Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) is a military, real time tactics and city builder game developed and published by FireFly Studios.
Released on October 21st 2013 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 19,567 reviews of which 19,105 were positive and 462 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) into these genres:

Military Real Time Tactics City Builder Medieval Colony Sim Building Base-Building War Strategy Sandbox Management Real-Time Resource Management Isometric RTS Economy Historical 2D Tower Defense Simulation

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7/8/10/11 with latest service packs
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.6Ghz or equivalent
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 64MB DirectX 8.1 Compatible
DirectX: Version 8.1
Storage: 850 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 8.1 Compatible
Additional Notes: GameRanger software will be installed for mutiplayer matchmaking support

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

I have probably put several thousand hours into this game if you count all of the hours I spent on it off and on through all 4 years of high school. This was one of my favorite games of all time. My wife still makes jokes about "wood needed" because I think I drove her insane with it. LOL Definitely recommend 110%. This was a blast from the past. Fantastic.

Feb. 2025

The voice acting in this game is top notch. Ever wondered wondered what it was like to listen to someone get burned alive? How about the sound someone makes when they've met their untimely demise from being struck by a stone thrown from a sling? No? How about the sound of one choking and gargling on their own blood as they're cut down to size from the steel of a fierce knight or bludgeoned to death by an English man flailing a mace? Also no? Well that's good to hear. However, if you're looking for a challenging RTS, then look no further. Build your army. Siege you enemy. Take no prisoners. The horns of glory await you, my friend. If I could give this game a two thumbs up, I would.

Dec. 2024

My favorite RTS game ever! Such good memories are tied into this game, we had lots of LAN parties back in the days. North vs South is best map for 4 v 4 gameplay. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10 ---{ Author }--- ☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template

Dec. 2024

Best castle simulator game I've played. I had the original game on CD-ROM when it came out. I've played an outrageous number of hours both on and off Steam.

June 2024

Dear diary, the year is 2024 and Stronghold Crusader is still the my favorite RTS of all time. I used to carry a CD of this with me all over just to make sure i could play it, here we are today and its still got all the sauce.

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7.99€

9.5

19,105

462

Online players

883

Developer

FireFly Studios

Publisher

FireFly Studios

Release 21 Oct 2013

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