A Roman gladiator in a crested bronze helmet, holding a gladius and a round shield

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Realms ofGladiators

Begin in chains. Cross an Empire haunted by myth. Rise from slave to legend with a fighter whose name outlasts every season.

Coming soon to iPhone and Android

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Features and visuals may change during development.

Enter the arena

Concept art

  • In development
  • Coming soon to iPhone and Android
  • 80 levels
  • 9 regions
  • No fixed classes
  • Server-resolved combat
  • An economy that never resets
  • Guilds from level 10

The Oath

Your story begins in the sand.

A chained gladiator led through the gate of a Roman ludus
Concept art
The same gladiator crowned with laurel before a roaring arena
Concept art

You begin as property of the arena: a slave gladiator fighting for freedom. Every expedition, every duel and every hard-won piece of armour carries you closer to it, and beyond.

The main story unfolds in chapters as your level rises, told through short texts and chapter illustrations. You need both expeditions and the arena to grow strong enough to go on.

Reaching the level cap does not end the tale. The story continues through seasonal chapters.

80
Levels to the endgame
9
Regions across the Empire
6
Attributes to shape
8
Equipment slots

A session in the arena

Open. Choose. Prepare. Collect.

Built for two or three sessions of roughly 20 to 30 minutes a day, with deeper systems waiting when you have hours to spare. This is how a short session flows.

  1. From opening the app to your first fight takes two or three taps. Everything sits within reach of your thumb.

    UI concept of the home screen: the player's gladiator in the arena with quick access to fights, equipment and the map
    UI concept, work in progress

  2. Choose a region and an enemy at your level. Vigor, your expedition energy, stores roughly two and a half days, so a missed day wastes nothing.

    UI concept of the Latium map with enemy markers and their levels
    UI concept, work in progress

  3. Spend attribute points, compare equipment and put your active skills in order. The fight is shaped by what you prepare before it starts.

    UI concept of the attributes screen with the six attributes and combat statistics
    UI concept, work in progress

  4. The server resolves the fight instantly. Watch the replay in under five seconds or skip it, then collect what you won.

    UI concept of a victory summary with rounds, damage and an item reward
    UI concept, work in progress

Vigor that waits

Expedition energy stores roughly two and a half days. Missing one day does not waste it.

A welcome back

A summary after 24 hours away, a comeback bonus after three days and vacation mode after seven.

Short or long

Daily and weekly quests, timed journeys of one, four or eight hours, and auto fights in mastered regions.

Accessible from the start

Text scaling to 120%, reduced motion, one-handed reach and haptics for key moments.

The Road

Nine regions. One road through the Empire.

Every region holds five enemies and a boss. Beat the boss to master the region and open the road onward. Each land is harder than the last, with better rewards.

  1. Painted map of Latium with Rome, the Tiber, the Aventine cave and the Pontine Marshes
    Map art, work in progress

    Italia · The first region

    The lands around Rome: the Via Appia crawling with bandits, the forests of the Alban Hills, the Pontine Marshes and Etruscan Veii. In a cave on the Aventine lives Cacus, son of Vulcan, who steals cattle and breathes fire.

    Meet its enemies

Explore the world map

Choose a land. Zoom in to drag across the map.

Painted overview map of the Empire divided into three lands and nine regions

Map art, work in progress

Italia · City: Rome

Italia

The first road, from the tombs along the Via Appia to the high passes of the Alps.

  • Latium1–10Cacus, Son of Vulcan
  • Campania10–19Enceladus
  • The Alps19–28Ghost of Hannibal

The Hunt

Knowledge is another weapon.

Enemy statistics begin hidden. Face an enemy to learn its secrets: the weapon after one fight, health, damage and armour after three, resistances after five.

  • 1 fight · weapon
  • 3 fights · core statistics
  • 5 fights · resistances
  • Portrait of Latro of the Via Appia

    Via Appia

    Latro of the Via Appia

    A bandit lurking among the tombs along the Appian Way. A knife, an evil eye and less courage than he lets on.

    • Weapon: pugio
    • Health, damage and armour
    • Resistances
  • Portrait of the Alban Hills Wolf

    Alban Hills

    Alban Hills Wolf

    A descendant of the she-wolf that nursed Romulus and Remus. It no longer remembers the kinship.

    • Weapon: fangs and claws
    • Health, damage and armour
    • Resistances
  • Portrait of the Pontine Marsh Viper

    Pontine Marshes

    Pontine Marsh Viper

    The marshes no consul ever drained breed snakes as thick as a legionary's arm.

    • Weapon: fangs, with poison damage
    • Health, damage and armour
    • Resistances
  • Portrait of Spartacus' Deserter

    Fled from Capua

    Spartacus' Deserter

    He fled the ludus in Capua in 73 BC and never laid down his sword. He fights like a murmillo, because nobody taught him any other way.

    • Weapon: gladius
    • Health, damage and armour
    • Resistances
  • Portrait of the Haruspex of Veii

    Ruins of Veii

    Haruspex of Veii

    An Etruscan soothsayer who reads the livers of sacrifices and the flashes of lightning. Rome razed his city, but never took the thunderbolt of Tinia from him.

    • Weapon: pugio
    • Health, damage and armour
    • Resistances
  • Region boss Portrait of Cacus, Son of Vulcan

    Cave on the Aventine

    Cacus, Son of Vulcan

    A giant who stole the cattle of Geryon from Hercules. He breathes fire and smoke; once wounded, he rages without restraint.

    • Signature attack: Breath of Vulcan
    • Health, damage and armour
    • Resistances

Build your fighter

No classes. Your weapon is your discipline.

Choose a weapon and you choose a rhythm and its skills. Then shape the fighter with six attributes. Try a combination below.

Weapon style

Measured pressure

Gladius and Shield

  • One-handed
  • Shield in off hand

Balance offence and defence. Blocks and a disciplined skill order make every slot count.

Style edge
A better chance to block
Example skills
Impetus · Testudo
Attribute focus
Strength raises damage. Constitution raises health.

Marketing demonstration, not the in-game calculator. Skills reflect the current prototype and may change.

Choose up to two focus attributes

The Clash

Choose the tactics. Witness the verdict.

Combat is turn-based and resolved instantly on the server, then replayed as a short animation with a Skip button. Results cannot be faked.

MarcusGladiator
Alban Hills WolfLatium creature

Press Replay to watch an illustrative fight.

Illustrative replay · UI concept, work in progress · not a gameplay recording
01

Prepare

Choose active skills and their order before the fight. Your weapon decides how many skill slots you get.

02

Discover

Hit chance, dodges, shield blocks, critical hits, double hits, armour and elemental resistances shape every exchange.

03

Adapt

Bosses change their behaviour at health thresholds. After a defeat, the game hints at what to improve.

The Spoils

Every victory leaves something behind.

Loot drops after every fight and is better after a victory. Every item combines a prefix, a historical base and a suffix, with values rolled inside a narrow range.

Montefortino helmet item icon

Example item

Gaius' Montefortino Helmet of Valour

Legendary

  • PrefixGaius'
  • BaseMontefortino Helmet
  • Suffixof Valour

Six rarities

Each rarity has its own colour and animated glow. Preview them on the same item.

Bosses always drop high-quality loot, and each region's boss has its own item set. In Latium it is the Spoils of Hercules.

8

Equipment slots

Main hand, off hand, helmet, armour, gloves, boots, amulet and ring.

+10

Upgrade limit

From +1, an upgrade can fail and destroy the item, with rising risk. Protection scrolls keep it safe.

100

Crafting levels

Learn recipes for good, gather by mining and hunting, dismantle old gear and craft for other players.

Two gladiators clash shield to shield in a crowded Roman arena
Concept art

The Arena

The arena remembers every challenge.

Face a real player's saved build and skill order, even while they are offline. Inspect their equipment and the rating change before you commit.

  • Ten attacks, plus one more every hour
  • Opponents within five levels, and revenge within 24 hours
  • Protection for new players and after a lost defence
  • An eight-week seasonal league and a rating that never resets
  • Separate PvE and PvP rankings, and a Hall of Fame

The City

Earn it. Forge it. Trade it.

Rome beyond the arena runs on what players earn, gather and craft.

Rome's market and forge glowing at dusk
Concept art

Five merchants

Armour, weapons, remedies, jewellery and materials, with stock that rotates every 24 hours.

Auction house

Bid on player and NPC auctions lasting 12, 24 or 48 hours.

The forge

Craft gear as strong as the best loot. Recipes are learned for good, and every attempt carries risk.

Mining and hunting

Gather materials at places on the map and raise your professions.

Dismantling

Dismantle and smelt items into materials, with a chance of a rare result.

The bank

Protect your gold for a five-percent deposit fee. The limit grows with your level.

A guild gathering beneath torches in the Temple of Mars
Concept art

The Guild

No legend stands entirely alone.

From level 10, join a guild of up to fifty players. Fund the Palaestra, Officina, Horreum and Temple of Mars together for training discounts, services, shared storage, bonuses and group content.

The Chronicle carries the world's news: legendary and mythic drops, first boss kills, great level milestones, new guilds and equipment raised to +10.

The Eternal World

What makes the world endure?

Realms of Gladiators is built as one persistent world. Four principles keep what you earn meaningful.

  1. I

    Eternal economy

    The world economy never resets. Every movement of gold and items is recorded on the server, and the market runs on what players earn and craft.

  2. II

    Seasonal chapters

    Eight-week leagues bring rewards, titles and achievements. After the level cap, the main story continues through seasonal chapters.

  3. III

    Server-resolved combat

    Every fight is calculated on the server, from expeditions to the arena. The replay only shows what already happened.

  4. IV

    Player history

    Level, gold and Honor always stay. The Chronicle records great drops and first boss kills, while the Hall of Fame and a permanent rating remember the greatest.

Daily rhythm

The Empire keeps moving.

Several times each day a region may offer double loot, a one-hour arena tournament may open or a Roman festival may begin.

  • UTC
  • UTC
  • UTC

The Rules

Know the rules before you enter.

  1. 01Free to play.
  2. 02No loot boxes.
  3. 03Ads are optional, for small bonuses with a daily limit.
  4. 04No pop-up or limited-time shop offers.
  5. 05Rubies can be earned through play.
  6. 06Every fight is resolved on the server.

These are the current plans of an independent game in development. This list will stay accurate as the game changes.

The Horizon

The road grows beyond the gates.

Planned for launch

The complete road to level 80

  • Three lands and nine regions
  • Expeditions, the arena and the main story
  • Equipment, crafting and the auction house
  • Guilds, the Chronicle, quests and seasons
  • English on iPhone and Android

Beyond launch · possible future direction

New ways to fight together

  • Four-player dungeons and mercenaries
  • A five-versus-five team arena and declared guild wars
  • The Underworld, a separate late-game area
  • Moderated in-game chat and more languages

Plans after launch are not final · background: concept art

The Workbench

Follow an independent game in the making.

Systems, art and balance are shared as they are built. These notes summarise the current design and will change as development continues.

World

The first road: building Latium

From bandits along the Via Appia to a fire-breathing son of Vulcan, every location begins with history and bends toward myth.

Combat

A five-second verdict

The fight is decided on the server, but its short replay still has to tell a readable story of every block, miss and critical hit.

Equipment

When an item earns a name

Prefixes, Roman equipment and suffixes combine into recognisable loot, while narrow value ranges keep comparisons easy.

Before the gates open

What we can tell you now.

What is Realms of Gladiators?

An always-online idle MMORPG for iPhone and Android, set in ancient Rome with Roman myth and fantasy. You rise from a slave gladiator to a legend of the Empire.

When will it be released?

The game is in development. No release date has been announced.

Which platforms are planned?

Realms of Gladiators is coming to iPhone and Android. A browser version is being considered for the future, but it is not confirmed.

How long is a normal play session?

The game is built for two or three sessions of roughly 20 to 30 minutes a day, while still offering systems to explore for hours when you have time.

Does it have classes?

No. Your weapon determines your fighting style: Gladius and Shield, Pugio, Hasta, Club or Bare Fists.

How does combat work?

Combat is turn-based. You choose active skills and their order before the fight. The server resolves the result instantly and the game replays it in under five seconds, with a Skip button.

Is there player-versus-player combat?

Yes. The arena is asynchronous one-versus-one. You attack snapshots of real players' builds and tactics, even while they are offline.

What happens if I miss a day?

Vigor stores roughly two and a half days of expedition energy. The game also provides return summaries, comeback bonuses and vacation mode.

Can I trade with other players?

Yes. The auction house includes player and NPC listings, and craft orders let players make equipment for one another.

Are there guilds?

From level 10 you can join a guild of up to fifty members and fund shared buildings, storage, services, bonuses and group content.

Is it free to play?

Yes. The game is planned as free to play, with no loot boxes. Advertising is optional and limited to small daily bonuses.

Which languages will be available?

English is planned for launch. German, Romanian, Brazilian Portuguese and Polish are planned later.

In development · no release date announced

The gates will open.

Until then, follow the road from the first sketch to the first season.

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Development notes on combat, art, balance and the world, shared as they happen.

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