Is Story of a Gladiator multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — co-op and PvP, plus local/split-screen. Story of a Gladiator is a fighting game game released in 2019, 80% positive on Steam (208 reviews). $10.99 on Steam.
Co-opLocal / split-screenSingle-player tooFighting · Fighting game
Story of a Gladiator is an arena beat 'em up where you take the role of a man in search of his destiny. Fight…
How Story of a Gladiator plays with friends, according to Steam
- Online co-op
- Not listed on Steam
- Local / split-screen co-op
- Yes
- Online PvP
- Not listed on Steam
- LAN play
- Not listed on Steam
- Remote Play Together (one copy, streamed to friends)
- Yes
- Single-player mode
- Yes
- Controller
- Full controller support
Steam's own category list for the game, as of 2026-09-09. "Not listed" means the store page does not claim that mode; community mods or Remote Play can still add it.
Steam tags: Beat 'em up, Rome, 2D Fighter, Gore, Arcade, Historical, Pixel Graphics, Fighting
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Quick answers
- Is Story of a Gladiator co-op?
- Yes, Story of a Gladiator supports co-op.
- Does Story of a Gladiator have PvP?
- Steam's store page doesn't flag a PvP category, but Story of a Gladiator is tagged competitive — it's player-versus-player.
- Do we both need to own Story of a Gladiator to play together?
- Not always. Story of a Gladiator supports Steam Remote Play Together: one person who owns it hosts and streams a local session to friends who don't (Steam quotes up to four players, more on a fast connection). For online co-op or PvP, every player needs their own copy.
- How many people play Story of a Gladiator?
- Player counts were not available when this page was built.
- Does Story of a Gladiator have split-screen or local multiplayer?
- Yes. Steam lists Story of a Gladiator with shared/split-screen co-op on one PC — and it supports Remote Play Together, so a friend can join that local session over the internet.