Stronghold 2: Steam Edition

Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.

Stronghold 2: Steam Edition is a city builder, real time tactics and medieval game developed and published by FireFly Studios.
It's available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 5,085 reviews of which 4,512 were positive and 573 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.49€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Stronghold 2: Steam Edition into these genres:

City Builder Real Time Tactics Medieval Colony Sim Building Sandbox Economy Management War Military Base-Building Strategy RTS Real-Time Isometric Top-Down Historical Open World Simulation Resource Management

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11
Processor: 1.6 GHz Intel or AMD Processor
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB Video Card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 3 GB available space

Reviews

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Sept. 2024

A very nice castle management strategy game, featuring a war campaign, peace campaign, kingmaker (skirmish), freebuild and custom scenarios made in the game's map editor. I replay it every few years. The peace campaign is my favourite. The story in the war campaign is kinda cliché, but still fun. The typical, the country has fallen apart while the rightful king is away and it is up to you to defeat the greedy lords. Or join them. (There are no characters from Stronghold 1 or Crusader.) Freebuild is good for just building, but you can't get achievements in that mode. Once you are done with official stuff, you can download custom scenarios from Stronghold 2 Haven or something. I called it a castle sim. You need to uphold your popularity so that your people keep supporting you. Minimize negative things: gong (literal shit in the streets), rats and crime. Maximize the positives: religion, entertainment, ale and food. Then hike up the taxes to extra cruel for the money. There's also Honour, which is an important resource for recruiting troops. My favourite unit is the swordsman. I know knights are stronger, but swordsmen just have the right aesthetic, ya know? ALSO, don't bother with anything Firefly released after Stronghold 2. It's all crap.

June 2024

Nostalgia. I remember stronghold 2 was the first game i installed on my PC when i bought it and first place and its the best among the series in my opinion although I haven't played stronghold 1 & warlord but among those I played stronghold 2 shines with magical brightness. The game gives many options to build your castle and combined with incredible amount of details the game contains; stronghold 2 presents itself as one of the best castle sims have been ever made. You have to take care of gongs and rats by yourself; Watch for crimes and criminals and control them by putting buildings that are related to controlling crime or crime will overrun your castle and people will leave for a place with less criminals; These are only few of stronghold 2's endless details and its a shame many of them were removed from later strongholds. Although stronghold 2 doesn't have some of QoL that was introduced by stronghold legends and later games it has its own fun and worth to play if you look for a castle sim to build and manage your own castle.

May 2024

This game builds upon the solid foundation of its predecessor, offering a deeper and more immersive medieval strategy experience. While the first Stronghold introduced players to the world of castle building and siege warfare, Stronghold 2 expands upon it with enhanced graphics, more intricate castle customization options, and a refined economic system. Despite some technical hiccups, the game's immersive atmosphere and deep gameplay kept me hooked for hours on end, making it a standout sequel that surpasses its predecessor in almost every aspect. It's a must-play for fans of the genre, offering a rich and rewarding experience in the world of medieval warfare. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3248371460 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3248350155

April 2024

I know some people hated it, but I really liked the focus on a medieval sim side they made in this game. It's just fun to build a kingdom and watch it live its life when "Minstrelosity" is playing in the background. A huge amount of buildings, decent variety of troops, AI is still kinda bad and I'm OK with it, story is OK, graphics and artstyle are good and the OST is just gorgeous. If you like RTS, that have a lot more going on than just a combat, than I bet you're gonna like this game. Also it's pretty cheap.

Feb. 2024

Stronghold 2 brings the Stronghold series to life in all 3D. The gameplay is very similar to the original game but adds many features such as estates, new buildings, new units and a unique campaign where it has you make a choice on which path to go down. Fans of the original Stronghold must play the sequel for another great experience.

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