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Gladius | Gladiator VR Sword fighting
Gladius is an immersive VR sword fighting game set in ancient Rome. As a gladiator, you will choose your weapons, train against different enemies, and finally fight for your freedom in an epic battle against the mightiest warriors and mythical creatures of the time. Win the crowd and you will win yo
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)What players say
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“So I fell in love with the spewing red wine of my fellow combatants, then, by the grace of the almighty pantheon I was given the honor to succeed the almighty Maximus Decimus Meridius in CHARIOT RACING! (Even though the opponents CHEAT!). As a now man who has been obsessed with…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Quite jank tbh. Needs more time in the oven.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedLatest official news
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Gladius 1.2 now live!
Hi everyone! Gladius 1.2 is now live! - Re-created the enemy ragdolls so they are much more stable when simulating physics. - Improved the getting up from ground animation. Now is smoother and doesn't
Gladius 1.1 now live!
Hi everyone! Gladius v1.1 is now live! - Upgraded visuals for the endless arenas and training arena. - Achievements! Added new achievements to the profile, such as kill 1000 gladiators, behead 25 glad
Patch 1.02 live!
Hey everyone! I just uploaded a small patch that fixes the loading screen. It makes the transition from one level to another much smoother. Also fixed Day 7 would not showing the Titan sometimes. Chee
Gladius v1.0 is live!
Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that Gladius v1.0 is finally live! After many, many months of work fusing the code bases from both Steam and Quest, optimizing the performance, and adding a ton
Update 1.30 - Day 7: Pharaoh Palace
Hi everyone! First of all, my apologies for the delay... I try to publish an update every 2-3 months approx (this is update number 30 since we started Early Access!), but this one has taken much longe
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | VR · Gore · Action · Violent · Swordplay · Rome · Indie · Fighting · Adventure · 3D Fighter · Sandbox · Dungeon Crawler (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Spanish - Spain * |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater Storage: 6 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC. Standing or Room Scale Additional Notes: HDMI 1.4 or DisplayPort 1.2 or newer, 1x USB 2.0 or greater port