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Two gladiators fighting on the sand of the Colosseum in front of packed stands

A gladiator action game

ColosseumBlood & Glory

Sold to the ludus of Capua. Fight your way to freedom.
Fifty thousand Romans are watching.

Actual gameplay · The arena

See it in motion

Watch
the trailer.

Thirty seconds, captured in the game.

Ave, Imperator

Those about to die
salute you.

You are Marcus Tiro, a recruit sold to a gladiator school. Every game is a fight on the sand in front of the whole city, with the emperor watching from his box.

Win the crowd, win the waves, beat the champion and decide his fate. Then spend your denarii in the armory and do it again, seven times, for the wooden sword that means freedom.

Free to playPlays in your browserSeven gamesNothing to install

Actual gameplay: the arena floor seen from above with the stands all around

The arena

From condemned men
to Spiculus.

Munus I starts with condemned men and rusted iron and ends with Gallus. After that come retiarii with nets and tridents, Thracians, heavy murmillones, the Amazons, the Emperor’s games and, last of all, the champion Spiculus.

A ludus with armory, training and appearance
Kill or spare each champion
The crowd’s favour fuels your FUROR

Three ways to win the crowd

Cut, block
and play to the stands.

A gladiator charging with sword and shield

Fight

Steel and
shield.

A three-cut combo, an overhead cleave into a sweep, a lunging thrust and a shield bash that cracks guards.

Click to cut, right-click to cleave.

A gladiator blocking behind a red shield

Defend

Block, parry,
roll.

Block costs stamina. Time it as the blow lands to parry and stun the attacker, or roll clear.

Shift to block and parry.

The crowd on its feet in the stands

Perform

Play to the
crowd.

Taunt the stands to raise their favour. Fill it and unleash FUROR, then execute a broken foe while they roar.

R to taunt, X for FUROR.

The arena from the stands

The verdict
is yours.

Beat a champion and the crowd calls for blood or mercy. Kill or spare, and they will remember either way.

Denarii, spoils and new armour wait in the ludus between games.

Four games of the seven

Every game
is a new enemy.

Each munus brings a different kind of fighter, and a champion at the end.

The first game: condemned men on the sand — Blood on the Sand, Thracian Fury, the Amazons and the gate.

Nine moments in the arena

Go on.
Step onto the sand.

All of it from the game.

The triumphal gate of the arena

The Porta Triumphalis.

The gate the winners walk out of.

The packed stands

The stands.

Fifty thousand seats.

A fight on the sand

First blood.

The crowd likes that.

A gladiator behind his shield

Shield wall.

Hold, then strike.

The striped awnings over the stands

The velarium.

Shade for fifty thousand.

A close-up of an opponent

Face to face.

Close enough to smell it.

A trapdoor open in the arena floor

Up from below.

Trapdoors bring the next wave.

A Thracian gladiator attacking

Thracian fury.

Curved blades, no mercy.

A gladiator standing over a beaten foe

Victory.

Hear them roar.

Every screenshot on this page is captured in the game. Select one for a closer look.

First or third person

Choose how
you see it.

Press V to switch between first and third person at any time.

Fighting in first person with sword and shield — First person

Two gladiators in third person — Third person

Sword and shield, two viewsActual gameplay

One tab, one arena

A legend
to play.

The whole game runs right here in your browser, with nothing to install.

WASD: Move
Click: Cut
Right-click: Cleave
Shift: Block / parry
Space: Roll / sprint
V: First / third person

Chrome, Safari, Edge & FirefoxKeyboard & mouse or gamepadBuilt with Claude Opus 5.5

The arena from above — The Colosseum

The gladiator in the ludus — Marcus Tiro

Morituri te salutant

The crowd
is waiting.

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