# Swords and Sandals 2 Redux

> Gladiator combat game with tactical battles, character customization, and item collection. (iPhone/iPad app by eGames.com LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swords-and-sandals-2-redux/id1185204981 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [eGames.com LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/999219280)
- Category: Games, Adventure, Role Playing
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.00/5 from 428 App Store ratings · 537 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 92 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2017-01-27
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swords-and-sandals-2-redux/id1185204981/reviews.md

## What is Swords and Sandals 2 Redux?

Swords and Sandals Gladiator,

Are you ready to unleash hell in the gladiatorial arena?

The world's favourite gladiator game has returned, bigger and more action packed then ever. Swords and Sandals 2: Emperor's Reign returns, remastered with all new graphics, music and powerful new skills and Arena Champions.

Enter the Arena of Doomtrek and do battle with the best gladiators in the realm. Game features:

* Fast turn based tactical combat with over 30 different battle skills to learn.
* Wizard or Warrior? Create and level up your gladiator, learning devastating attacks in the process.
* Wield powerful over 200 different weapons and armour pieces on your journey to greatness.
* 20 Arena Champions both classic and new to fight against, including the formidable Pharaoh King, the   
   classic favourite John the Butcher and the exciting pro wrestler Ultra Flavius!
* 6 Arenas to do battle in from the underground Battle Pits to the heights of the Emperor's Palace.

*** NOTE ***
This is a FREE game with a one-time In App Purchase to remove advertisements and unlock higher level tournaments.

## Key features

- Turn-based tactical combat
- 30+ battle skills
- Gladiator creation and leveling
- 200+ weapons and armor
- 20 Arena Champions
- 6 battle arenas

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maximus Mode | $3.99 | one-time |
| Ultratus Edition | $4.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Swords and Sandals 2 Redux?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Nostalgic gameplay
- 👍 Brings back childhood memories
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 👍 Good value for money

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent black screen issues when exiting shops
- 🐛 Game crashes when trying to access shops
- 🐛 Progression bugs (unable to level up past certain points)
- 🔋 Excessive ads even after paying for premium version

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Black screen when exiting shops
- Game crashes when accessing shops
- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Ads still present after purchasing premium version

**Most requested features**

- Improved shop experience without black screen issues
- Better balance and difficulty scaling
- Restore original features from previous games
- Multiplayer mode

## Recent user reviews (10 of 537)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swords-and-sandals-2-redux/id1185204981/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Dice Rolling

*2026-07-29, version 2.5.0*

After death, it is really easy to roll the dice more than 10. Dice is weirdly slow. All you have to do is tap on it when you see a bigger number. So, it kills the soul of swords and sandals. Because death was absolute and a resurrection was not possible.

### 5/5 — Perfect nostalgia

*2026-07-18, version 2.5.0*

Grew up constantly chasing a flash website to play the original on. What a delight it was to replay, and beat the game I was never able to as a young child. Yes, the black screen glitch exists for the paid Classic addition and yeah, that is not cool. Would love to replay the old Classic. Even still, 5 stars for being a joy to play.

### 1/5 — Crash

*2026-06-10*

Jogo crasha depois de matar o 3 chefe

### 1/5 — Swords and Sandler

*2026-04-22, version 2.5.0*

I really hope they fix this bug. I just spent $10 on this game for the maximus gear and all that and every time I go into Black Smith or Armory and I leave it sent me to a black screen. They really need to fix this cause I’m bout to get my money back and delete the game and tell all my buddies to delete the game. I really hope y’all fix this.

### 1/5 — Ez csak Demo!!

*2026-02-12, version 2.5.0*

10 lvl utan vedd meg de azert elvesz toled 1-2 orat.. a kurva anyagokat hogy nem irjatok oda demo

### 1/5 — The game doesn’t work

*2026-01-28, version 2.5.0*

The game has a bug where you go into weapons store and leave the game gets black screen. Unplayable refund pls

### 2/5 — Waste of time in free mode

*2026-01-21, version 2.5.0*

Only trial, after arena boss 3 the game stops and your character gets deleted. Must buy full version despite constant ads.

### 1/5 — Dommage

*2026-01-16*

Dommage que la suite est payante

### 1/5 — Increible

*2026-01-13, version 2.5.0*

Que desde el torneo 4 se tenga que pagar para jugar mas wtf

### 1/5 — Black screen

*2026-01-06, version 2.5.0*

When i bought ultratus edition always black screen when i quit armory or weapons

## Frequently asked questions about Swords and Sandals 2 Redux

### What is Swords and Sandals 2 Redux?

Swords and Sandals 2 Redux is a remastered gladiator combat game. It features turn-based tactical combat, character customization, and battles against various arena champions across different arenas.

### What are the key features of this game?

Key features include fast turn-based tactical combat with over 30 skills, the ability to create and level up your gladiator, wielding over 200 weapons and armor pieces, fighting 20 different Arena Champions, and battling in 6 distinct arenas.

### How much does Swords and Sandals 2 Redux cost?

The game is free to download and play. There is an optional one-time in-app purchase available to remove advertisements and unlock higher-level tournaments.

### What kind of combat does the game offer?

The game offers fast turn-based tactical combat. Players can learn and utilize over 30 different battle skills to defeat their opponents in the arena.

### Can I customize my gladiator?

Yes, you can create and level up your gladiator. As you progress, you can learn devastating attacks and equip a wide variety of weapons and armor to enhance your gladiator's capabilities.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.5.0 — 2021-01-29

* All battle skill essence costs have been HALVED
* Increased the base hit chance of all arcane offensive skills by 15%
* Reduced the difficulty of enemies on hard/ironman and sprint modes
* Halved the distance gladiators can be knocked back / pushed in a single hit
* Halved the rate at which strength affects knockback power
* TAUNT attack and defend hit chances now properly scales with Charisma instead of Magicka stat 
* Increased the chances of successful TAUNTS doing physical damage (instead of enraging/stunning etc)
* Increased the damage of successful TAUNT attacks to 8-16 HP per Charisma point put into taunts


* Reduced hit chance of any one single attack to 90% (down from 99%) unless stunned/resting etc
* Resistance values now max out at 80% (down from 99%) unless a gladiator has 100% resistance ( which means they are IMMUNE)

* Enemy gladiators can now no longer be of equal to / higher level than the reigning Arena Champion's level
* Increased the chance of gladiators falling into spiked pit to 10% per turn spent 
* Ghost Tournament Champions now have unlimited Essence as an added challenge
* Damage to enemies now is cumulative. If an enemy has 25 armour and you do 100 damage, not only does the armour go down to 0, you also take an extra 75 points of damage. 
* Added a shake screen if you one-shot your enemy.
* Gold rewards for rolling a 20 when resurrecting have been reduced to 50 gold + 25 gold per level
* Made damage splat image popups smaller
* Removed knockback effect from Molten Death spell
* Reduced damage of enemies in all difficulties except normal
* Reduced max health of enemies in all difficulties except normal
* Magic Missile cooldown improves with each point spent on skill
* Removed error logging for most users as it throws up too many 'false flag' errors that do not affect the game but still show up in error reports
* Removed elemental resistances. These were stats introduced in S&S V that ended up affecting gladiators in S&S 2 ( because they use the same engine/codebase ), so gladiators would be immune to some of your spells and you had no way to combat it. (You only have 'magic' resistance in S&S 2.

* Changed how magic resistance works. Spells that fail to hit now show a "MISS" icon (instead of RESIST). Successful spells damage is *reduced* by whatever your magic resistance is. (A fireball spell that hits for 200 damage against a character with 50% magic resist will only do 100 damage, for example)


* Fixed a bug where Falcon Eyes skill used melee damage instead of ranged damage values

* Increased damage power of Winters Core per point spent on skill
* Fixed a bug where the game forced you to start up in Fullscreen mode even after you had chosen Windowed mode.
* Fixed a bug where gladiators did not play their special 'spiked' death animation when falling onto spikes
* Potential fix for enemies sometimes receiving 2 turns in a row
* Fixed a bug where enemies appeared to half leap/half fumble (then get cut off) randomly during the battle
* Fixed a bug where choosing the helmet of a defeated Ghost Champion would give you the next champion's helmet
* Fixed a bug where Arena Champion Gaiax appeared to have two eyes instead of one
* Fixed a bug where duels were reported as being deathmatches and yield animations were not playing
* Fixed a bug where arenas sometimes scrolled past where they should and sky was visible behind
* Fixed some jittery camera bugs while in the arena
* Fixed a bug where the first fight after a loss to a Ghost Champion would be against a ghost regular gladiator
* You can now choose Redux backgrounds or classic backgrounds *seperately* from redux / classic shopkeepers to customize just how you want your game to look. Just toggle these from the * Settings screen ( you may need to set this manually the first time you load the game again.)
* Fixed a bug where the game would tell you it was nighttime but the town background showed daylight

### 2.2.2 — 2019-02-09

* Fixed a bug where random enemy gladiators only ever had 1 stamina point.
* Fixed a bug where after tournaments were won, HeChaos was announced instead of Antares during Emperor's Reign tourneys
* Fixed a bug where the game would sometimes crash on returning from sleep mode
* Minor bug fixes and balancing

### 2.1.0 — 2019-01-28

* Added in the awesome new ULTRATUS EDITION upgrade to the game! 
* This optional IAP adds in the original town and arena artwork from the classic Flash era Swords and Sandals 2!
* Animated shopkeepers in the Ultratus Edition now get angry when you leave the store without a purchase
* New Duel of Heroes with a new story and 7 new bosses to fight!
* Charisma now does more damage when attacking
* Stamina is now more effective at regaining health and essence
* Watch ads for bonus gold from the town square

### 2.0.1 — 2019-01-25

* Added in the awesome new CLASSIC EDITION mode to the game! 
* This IAP adds in the original town and arena artwork from the classic Flash era Swords and Sandals 2!
* Animated shopkeepers in the Classic Edition now get angry when you leave the store without buying anything
* New Classic Edition tournament, the Duel of Heroes features a new story and 7 new bosses to fight!
* Charisma now does more damage when attacking
* Stamina is now more effective at regaining health and essence
* Fixed a bug where character names could not be entered sometimes
* Fixed a bug where low res gladiator textures did not show eyes and mouth

### 2.0.0 — 2019-01-23

* Added in the awesome new CLASSIC EDITION mode to the game! 
* This IAP adds in the original town and arena artwork from the classic Flash era Swords and Sandals 2!
* Animated shopkeepers in the Classic Edition now get angry when you leave the store without buying anything
* New Classic Edition tournament, the Duel of Heroes features a new story and 7 new bosses to fight!
* Charisma now does more damage when attacking
* Stamina is now more effective at regaining health and essence

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