

Primus
Ethan Clarke · 2026 · RPG, Strategy, Party-Based RPG, Strategy RPG, Turn-Based Strategy
PC
1 user reviews100% · 1
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About Primus
Primus is a brutal Roman gladiator arena crawler where you build a Ludus, lead fighters through deadly arena circuits, and climb the ranks toward the title of Primus.
Choose your leader, prepare your gladiators, and enter blood-soaked arena runs filled with tactical fights, crowd events, rival champions, beasts, injuries, and final bouts.
Each circuit is a test of survival. Your gladiators must endure the whole run before they can return home with rewards, scars, and hard-earned progress.
The crowd is watching and the sand is waiting.
Every victory raises your name.
Every scar tells a story.
Every death feeds the spectacle.
Enter the arena. Survive the circuit. Rise to become Primus.

Survive the Spectacle
Choose your leader, prepare your gladiators, and enter blood-soaked arena runs filled with tactical fights, crowd events, rival champions, beasts, injuries, and final bouts.
Each circuit is a test of survival. Your gladiators must endure the whole run before they can return home with rewards, scars, and hard-earned progress.
The crowd is watching and the sand is waiting.
Core Features
- Arena Crawler Structure: Choose a circuit, survive a sequence of fights and events, then return to your Ludus with rewards and consequences.
- Formation-Based Combat: Position your gladiators, use their abilities, and manage speed, damage, defence, and survival.
- Crowd Events: The crowd can reward bloodshed, punish weakness, shift momentum, or unleash beasts into the arena.
- Ludus Management: Train fighters, recover from injuries, upgrade your house, and prepare your team for the next circuit.
- Head of House Choice: Choose a leader who shapes your Ludus with unique traits, combat style, and strategy.
- Scars and Death: Gladiators gain experience, suffer wounds, earn scars, and may die permanently if pushed too far.
Can Your Ludus Survive the Arena?
Every victory raises your name.
Every scar tells a story.
Every death feeds the spectacle.
Enter the arena. Survive the circuit. Rise to become Primus.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I'm a massive Spartacus fan so this game was pretty much a no-brainer for me. I've been following Ethan's journey on YT aswell, so to play the finished product is super fun. What I really like is that you're not just fighting as a gladiator, you're also managing your own ludus, building your team, and making decisions behind the scenes which makes it way more interesting than just another arena fighting game. I really enjoy the graphics and the sound gets you hyped when you're fighting. Only played about half an hour so far but I'm already hooked. Definitely keen to keep going and see how far I can take my ludus "The house of VATOS" hahaha!1 found this helpful
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