The Openglad Project

Openglad is a multiplayer (4-player split-screen or many-player online!), overhead, hack-and-slash game, available for many platforms!

What is this?

Openglad has been under development on and off for over three decades!

1993 - 2002:: Forgotten Sages developed Gladiator, eventually open-sourcing it in Summer 2002.
2002 - 2004:: Snowstorm Entertainment ported it to Windows, Linux, and MacOS and released it as Openglad.
2012 - 2015:: Dinomage Games modernized the source code and ported it to the Ouya and Android.
2026 - present:: the community has resumed Openglad maintenance and development, adding in-browser play, networked/online play, and many modernization features!

How do I play?

Just starting out? Read the manual to get your bearings!

Where do I get it?

Openglad is available for the following platforms:

Check the releases page on GitHub for downloads.

How can I help?

Openglad is open source. That's the reason it's still around today, and if you'd like to see it around even longer, you can help! Send us a pull request on GitHub with some new features!