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GladiEATers

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93%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:character development
93% User Score Based on 60 reviews

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About GladiEATers

GladiEATers is a single player and multiplayer tactical role playing game with a comedy theme. It was developed by MilkBubblesGames and was released on May 1, 2026. It received very positive reviews from players.

COOK. COMMAND. COMPETE. GladiEATers is a narrative creature battler that blends top-down JRPG, cooking minigames and 6v6 turn-based creature battles. Follow the stories of seven Combat Chefs as they compete to become champion of the CALosseum, and watch their relationships (and your skills) simmer as you take on roguelike tournament mode. COOK YOUR CREATURES? Chop, boil, bake and fry your ingredie…

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93%Audience ScoreBased on 60 reviews
story6 positive mentions
  • Unique and engaging blend of cooking minigames and turn-based creature battling with strategic depth.
  • Beautiful, detailed pixel art and animations coupled with a fantastic soundtrack and well-written, charming stories for each character.
  • Varied and creative creature designs inspired by food, offering diverse playstyles and enjoyable team-building mechanics.
  • Presence of bugs and occasional game-breaking glitches, causing softlocks and frustrating experiences, especially in early access.
  • The cooking minigames are often timed too strictly, creating difficulty for slower players and limiting accessibility options like key rebinding or mouse-only controls.
  • Combat animations can be slow and repetitive, sometimes causing the fights to drag on and detracting from pacing and overall enjoyment.

  • story

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The game's story is widely praised for its heartfelt, well-written character narratives and unique lore, with each chef offering a distinct and engaging storyline. Coupled with charming art and music, the story adds significant depth and emotional resonance, making it a standout aspect despite some gameplay criticisms. Overall, the story effectively enhances the game's character and world-building, providing players with a memorable and addicting experience.

    • “Coupled with a banging soundtrack and some truly heartfelt stories in the chef story mode, this game hit the nail in the head for me!”
    • “The art is so cute, story is excellently written, music is fantastic, and the representation should be an example for other games to follow.”
    • “Gladieaters is a really fun game that allows you to cook up a variety of unique creatures to fight with in battles, while also doing a great job at story building to set the scene for a world with weaponized food, and introducing each of the chefs in their respective backstories.”
    • “Not to mention I had to start over Eggie's story because I couldn't beat the last guy's Gladieaters as the game gave me no time to prepare when my character is facing literal permadeath. This entire game feels like a Pokémon Nuzlocke with this feature because you barely get time to prepare at all and you're racing against the clock to finish a minigame you hope lasts 5 seconds but often takes much longer.”
    • “Being blunt here, Gladieaters does not particularly shine as either a cooking game or an RPG game, but what it lacks in gameplay it absolutely makes up for with art, character, and story.”
    • “Surprisingly fleshed out with the story mode and colosseum mode.”

  • gameplay

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    54% positive mentions, 23% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its unique blend of creature collection and cooking mechanics, offering a fun and addictive experience reminiscent of turn-based RPGs like Pokémon with innovative summoning elements. While not perfect as a standalone cooking or RPG game, its engaging mechanics, balanced combat system, and early access potential make it enjoyable and rewarding for players.

    • “Very fun, worth the $15, great story, fun gameplay and quite addicting.”
    • “It has really unique 'creature' designs and the cooking system adds a nice mechanical skill component to each run.”
    • “Being blunt here, Gladieaters does not particularly shine as either a cooking game or an RPG game, but what it lacks in gameplay it absolutely oozes with art, character, and story.”
    • “Please, remove the charge mechanic, I beg.”
    • “The mechanics of cooking minigames to slowly build up a balanced combat team feels like Pokemon with the pedal to the metal.”

  • music

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    42% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's music is widely praised for its energetic, fitting, and well-crafted soundtrack that enhances both combat intensity and storytelling moments. Players appreciate the variety and quality of the tracks, highlighting the music as a standout feature alongside the art and characters. Many express a desire for an official soundtrack release due to its strong appeal.

    • “Coupled with a banging soundtrack and some truly heartfelt stories in the chef story mode, this game hit the nail in the head for me!”
    • “The art is so cute, story is excellently written, music is fantastic, and the representation should be an example for other games to follow.”
    • “The music in this game is nonstop bangers!”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The game's graphics feature a captivating and nostalgic art style reminiscent of classic flash games, enhanced by impressive artwork in comic strips. Users praise the visuals for adding depth and character to the story, creating an immersive and emotionally engaging experience.

    • “Loving the art throughout the game, as well as the incredible artwork used in the comic strips.”
    • “I've only just started going through the chef stories but the lovely art style combined with a touching story gives the game so much character.”
    • “Graphics and sound chef's kiss!!!”
    • “This is a deep-cut, but the art style and concept of this game very much reminded me of the classic Funorb flash game, Bachelor Fridge.”

  • emotional

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The emotional aspect of the game is highly praised for its heartfelt stories and touching narrative, especially in the chef story mode, enhanced by a compelling soundtrack and charming art style that add depth and character.

    • “Coupled with a banging soundtrack and some truly heartfelt stories in the chef story mode, this game hit the nail in the head for me!”
    • “I've only just started going through the chef stories, but the lovely art style combined with a touching story gives the game so much character.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers engaging cooking minigames that add enjoyable variety and contribute to its replayability, though some feel it lacks long-term appeal without deeper "raising" mechanics. Overall, the combat and minigames provide substantial fun and ongoing challenges that encourage repeated play.

    • “The amount of minigames to cook your gladieaters gives the game a lot of replay value for me, there's still some that I haven't mastered, and a lot more to come before the game is fully released.”
    • “You do little cooking minigames to whip up your team to fight with, so although the game is really fun you do miss out on long-term replayability without the 'raising' vibe, however the combat and gameplay is fun as hell.”

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is notably well-executed, with writing that is genuinely funny and stands out as a rare positive aspect.

    • “The writing is actually funny, which is rare.”

  • character development

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users praise the character development for its immaculate art and distinctive character designs, highlighting strong visual appeal as a key strength.

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GladiEATers is a tactical role playing game with comedy theme. Common tags for GladiEATers include turn-based, indie, roguelite, pixel graphics, early access and others.

GladiEATers is available on PC, Steam Deck and Windows.

GladiEATers was released on May 1, 2026.

GladiEATers was developed by MilkBubblesGames.

GladiEATers has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked GladiEATers for its story but disliked it for its character development.

GladiEATers is a single player game with multiplayer support.