Stronghold: Definitive Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

Stronghold: Definitive Edition is a city builder, strategy and real time tactics game developed and published by FireFly Studios.
Released on November 07th 2023 is available only on Windows in 17 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.

It has received 8,416 reviews of which 7,238 were positive and 1,178 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 7.90€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7/8/10/11 64 Bit
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3220 or equivalent
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Graphics Card with 2GB VRAM (for 1080p) or 3GB VRAM (for 1440p) or 4GB VRAM (for 4k)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 4 GB available space

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March 2025
So much nostalgia. Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader were the gaming cornerstones of my childhood! Anyone who likes strategy games but hasn't played it yet I highly recommend it, these games charm is unmatched, played it in 2000s and I was spending hours just making most unpenetrable castles for absolutely no reason but fun, never got into other Stronghold games but this and the Crusader are my absolute favorite to this day. Looking forward to Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition.
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Feb. 2025
The Definitive Edition didn't fix or update quite as many things about the original Stronghold as I'd have liked, and the new content is somewhat lacklustre. Nevertheless, if you want to play the original Stronghold, this is absolutely the version to get. It's not a modern game, and it doesn't pretend to be, for better and worse. But, looking at it as impartially as my nostalgia-tainted self can manage, this is the best version of Stronghold 1 available.
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Nov. 2024
Do you like age of empires 2? Do you like easy to wrap your head around city builders? Do you always turtle? Are you okay with early 2000's graphics and bugs? I am. Good game.
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Aug. 2024
Now all we need is Stronghold Crusader remaster and the GOATS of castle builders will be complete. I can´t even count how many hours i put into playing Crusader years before it recieved HD remaster, it was a big part of my childhood and i am looking forward for the Crusader remaster like many others.
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June 2024
It's good old Stronghol with improved visuals. BUT! There is no skirmish against AI, and Crusader isn't part of it. Sad.
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Stronghold: Definitive Edition
8.4
7,238
1,178
Online players
372
Developer
FireFly Studios
Publisher
FireFly Studios
Release 07 Nov 2023
Platforms
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