Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
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.
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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 on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
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 9,831 reviews of which 8,455 were positive and 1,376 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 5.77€ on K4G.
The Steam community has classified Stronghold: Definitive Edition into these genres:
City Builder
Strategy
Real Time Tactics
Medieval
Building
RTS
Sandbox
Economy
Colony Sim
Base Building
Tower Defense
2D
Isometric
Historical
Simulation
Resource Management
Atmospheric
Open World
Multiplayer
Funny
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 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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As someone who loves castles and Tower Defense, the freeform castle building and sieging is all I could want in a game. The main story line campaign missions were fun and (mostly) not too difficult on Normal mode, and easily 40+ hours of gameplay with other campaigns available. Graphics look decent, and the variety of defensive structures and tools are really amazing. You can dig or fill in moats, create wooden and fire traps, place small to large towers, build thick walls of stone or wood, and manage economic output to pay for your military expenditures. The units are also decently varied, without being too many all at once. Without a doubt, the most frustrating parts of the game are with AI pathing, both for your own non-combat peasants and the enemy. It's hard to see that one hole in your defensive wall, but the enemy makes its way right for it. The peasants (farmers, woodcutters, miners, etc.) also don't reconsider their paths when a gate is reopened manually, so they end up taking a much longer route or even a dead-end path, and there's literally no way to redirect them back. They even walk through flames and die. Frustrating! The main campaign missions 15 and 18 are difficult, even on Easy mode. I had to watch YouTube videos on how to approach from the side with ditchdiggers and bowmen before I was able to get it done on the 4th or 5th try. They seriously need to tone down the difficulty on these maps for this edition. Overall, fun but sometimes frustrating for those who love "castle sims!"
Stronghold is a classic RTS of yesteryear. Unlike a lot of its contemporaries like Age of Empires or Starcraft it's based more on building a balanced economy alongside a military force. The focus of the game is around developing what your citizenry needs (food, shelter, religion etc) and then after doing that being able to then create your military and conquer the enemy. This balance of economics and military strategy is really fun and engaging and creates this core game loop that on paper shouldn't work but somehow does. Part of that is so much of the game feels automated for you. Like you don't need to micromanage what your citizens do. The main thing you end up doing minute by minute is just building new farms, spawning new units and attacking the enemy when they invade. The rest is done for you. At the same time I really wish the game telegraphed what exactly you need to do more. One thing I dislike for example is it's not readily obvious how many bakeries you need for mills, and you end up stockpiling a lot of flour and not delivering enough bread. I kind of wish the game would just tell me "hey build more bakeries" or "hey you should probably spawn more archers". I understand that it would probably be annoying to veteran players but I think if they added more stuff like that it would've made the game even better for new players. This release of Stronghold is the Definitive Edition and it's really good. It fixes basically all of the problems with the original game and runs really slick. At the same time they didn't add a skirmish mode. Which felt very badly needed, as the missions felt overly scripted. Once you complete all of the missions there isn't a lot of replayability outside of multiplayer. But aside from that, Stronghold is a solid RTS with a steeper than I'd like learning curve and if you like the setting it's a no brainer to try out.
Back in 2001, I used to boot up Stronghold and just play the Free Build mode for hours: the first-ever Castle Sim . I'd stare at the mills, the bakers, the fletchers and even the moat diggers, truly amazed at how in-depth and beautiful everything looked. Then 2023 rolled in, and the Definitive Edition brought it all back in splendour. It's a brilliant game, positively remastered to keep up with some of the other strategy games out there at the moment. It is a product of its time however, so some of its gameplay features and atmosphere might not be to everyone's liking. For this big ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nerd, though, I'm plenty happy. More wood needed, m'lord.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Stronghold: Definitive Edition is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
No, Stronghold: Definitive Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Stronghold: Definitive Edition received 8,455 positive votes out of a total of 9,831 achieving a rating of 8.37.
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Stronghold: Definitive Edition was developed and published by Firefly Studios.
Yes, Stronghold: Definitive Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Stronghold: Definitive Edition is not playable on MacOS.
No, Stronghold: Definitive Edition is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Stronghold: 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: 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: Definitive Edition does not support VR.
Stronghold: Definitive Edition offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Stronghold: Definitive Edition offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Yes, there are 2 DLCs available for Stronghold: Definitive Edition. Explore additional content available for Stronghold: Definitive Edition on Steam.
Yes, Stronghold: Definitive Edition is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
No, Stronghold: Definitive Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Stronghold: 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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Developer
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Release
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