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Steam Deck Compatibility
Steam Deck Compatibility Primus is not steam deck supported. The game is designed primarily for Windows PC. For the best experience, I recommend playing on Windows PC. Cheers, Ethan.
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Primus
Also known as Primus, p, primus
Choose your leader, build your Ludus, and lead your gladiators through brutal arena circuits filled with deadly crowd events, beasts, and rival champions on the climb toward Primus.
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2 Aug 2026
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17 updates
August 2026
- Primus #20: Every 10 Ranks, You Have to Defeat ThemHey Guys, This week I worked on all the 10 Gatekeeper Challenges that are within the full game. Making combat stances, abilities, passives and ensuring each Gatekeeper fight feels uniquely different. Here's how it went:…
July 2026
- Primus #19: Here’s My Gladiator Game After 4 MonthsHey guys, This week I fell ill but wanted to use this as an opportunity to show you more of what the game looks like so you've got a better idea for where we are at. Here's more on this: If you’d like to support the gam…
- Primus #18: Gladiator Expeditions, The Arena Announcer & AnimationsHey Guys, This week was spent working on the gladiator expedition map, improving the visuals, the generation and more. I also added the arena announcer voice overs as well as beginning to work on idle animations for gla…
- Primus #17: Fixing My Biggest Bugs In Primus YetHey guys, This week we had a few major bugs to fix, from my entire game looking visually crushed to the screen being too zoomed in. I was able to fix most of them but 1 still remains. I plan to release the demo this wee…
- Primus #16: Demo Approved - The Push For The ReleaseHey guys, With the demo approved (third time lucky) we're nearing the point of the demo release. The demo release will likely get pushed till next week but I aim to get the demo trailer out tomorrow. I share more in the…
June 2026
- Primus #15: Building the Dungeon for My Gladiator GameHey guys, This week I focused on adding the Dungeon Crawler aspect to Primus. As it felt the game was more of constant fights and recovery rather than a dungeon. I also worked on putting in tutorials and fixing various…
- Primus #14: UI Overhaul With Chat GPT To Polish My GameHey guys, This week we did some nice UI polishing, focusing on making the game visuals feel more gladiator-themed. Where I had Chat GPT make the HUD images based off the screenshots I gave it to then put into my game. H…
- Primus #13: Primus Didn’t Make The Steam Fest. But That’s FineHey guys, So unfortunately the Primus demo won't be out in time for the Steam Fest, and will likely take another week or so to get out. However this isn't an entire loss for a few reasons I discuss in my latest devlog:…
- Primus #12: I Have 9 Days To Fix My Failed Steam DemoHey guys, Was a bit of an adventurous week with progress. The game demo didn't get approved The combat is still having issues We only have 9 days to get this fixed in time for the steam fest Maybe I've bitten off more t…
May 2026
- Primus #11: I’ve Spent 160 Hours Building a Gladiator Dungeon CrawlerHey guys, So, we are officially about two weeks away from needing the demo ready for Steam Next Fest, and it’s honestly terrifying trying to turn a bunch of separate systems into something you can actually play. In this…
- Primus Devlog #10: AI Bloated My Gladiator Game. So I Simplified ItHey guys, So, I accidentally bloated my gladiator game with too many AI-generated systems, completely lost the core vision, and had to spend the week aggressively deleting my own features to save the game before the dem…
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