Stronghold: Definitive Edition
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.
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Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is a strategy, city builder and real time tactics game
developed and published by Firefly Studios.
Released on July 15th 2025 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 20 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian and Arabic.
It has received 10,793 reviews of which 9,930 were positive and 863 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 11.31€ on K4G.
The Steam community has classified Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition into these genres:
Strategy
City Builder
Real Time Tactics
Medieval
Colony Sim
Building
War
Sandbox
Tower Defense
Base Building
RTS
Economy
PvP
2D
Historical
Isometric
Open World
Simulation
Resource Management
Atmospheric
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 64 Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-6100 or equivalent (Arm processors are not supported)
- Memory: 8 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: 7 GB available space
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User reviews & Ratings
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It's good, but honestly, not nearly as good as some of the other reviews make it out to be. A lot of the praise feels pretty biased. I also have a lot of nostalgia for this game, but I have to ask: what has actually been improved here besides the upscaled sprites? At its core, this is basically Stronghold Crusader with upscaled sprites, which is pretty much what you'd expect from a remaster. And to be fair, the new sprites do look nice. But besides that, it doesn't really feel like much else has been improved. Some of the character animations are still running at a noticeably low framerate. Would've been nice to see that fixed, but it's not a huge deal. What IS a big deal to me is that they've now released two remasters — Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader — and neither one fixes what I think is one of the biggest problems with the franchise: the awful UI. The whole game revolves around managing your popularity, keeping your peasants happy, and taxing them as much as possible. You have to balance all the different popularity factors so you can keep your peasants happy enough to maintain a higher tax rate. The more peasants you have, the more goods and services you need to provide. If you don't, your popularity starts dropping. It's a huge part of the game, so being able to quickly see these stats is pretty damn important. And yet, after 25+ years, these stats are STILL hidden away behind multiple menus. There's still no way to pin important information, like your popularity factors, to the main UI — even just in a corner or along the top of the screen. The game is basically still using the same menu system it had 25+ years ago. So you're constantly clicking through menus just to check your stats and figure out why your popularity is dropping. Please, just let us pin important information like the popularity factors to the main UI. That's all I'm asking. It would make managing your castle so much easier. I'm still not going to say it's a bad game because the core gameplay is still great, and I'd still recommend it to people who haven't played it before. But personally, it's pretty frustrating when the UI actively gets in the way by hiding information that's so important to the gameplay. Because of that, I'll be refunding it.
Even though Stronghold is an absolute classic, I only started playing it recently. I grew up playing Age of Empires II, which I loved so much that I never felt the need to try any other strategy game. However, after a lot of convincing from my boyfriend, I finally gave Stronghold a chance, and the game completely hooked me. What I enjoy the most is building my own castle, I love that part to the fullest. I especially enjoy playing the role of a cruel ruler, placing stakes, gallows, and things like that around the castle, it is absolutely amazing. While I enjoy conquering enemies a bit less here, which in my opinion is more fun in AoEII, I still have to give this legend a thumbs up. I love turning the game on from time to time just to build up my kingdom. If I had to compare Stronghold to AoEII, I honestly couldn't say which game is better. I enjoy completely different things in each of them, making them practically incomparable. Both are simply absolute gems among strategy games.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
No, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition received 9,930 positive votes out of a total of 10,793 achieving a rating of 8.94.
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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition was developed and published by Firefly Studios.
Yes, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is not playable on MacOS.
No, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition does not support VR.
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Yes, there are 4 DLCs available for Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition. Explore additional content available for Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition on Steam.
Yes, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
No, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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