Gods of Sand
Manage a gladiator school through turn-based arena fights
Achenar Studios · Released Apr 14, 2026
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 757
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 17 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 3
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update
- 5 months ago
- Apr 21, 2026
What is Gods of Sand?
A gladiator management game with turn-based combat in Roman-inspired arenas. You restore your family's abandoned gladiator school by training and equipping fighters, managing its finances, and sending gladiators into matches for money and prizes.
For you if...
- +you enjoy building fighters and balancing school finances
- +you like planning when to use gear in turn-based fights
Not for you if...
- −you dislike repeated battles and a grind-heavy pace
- −you want forgiving fights without permanent gladiator losses
What players say
87% of 757 reviews are positive · 70% of 17 in the last 30 days
Players praise building and managing gladiators. They criticize repetitive fights, punishing random losses, and limited endgame content; some also report losing progress to save problems.
Screenshots and trailer
Gods of Sand system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 2GHz
- Graphics
- 3D Accelerated Card
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 17
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Russian.
Tags
- Turn-Based
- Management
- Rome
- Pixel Graphics
- Strategy
- Tactical
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Combat
- Indie
- Simulation
- 2D
- RPG
- Perma Death
- Character Customization
- Singleplayer
- Choices Matter
Recent updates
- Apr 21, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.7 - Patch Notes
- Apr 21, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.6 - Patch Notes
- Apr 20, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.5 - Patch Notes
- Apr 19, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.4 - Patch Notes
- Apr 17, 2026 · Gods of Sand v1.0.3 - Patch Notes
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