Domina
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Strategy, economic, gladiator fights, ancient history, 2D, indie games, ancient Rome, singleplayer
Steam
An economic strategy developed by the independent team at DolphinBarn studio. The players' task is to manage a gladiator school during the golden age of Roman Empire. They buy new warriors, prepare their training, and provide them with proper equipment (weapons, armor) to finally put them on the arena. Fighters can use various fighting styles, so it is possible to create specialized gladiators.
Domina for PC is an economy strategy that puts us in charge of ludus – a gladiator school that operates in the golden age of Roman Empire. It is the work of a Canadian team from DolphinBarn studio.
Game mechanics
Gameplay of Domina focuses on buying gladiators, preparing their training program and finally pit them against other fighters in battles on arena. The game offers many type of weapons, armors, and fighting styles, thanks to which we can create highly specialized warriors, although nothing stops us from having more balanced characters.
As a proper economy game, everything is based on money. We must balance between income and expenses, with some occasion to earn big money fast, but involving a great risk.
PC’s version of Domina offers many different arenas and scenarios. Some of them are fair battles, while others were designed to make the lives of contestants as difficult as possible.
Politics play great role in the game, with Rome being filled with influential people, whose sympathy is absolutely crucial if we won’t to survive in business. Those connections earn us access to better prizes and new opportunities to earn money, as well as save us from putting our gladiators to fight impossible to win battles.
Technical aspects
Domina uses good-looking pixel-art style that is accompanied by catchy soundtrack composed by Nic “bignic” Gorissen.
Last updated on June 16, 2017
Videos and Screens
[1:01] Domina trailer #1
GAMERS Score
Average score from 32 votes.
Domina Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows
Developer: DolphinBarn
Publisher: DolphinBarn
Age restrictions: 18+
Domina System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Dual Core 2.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 300 MB HDD, Windows 7
Recommended: Intel Dual Core 3 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 400 MB HDD, Windows 7
Anti-mask Message in Domina Patch Notes Enrages Players on Steam
The patch notes of the latest update for Domina included controversial anti-mask content. As a result, the game's profile on Steam was flooded with negative reviews.
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Adrian Werner
March 14, 2022