Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.
I played this game for unspeakable hours, building up my gladiator and making it to the final boss. This final boss turns out to be a literal clone of my character, and by sheer RNG chance, I lost. But unlike the other times I lost, this literally killed him, resulting in all that time I spent equating to nothing. You can't be serious. This has to be...
Love gladiator games but this gets boring pretty fast.
It needs more content
Be extremely careful with “New Game.”
I mildly enjoyed Gods of Sand for quite a while, although by the end the combination of permadeath and the long sequence of battles had started to become a slog.
What finally ended the game for me, however, was the save system. I accidentally clicked New Game instead of Continue. There was no meaningful confirmation...
Cool little game. If you're craving something similar to SnS its a good pick, as it's kinda similar but with more of emphasis on building correctly and managing resources.
At first the game is very engaging and fun, then it get's grindy and slow. If they could fix the pacing, it would be a good game
