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2003PlayStationXbox

A tactical RPG where you run a gladiator school, recruit fighters and lead them through turn-based grid arena battles toward a championship. Classes, gear and skills give plenty of room for team building.

Turn-based combat
A party of several characters
Melee combat with weapons or fists
Tactical depth

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The closest matches for Gladius are Fire Emblem Engage, Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord and Fantasy General II: Invasion. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Gladius special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Fire Emblem Engage

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2023Nintendo Switch

Turn-based combat
A party of several characters
Tactical depth

A tactical RPG on grid maps where you play a revived Divine Dragon and summon heroes from past Fire Emblem games as Emblems. The ring system makes battles flexible and aggressive, while the story stays classic and lighthearted.

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Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactics game that feels like a tabletop wargame with RPG elements, featuring gridless battles and a morale system. Two campaigns let you lead either a scheming succubus or a brutal orc warchief.

Fantasy General II: Invasion

Turn-based combat

A turn-based fantasy wargame where you lead an army of units and heroes across hex battlefields and upgrade your troops between battles. Terrain, equipment and positioning decide who wins.

Massive Chalice

Turn-based combat

As an immortal ruler you guide a dynasty of heroes across centuries, arranging marriages, training heirs and sending them into turn-based tactical battles against demonic invaders. The appeal lies in generational management where fallen heroes are permanently lost.

Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena

Turn-based combat

A turn-based strategy RPG where you lead a kingdom as one of five Knights of Rune, assembling monster and knight forces to conquer or defend territory on a war map. The blend of war simulation and character leveling makes it a genre classic.

Battle Brothers

Turn-based combat

You lead a mercenary company through a gritty, procedurally generated medieval world, juggling contracts, gear and recruits. The turn-based battles are brutal, and losing your men is part of the experience.

Warbanners

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactics game where you lead a mercenary squad through a 42-mission campaign and develop your fighters. The focus is on careful battles and squad building.

Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactical RPG in the Fire Emblem vein where you command whole squads rather than single units, using terrain, morale and formations. As a fresh academy graduate you lead a growing army through a war-torn land.

Our Adventurer Guild

Turn-based combat

As the new Guild Master you lead a roster of adventurers through turn-based tactical battles and expeditions, deciding whether the guild thrives or collapses. The focus is on building your party and fighting tactically in a fantasy setting.

Warsong

Turn-based combat

An early-90s tactical RPG forerunner to Langrisser: as Prince Garett you lead commanders and their hired troops through turn-based battles to free your kingdom from the Dalsis Empire.