Still could use with a few extra pieces of armor, I feel like it would be nice to have just a few more options. And then the last addition I think would be a win loss counter. Just so you can keep track of how much you’re gladiators have fought total and maybe how many kills. I know you can kind of do it with fame but depend depending on win or lose it’ll go up and down. All in all a very fun game that encourages you to grind and unlock things! 9/10 from me

Edit:       I still love this game but after playing a punch and making it to my ascension level three, I’ve learned some more things that I would like to add to my review. At first off like to say that I’m still playing this game and I thought it was willing to come back and edit my review so these things shouldn’t make her break the game for you, buttttt….

1)After grinding and completing most of the achievements (40/45)
Which I’ll give you gems, I learned that there isn’t enough achievements to unlock all of the campaign upgrades. I personally spent the money so I could get the was only a few dollars less than 10, but I still think that that is a big negative in the game. 
2)the scaling value on fame seems to be a little much even if you get to the very end (don’t want to spoil it, but if you’ve laid EYEs on it, you know what I’m referring to) you’re pretty much missing a whole row of the options.
3)rivals gladiators become very trivial after about week 65 they don’t level them up strong enough. They need like one or two champions with all stats in the 20s at least to compete.
4) there needs to be tournaments that are fought to the death every time or at least the championship round is to the death. High to your gladiators dying as devastating, but it should be Incorporated.

Overall, I still love this game and I’m not gonna change the five star review because it does deserve it just some additions and things I think that need to be added.

### 5/5 — Best game on the App Store

*2026-07-17, version 2.25*

This game is as close to perfect as you can get. 10/10 no notes

### 4/5 — Very fun, crashes often

*2026-07-10, version 2.24*

I really enjoy this game, my only issue is how often it crashes. Usually after finishing a week and going to select a weekly event option.

### 3/5 — Missing Achievements and Upgrades on Ipad

*2026-07-08, version 2.24*

Just downloaded the game after playing it on phone and when i went to check the upgrades and achievements, I noticed their was less than I thought, so when I counted them, they were missing 5 to 10. Please fix this, and otherwise really enjoyed the game!

### 5/5 — I absolutely LOVE this game

*2026-07-03, version 2.24*

Been playing this game for about 2-3 years now, and just can’t get enough of it!!! Idk what it is or how it’s so addicting, but this is of all time one of the best games I’ve EVER played, this game is definitely top 5 for sure! Keep up the amazing work, and I’m looking forward to any other updates or games you come out with! Much much love!!

### 5/5 — Pretty interesting game

*2026-06-23*

Raise up RNG gladiators to fight in arenas. Different equipment, classes, skills, bonus traits/powerups that they can get. iOS I think may be less up to date than Google version.

Pacing feels a bit weird. Sometimes your gladiators dying comes out of nowhere which is disappointing.

Good overall game with NO ADS! I hope the creator continues to improve this or makes a sequel that has more longterm play and multiplayer elements.

### 5/5 — ios user

*2026-06-14, version 2.24*

this game is incredible besides the fact that half of what is on android is on ios. Please update the game🕺

## Frequently asked questions about Gladiator Manager

### What is Gladiator Manager?

Gladiator Manager is a turn-based management simulation game set in ancient Rome. Players take on the role of a lanista, managing gladiators, training them, and leading them into tactical auto-battles to dominate the arena and gain influence.

### How do I manage my gladiators?

You can hire and train gladiators with unique traits, handle their injuries, develop their skills, and balance their egos. The game also involves strategic resource, influence, and roster management, along with customizing their gear, techniques, traits, and loyalty.

### Is Gladiator Manager free to play?

Yes, Gladiator Manager is free to play with no ads. It offers in-app purchases for additional content, such as gems to unlock new weapons, tournaments, buildings, quests, and features, but it is not pay-to-win.

### What are the combat mechanics?

Combat is turn-based and tactical, with auto-battles that reward smart decisions. You can plan technique-based combat and engage in strategic resource management to prepare your gladiators for matches.

### What are some of the advanced features?

Advanced features include the ability to bribe, scout, sabotage, or assassinate rivals, and to die and restart at insane difficulties. You can also grow your estate, build out your influence skill tree, and undertake quests.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.2 — 2026-08-23

A huge update with an avalanche of new features!
Events such as:
Restoration of Troy, Mysterious Hag, Myrmex, Ludus Pact, tavern gambling, Investor, Sponsored Bandages, Rome estate
Upgrades and classes:
Tactician, Cestarii/Pankration, Cataphracts, Lorarii, Spartan Dynasty, Thunder Strike, Sneak Attack, and Undying Loyalty
Techniques:
Pilum/whips, technique priorities, Fireball, Hurricane, Sunder, and Shield Bash.

And last but not least, Titanic Strength!

### 2.26 — 2026-07-21

Ariminium still needed senator influence for the event to appear, this no longer makes sense with the new influence tree, so I removed this part of the requirement.

### 2.25 — 2026-07-13

Improved stability for different devices.

### 2.24 — 2026-04-24

- Intrigue animations! No longer just a textbox telling you the result of your assassination.
- Intrigue prompting you for a choice when targeting or targeted by intrigue actions, impacting the success rate.
- Some updated logic to more closely resemble the updates in android
- A couple of new traits related to intrigue
- Made some changes to hopefully improve stability

### 2.23 — 2025-09-03

Egyptian origins are here for gladiators, and the quest to an egyptian tomb for a legendary weapon is now available!

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