Take the mantle of a Lanista in ancient Rome. Build your ludus, scout and train fierce gladiators, manipulate political factions, and schedule high-stakes arena battles in this deep management simulation. Blood entertains the crowd, but gold builds an empire.

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About This Game

BLOOD ENTERTAINS THE CROWD, BUT GOLD BUILDS AN EMPIRE

In Dominus Manager, you step into the sand, grit, and ruthless ambition of Ancient Rome as a newly appointed Lanista. Your goal is simple yet merciless: take a modest gladiator school and turn it into the most feared and profitable ludus in the Roman Republic.

Every victory in the arena is paid in blood, but true dominance is forged behind the scenes—managing finances, scouting raw talent, maintaining staff, and playing high-stakes politics with Rome's most dangerous factions.

KEY FEATURES

  • Build & Expand Your Ludus: Construct and upgrade essential facilities—training yards, rudimentary kitchens, infirmaries, and armories—to keep your stable healthy, fed, and deadly.

  • Forge Unique Champions: Recruit candidates across diverse origins and classes (Murmillo, Retiarius, Thraex, Dimachaerus, and more). Calibrate their regimes, manage lingering battle wounds, and balance physical conditioning with morale.

  • Tactical Fight Scheduling: Use the calendar system to prepare for public arena exhibitions, accept lucrative private contracts, or gamble on blood matches.

  • Roman Faction Intrigue: Cultivate favor or court danger with the four pillars of power: The Nobility, The Army, The Plebs, and The Underworld. Gain military doctrines, black market access, and public prestige—or face costly sabotage.

  • Dynamic Events & Moral Dilemmas: Navigate unexpected dilemmas from tavern brawls and butcher syndicate bribes to gladiator rebellions. Every choice leaves an imprint on your treasury and your reputation.

  • Tactical Arena Combat: Send your champions into the arena and watch your tactical preparation come to life in intense clashes represented through dynamic 3D combat animations.
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AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Generative artificial intelligence has been used as an assistive tool to create the static 2D portraits of the gladiators and the background illustrations for the user interface. All generated assets have been manually supervised, filtered, and edited by the developer to ensure they perfectly fit the historical setting and the visual style of the game.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains depictions of gladiatorial melee combat, including sword fighting, blood effects, and character deaths during arena battles.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-4160 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (2 GB) / AMD Radeon R7 260X
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card