Ludus

Ludus

Cheesecake Dev · February 20, 2020 · Simulation, Action, RPG, Indie, Strategy

Buy the Ludus key for Steam from Kinguin at $0.42 — the cheapest of 7 stores we compare.

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Mixed69% · 888 📉 Recent reviews down 45%1playing now
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$0.42-83%
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Where to buy Ludus — official stores

Fanatical
Standard Edition · Steam
-75%
$2.49
$9.99
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Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$9.99
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Cheapest Ludus keys — keyshops

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GAMIVO
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.60
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Kinguin
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.42
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.43
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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.78
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.62
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Ludus price by region

Ludus costs £0.31 in the United Kingdom, €0.36 in Europe (EUR), $0.42 in the United States, $0.42 in Georgia (USD), zł2.02 in Poland, CA$2.87 in Canada, A$3.62 in Australia, R$4.43 in Brazil and NZ$14.75 in New Zealand right now.

Cheapest Ludus offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.31 −83% £1.79 £0.31 4
Europe (EUR) €0.36 −82% €2.04 €0.36 7
United Statesyour region $0.42 −83% $2.49 $0.42 7
Georgia (USD) $0.42 −93% $6.29 $0.42 6
Poland zł2.02 −96% zł45.99 zł2.02 3
Canada CA$2.87 −75% CA$2.87 — 2
Australia A$3.62 −75% A$3.62 — 2
Brazil R$4.43 −87% R$32.99 R$4.43 2
New Zealand NZ$14.75 NZ$14.75 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Ludus

✦ AI summary

Build and manage your own gladiator school, training slaves into legendary fighters across five unique combat styles while battling rival gladiators for glory and profit. Balance arena domination with family obligations and staff management as you accumulate wealth through victories, auctions, and strategic equipment trades.

Improve your all gladiators and win victories against other gladiators. Buy new armor, swords and equipment. Make trade and make money.
Build a large and comprehensive gladiator school. Create the most comfortable working environment for your gladiators.
Buy slaves and develop them to become a gladiator. And put it up for auction.
Choose from 5 gladiator styles and train your gladiator based on this style.
Dimachaerus, Retiarius, Murmillo, Hoplomachus, Gallus
When dealing with all gladiators, do not forget to take care of your family.
Hire and manage the most useful employees for you.

Ludus — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jun 1, 2026
peanut would love some pets and treats :)      🌸>  フ      |  _  _ l     /` ミ_xノ     /      |    /  ヽ   ノ   │  | | | / ̄|   | | | | ( ̄ヽ__ヽ_)__) \二つ
9 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 28, 2026
Instead of focussing on the gladiators, the game has plenty of side mechanics, that I would be OK with if they were polished and felt good, but they are not. There is extreme lack of any polish or balancing making those mechanics pure hinderance. Looking at the good reviews, I would at least expect good core gameplay revolving around the gladiators that would justify the good reviews, but they are even ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ than the rest. The reviews are either paid up or people have lost their minds.(most positive reviews are made by turks that complain about the game, but still give it positive rating?) [h2] If you are looking for a good game with gladiator theme, [b]AWOID THIS AT ALL COST [/b] [/h2] PROS: + You can pay for a prostitute + most achievements can be cheesed by simply starting new game and spending starting money on said achievement requirement CONS - the game is extreamly low quality - gameplay and mechanics are extreamly low quality - everything is extreme hustle, there is no fun - pointless "Sickness" mechanic that kills your family - completely unballanced economy - absolutely horrible gladiator AI and animations - saving game is bugged and will lose you items - gam…
6 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 7, 2026
its good
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 28, 2026
Characters models and environment look pretty ugly. I'm sure if you force yourself to play this game you might have some fun, but you're better off playing a different game.
Recommended Aug 17, 2026
Fun game, though it has few quests. This game should get more content from the dev. It has an interesting mechanic and can be more enjoyable if they expanded it with more events and quests. Here you can check the gameplay and features --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbg8s56ZtA
Recommended Jun 5, 2026
nice time waster. fun for a little while then gets boring. does it's job.

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