Herodom vs Gladiator Rising 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Herodom
Engage in epic historical battles across diverse levels, collecting unique heroes and mastering various units. Customize characters with extensive assets and build thriving farmlands. Experience endless combat challenges and unlock new content.
- Epic historical battles
- Collect 55+ unique heroes
- Master 150+ units and siege weapons
- Build and customize characters with 400+ items
- Farm 45+ types of crops, trees, and animals
- Endless battle mode
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Immerse yourself in epic battles inspired on historical and cultural events, including the Battle of the 300, the Dead Wedding and the Mad Pyramids. ** Battle in 19 different levels, collect 55+ unique heroes, master more than 150 different units and siege weapons to battle with, or farm more than 45 different types of crops, trees and animals ** ** Unleash your imagination, and build your own characters using the 350+ different assets to collect during the main storyline ** ** Battle in endless mode, and face an infinite amount of waves. Unlock new bodies and hairstyles, or trees, crops and animals for your farmlands, and much more! ** FEATURES: - 22 levels - 55+ different heroes to collect - 150+ units and enemies to explore and master - Character customization using 400+ items - Explore an immersive world stacked with little secrets - 45+ different types of crops, trees and animals - 25+ different dishes to cook - Endless mode for never-ending battle fun
Gladiator Rising 2
Embark on an epic RPG adventure where ancient creatures have escaped their prison and taken over the empire's arenas. As a prophesied savior, you must battle these powerful beasts, master strategic turn-based combat, and uncover an enthralling storyline. Explore a world with stunning pixel art, an expanded class system, and hundreds of items to craft.
- Real-Time Turn-Based RPG
- Handcrafted Pixel Art
- Immersive Storyline
- Expanded Class System
- Item Crafting
- Hundreds of Items
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The Maker’s Gate has been opened, and the creatures it once held imprisoned are now free! These Ancients, beasts more powerful than anything we have ever faced, have taken over the Empire’s arenas! Our once Great Champion, the One… is no more. But, as the prophecy mentions, a Second Savior will liberate the Empire once again. Will you be the one? Or should we say the two? Enter this immersive new world with beautifully hand-crafted backgrounds, arenas, creatures and bosses! Experience the game that took one ambitious developer almost three years to make! Strategy is key in this new Real-Time Turn-Based RPG! Gladiator Rising II is easy to understand, yet hard to master! Game features include: - Simple gameplay, yet extremely deep game mechanics! - Beautifully handcrafted pixel art! - An immersive and enthralling storyline! - Cool looking Bosses and Creatures! - An Expanded Class System! - Spells and Abilities, Summons and more! - Hundreds of items! - Item Crafting!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Herodom at none against Gladiator Rising 2's shown. Herodom also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Herodom sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gladiator Rising 2 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Herodom against 4.7 for Gladiator Rising 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.7K and 2K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 70% and 69% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Herodom | Gladiator Rising 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.7K ratings) | 4.7 (2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews — better | 69.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 2K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 262 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sander Frenken | Happii Gamer Studios Inc. |
Customer experience
Herodom
Gladiator Rising 2
User reviews
Herodom
From 3.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game mechanics
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 💡 Excellent customization options
- 🔒 No ads or paywalls
- 💡 Affordable full version
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes
- 🔒 Paywall after initial levels
- 🔒 Difficulty spike after unlocking full version
- 👎 Unclear progression and resource management
- 👎 Tedious unit placement
Gladiator Rising 2
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 🚀 Simple and intuitive controls
- 💡 Interesting crafting system
- 👍 Enjoyable dialogue and humor
- 🚀 Quick gameplay sessions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🔋 Excessive ads and monetization
- 🔒 Issues with cloud saves and purchases
- 👎 Unbalanced difficulty and progression
- 👎 Repetitive and grindy gameplay
Bugs and requests
Herodom
Reported bugs
4 issues- Wardrobe rewards not appearing
- Siege weapons not functioning properly
- Crashes during late-game battles
- Issues with unit selection and placement
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to replay levels for resources
- Village resource generation during downtime
- More unit types and abilities
- Improved unit control and formation options
- Difficulty settings or handicaps
Gladiator Rising 2
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to open chests or access certain features
- Crashes and loss of progress after ads
- Inconsistent save data and character progression
- Unresponsive or buggy controls
- Localization issues and untranslated text
Requested features
5 requests- Improved crafting and inventory management
- More content and variety (bosses, levels, classes)
- Online multiplayer and PvP modes
- Ability to reset progress and start over
- Better localization and translation
In-app purchases
Herodom
- Complete game$2.99
Gladiator Rising 2
- 100 Gems$1.99
- 250 Gems$3.99
- 600 Gems$7.99
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- 1,000 Gems$10.99
Questions
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