Robotek vs Gladiator Rising
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Robotek
Engage in a strategic battle against a robot empire to reclaim the planet. This action-RPG offers over 200 levels, a deep skill system, and customizable combat options. Engage in thrilling duels and online multiplayer battles.
- Strategy, action, and RPG blend
- Over 200 levels
- Skill system with 30+ levels
- 9 upgradable slot symbols
- 4 special abilities
- Online multiplayer battles
- Duel friends
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The humanity had fallen. In the great robot uprising machines took the planet over. Empire of Machine is the new world order. It's time to take it back! One node at a time. ◉ Unique blend of strategy, action and RPG. ◉ More than 200 levels spread all around the world. ◉ Rewarding skill system with more than 30 levels. ◉ 9 upgradable slot symbols to fit your own style of play. ◉ 4 special abilities including the devastating Nuke. ◉ Play thrilling duels with your friends! ◉ Play online battles in free multiplayer! Rip through your enemies with lasers, electrocute them or fry them with microwaves. Deploy your own robots to fight for you or steal them from your enemy. Protect and upgrade your forces or throw them away in a ruthless wave of destruction. Get experience from every battle, level up, gain power and crush the Empire of Machine! Check out the Strategy Guide for additional tips and tricks: http://blog.hexage.net/2011/05/27/strategy-guide-to-robotek/ IN-APP PURCHASES Robotek is free to play supported only by optional in-app purchases. You can finish the entire game without re-charging your energy. Play it safe: Learn all of the symbols in tutorial. Do not challenge nodes tougher than you. Master the gameplay, level up and go against weaker nodes first! You can always reset the campaign in Options and start from scratch. However with any in-app purchase you get: • Power & Coins • gain access to RECHARGE NODE • better Power gains for every victory • unlock the DUEL mode to play with friends
Gladiator Rising
Engage in strategic turn-based combat against procedurally generated opponents across five chapters. Equip and utilize a variety of items to hone your warrior skills and achieve ultimate victory in this challenging roguelike RPG.
- Procedurally generated gladiators
- Five chapters of progression
- Item buying and equipping
- Turn-based RPG combat
- Strategic gameplay
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Fight through five Chapters of constantly changing, randomly generated gladiators. Buy, equip and use items as you compete to become the ultimate warrior. Strategy is key to success in this mix of rogue-like and turn-based RPG mix.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Robotek at none against Gladiator Rising's shown. Robotek also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Gladiator Rising's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 443). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Robotek sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Gladiator Rising sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gladiator Rising holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gladiator Rising has 2.6K ratings behind it against 443, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Robotek's written reviews are positive against 65% of Gladiator Rising's.
Robotek ships an update every 3 months, Gladiator Rising every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Robotek | Gladiator Rising |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (443 ratings) | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.5% of reviews | 65.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 443 | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| 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 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | David Peroutka | Happii Gamer Studios Inc. |
Customer experience
Robotek
Gladiator Rising
Bugs and requests
Robotek
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Gladiator Rising
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when opening ad chests
- Unable to progress past 3rd or 4th fight
- Character instantly dying when sleeping
- Inventory and skill issues on reloading
Requested features
4 requests- More character classes and abilities
- Improved save/load system
- Better in-app purchase options
- Expanded post-game content
In-app purchases
Robotek
- Power Dosage$0.99
- Captain Jones Costume$0.99
- Lord Outfit$0.99
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- Apocalypse Armor$0.99
- XP Doubler$0.99
- Recharger Node$0.99
- Power Package$1.99
- Power Hexage$2.99
Gladiator Rising
- Small Donation$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Medium Donation$2.99
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- Large Donation$8.99
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