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The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

Stronghold HD (2012) is a real time tactics, city builder and colony sim game developed and published by FireFly Studios.
Released on October 21st 2013 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 9,897 reviews of which 9,459 were positive and 438 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 1.19€ on Steam with a 70% discount.

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

Real Time Tactics City Builder Colony Sim Building Sandbox Medieval Economy Tower Defense Base-Building RTS Strategy 2D Isometric Funny Historical Simulation Open World Atmospheric Resource Management Comedy

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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 XP/Vista/7/8/10/11
  • Processor: 1.6GHz equivalent Intel or AMD processor
  • Memory: 512MB RAM
  • Video: 64MB video card with hardware Transform & Lighting
  • Hard Drive: 2.5GB uncompressed free space
  • Sound: DirectX 7 compatible sound card or higher
  • Direct X: DirectX 9.0c (included) or higher
  • Multiplayer: GameRanger software will be installed for mutiplayer matchmaking support

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
The game of my childhood. Nice graphics, great sounds and music, interesting campaign and characters, variety of units, etc etc... I love "Stronghold" and "Stronghold Crusader", they are GOAT games
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April 2025
Good and addictive medieval strategy game with unique mechanics and style. Unforgetable characters, fun gamemodes and interesting campain. It is one of the best RTS gameso as they say old but gold. Definetly worth a try even if it's your first RTS game.
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March 2025
Still absolutely love this game! After so many years of nostalgia, I can still come back and enjoy the economic and military campgains. My first game was in fact Stronghold Crusader and at first I didn't like this game and thought it is boring. However now I set myself the challenge to beat everything on "very hard" difficulty, which is really fun and truly a nice challenge! If you give the game a chance there is a high chance you will forget your real life and dive into the Stronghold world :)
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Feb. 2025
Turns out there's actually a game behind the TikTok edits, and it's awesome.
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Dec. 2024
One of the most memorable, legendary and best medieval builder so far. Firefly Studios made childhood of most of us really sweet and awesome. I still remember that back in those times I didn't have computer myself, so in order to play this, and couple of other games I had to visit my cousin. Those golden times of CDs and paper gaming magazines. That nostalgia.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Stronghold HD (2012) is currently priced at 1.19€ on Steam.

Stronghold HD (2012) is currently available at a 70% discount. You can purchase it for 1.19€ on Steam.

Stronghold HD (2012) received 9,459 positive votes out of a total of 9,897 achieving an impressive rating of 9.27.
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Stronghold HD (2012) was developed and published by FireFly Studios.

Stronghold HD (2012) is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Stronghold HD (2012) is not playable on MacOS.

Stronghold HD (2012) is not playable on Linux.

Stronghold HD (2012) offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Stronghold HD (2012) offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There is a DLC available for Stronghold HD (2012). Explore additional content available for Stronghold HD (2012) on Steam.

Stronghold HD (2012) does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Stronghold HD (2012) does not support Steam Remote Play.

Stronghold HD (2012) 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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Stronghold HD (2012) PEGI 12
-70% 3.99€ 1.19€
9.3
9,459
438
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
118
Developer
FireFly Studios
Publisher
FireFly Studios
Release 21 Oct 2013
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