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Stronghold HD (2012)
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“I actually prefer this artstyle vs Stronghold Crusaders, but enjoy the gameplay of crusaders a lot more. Overall still a good 9/10 RTS citybuilder”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“My first game. It was fantastic from begining. Some mission is borring, but game mechanic is amazing for this old game.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“it's litterally peak, i got no words to describe this lovely game❤️❤️❤️so fun when they destroy your granary and you loose more than 300 units of food😍😍😍or maybe when almost a thousand men attack your castle when you got 10 archers, broken walls trapping your spearmen and the…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Crusader: DE - Update & DLC 1 Reveals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn98HHTPl4k With your help Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition has charged into the breach and emerged from its launch victorious! The response from fans has been n
Stronghold Crusader: DE - Out Now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZanPPwupPz4 The time is NOW, Sire! The long march is finally over and your forces have finally arrived at our divine destination - Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Editi
Stronghold Crusader: DE - Roadmap Reveal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71UzpnLOH7U Updates and DLC To Add New Lords, Customisation and More! Good Day, Sire! Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is now less than two weeks from launch, so
New Coop Trailer & Next Fest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXejCnia8tc Good tidings, Sire! Steam Next Fest is now live and with it our second public demo for Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition. Showcasing the latest fixes,
Feature Spotlight: 10k Unit Cap, Mosques & More!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js6TBaUA8QQ Good morrow, my liege! After 150,000 demo downloads, three times as many as Stronghold: Definitive Edition... We have channelled thousands of your Stronghol
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Real Time Tactics · City Builder · Colony Sim · Building · Sandbox · Medieval · Economy · Tower Defense · Base-Building · RTS · Strategy · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish * , Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * |
| Official site | http://www.strongholdhd.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 Processor: 1.6GHz equivalent Intel or AMD processor Memory: 512MB RAM Video: 64MB video card with hardware Transform & Lighting Hard Drive: 2.5GB uncompressed free space Sound: DirectX 7 compatible sound card or higher Direct X: DirectX 9.0c (included) or higher Multiplayer: GameRanger software will be installed for mutiplayer matchmaking support