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Stronghold: Definitive Edition

Medieval castle-building RTS balancing settlement economics and siege warfare

Firefly Studios · Released Nov 7, 2023

SimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
86% of 10K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
88% of 60 in 30 days
Players
128
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
3 months ago
Aug 4, 2026
Minimum PC
with 2GB VRAM (for 1080p)
6 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)

What is Stronghold: Definitive Edition?

A 2D real-time strategy and city-building game set in medieval England. Gather resources, manage townspeople and gold, construct castles, raise armies, and fight through campaigns, siege scenarios, free-build play, and online PvP while trying to reunite a fractured kingdom.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy balancing castle economies with military defense
  • +you want structured solo campaigns and siege scenarios
  • +you like 2D sprite-based strategy games

Not for you if...

  • −you want fast RTS matches with little economic management
  • −you prefer 3D visuals over sprite-based art

What players say

86% of 10,265 reviews are positive · 88% of 60 in the last 30 days

Players praise the detailed castle-building tools, remastered art and music, and amount of solo content. The most common complaint is the lack of skirmish matches against AI lords; players also report unit pathfinding and AI bugs, along with sharp difficulty spikes in later siege missions.

Players over time

▲ +8% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 301 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026128
Nov 6, 202699
Nov 5, 202693
Nov 4, 2026126
Nov 3, 2026128
Nov 2, 2026102
Nov 1, 2026191
Oct 31, 2026151
Oct 30, 2026134
Oct 29, 2026113
Oct 28, 2026126
Oct 27, 202691
Oct 26, 202694
Oct 25, 2026133
Oct 24, 2026105
Oct 23, 202692
Oct 22, 202698
Oct 21, 2026117
Oct 20, 2026126
Oct 18, 2026162
Oct 17, 2026147
Oct 16, 2026134
Oct 15, 2026158
Oct 14, 2026166
Oct 13, 2026197
Oct 11, 2026205
Oct 10, 2026169
Oct 9, 2026123
Oct 8, 2026107
Oct 7, 2026117
Oct 6, 2026134
Oct 4, 2026157
Oct 3, 2026114
Oct 2, 202688
Oct 1, 202689
Sep 30, 202687
Sep 29, 202690
Sep 27, 2026114
Sep 26, 2026116
Sep 25, 202692
Sep 24, 202684
Sep 23, 2026167
Sep 23, 2026101
Sep 22, 2026100
Sep 21, 2026301

How many players finish Stronghold: Definitive Edition?

12% of Steam players have unlocked «For King & Country», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Stronghold: Definitive Edition system requirements

Minimum: with 2GB VRAM (for 1080p), 6 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10/11 64 Bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ i3-3220 or equivalent
Graphics
Graphics Card with 2GB VRAM (for 1080p) or 3GB VRAM (for 1440p) or 4GB VRAM (for 4k)
Memory
6 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Stronghold: Definitive Edition have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Stronghold: Definitive Edition run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
30
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian. Text only: Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Does Stronghold: Definitive Edition use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

2 DLC available.

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