# Gladiator: Road to the Colosseum

Summer DB entity ID: 32dc4bfa\-e141\-4ff8\-968c\-c9897b2ddb51

Steam App ID: 1097690

The Romans call you many names\. A slave\. A gladiator\. A champion\. Who and what will you be? You decide\. Conquer the arena, navigate petty Roman politics and etch your name in the annals of Rome\! Or die trying\.   Gladiator: Road to the Colosseum  is a 220,000 word interactive novel by Foong Yi Zhuan, where your choices control the story\. It's entirely text\-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination\.     Play as male or female; gay or straight\.    Battles against slaves, gladiators and even wild animals\!    Manage relationships with your friends and enemies, rig a vote or poison a foe\!    Navigate the complicated \(and petty\) politics of the Roman Senators\.    Unique character tracking system and story that makes each playthrough different\!    Find love amidst the madness of the arena, even in the most desperate of places\!    Fight your way to the Colosseum, through the greatest games the world has ever seen\!   Fight for your freedom and etch your name in the annals of Rome\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Hosted Games

- Publisher: Hosted Games

- Release date: Aug 8, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1097690/ss\_21108e67fe59133509548aa508bf2142229b833f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734034190, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1097690/ss\_64cd6caad2de9b22ce29e7c5b602e16712629561\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734034190, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1097690/ss\_874e97188e566555968885d05d3330815de024fd\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734034190, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1097690/ss\_e1190714b20aea63f63a6ada866ff014555b96e4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734034190, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1097690/ss\_21b70a07c3083e19f6d50e2f38b6e33ff31888ee\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734034190

- Price: 599 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 11

- Steam positive reviews: 3

- Steam negative reviews: 8

- Steam positive percentage: 27.272727272727273%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/32dc4bfa-e141-4ff8-968c-c9897b2ddb51/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/32dc4bfa-e141-4ff8-968c-c9897b2ddb51/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T07:41:03\.596176\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T07:41:04\.980933\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T07:41:04\.609723\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097690/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/32dc4bfa-e141-4ff8-968c-c9897b2ddb51)