Gladiator Manager vs Doomfields
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gladiator Manager
Manage, train, and battle gladiators in ancient Rome. This turn-based simulation game focuses on strategic decisions, resource management, and tactical combat. Ascend to become Rome's finest lanista by winning matches, unlocking gear, and navigating a corrupt arena system.
- 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
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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
Doomfields
Embark on a roguelike auto battler adventure. Lead a team of heroes through procedurally generated dungeons, facing enemies and collecting treasures. Strategize your way through tactical combat with randomized items.
- Roguelite auto battler gameplay
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Tactical combat
- Randomized items
- Hero team management
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Get ready for an epic adventure in an auto battler roguelike game! In this game, you'll lead a team of heroes on a journey through procedurally generated dungeons filled with dangerous enemies and valuable treasures. With a unique combination of tactical combat and randomized items, you'll need to strategize your way through each encounter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Doomfields at every 5 days against Gladiator Manager's every 2 weeks. Doomfields also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Gladiator Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Doomfields sells 5 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 — 4.3 for Gladiator Manager against 4.3 for Doomfields. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 258 and 203 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Gladiator Manager's written reviews are positive against 79% of Doomfields's.
Gladiator Manager ships an update every 2 weeks, Doomfields every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gladiator Manager | Doomfields |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (258 ratings) | 4.3 (203 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.7% of reviews — better | 78.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 258 — better | 203 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rene Slump | Kacper Jankowski |
Customer experience
Gladiator Manager
Doomfields
User reviews
Gladiator Manager
From 258 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 🚀 Addictive and engaging
- 💎 Great value for free-to-play
- 🎨 Beautiful visuals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- ⚠️ Unbalanced difficulty
- 🔍 Missing features compared to Android version
- 🕹️ Clunky UI/UX
Doomfields
From 203 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great gameplay and depth
- 🚀 Fantastic mobile rogue-like experience
- 💡 Innovative design and mechanics
- 👍 Responsive and communicative developer
- 👍 Minimal ads, fair monetization
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs causing lost progress
- 🔍 Unclear mechanics and systems
- 🔍 Disruptive ad placement
- 🔍 Expensive ad removal option
Bugs and requests
Gladiator Manager
Reported bugs
4 issues- Disappearing gladiators
- Aqueduct construction issue
- Crashes when viewing battle reports
- Scaling issues on larger devices
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More content updates
- Ability to customize gladiators
- Better progression system
- Improved balance and difficulty scaling
Doomfields
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to close ads after they finish
- Purchases not going through correctly
- Continue button not working after returning to the game
Requested features
4 requests- Add auto-save or resume functionality
- Improve map readability and navigation
- Provide more feedback and information during combat
- Allow upgrading of shields with armor scrolls
In-app purchases
Gladiator Manager
- Pouch of gems$3.99
- Chest of gems$7.99
Doomfields
- 100 Doom coins$0.99
- 600 Doom coins$5.99
- 1400 Doom coins$9.99
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- 3200 Doom coins$17.99
- 7500 Doom coins$34.99
Questions
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