Stronghold HD (2012)
Medieval strategy game about building castles and surviving sieges
Firefly Studios · Released Oct 21, 2013
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 96% of 10K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 19 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 79
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Aug 7, 2025
Metacritic: 81/100 (critic reviews)
What is Stronghold HD (2012)?
A medieval real-time strategy game set in England, with military and economic campaigns and online battles. You gather resources, build and defend castles, and command troops in sieges as you reclaim your lands from rival lords.
For you if...
- +you enjoy building castles and planning their defenses
- +you like campaigns with distinct military and economic missions
Not for you if...
- −you prefer fast action over managing resources
- −you dislike economic missions with time limits
What players say
96% of 10,446 reviews are positive · 89% of 19 in the last 30 days
Players praise the art style, voice acting, and military campaign. Some complain about cumbersome controls and steep mission difficulty.
Screenshots and trailer
Stronghold HD (2012) system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11
- Processor
- 1.6GHz equivalent Intel or AMD processor
- Graphics
- 64MB video card with hardware Transform & Lighting
- Memory
- 512MB RAM
- Storage
- 2.5GB uncompressed free space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian. Text only: Japanese, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Real Time Tactics
- City Builder
- Colony Sim
- Medieval
- Building
- Sandbox
- Economy
- Tower Defense
- Base Building
- RTS
- Strategy
- 2D
- Isometric
- Funny
- Historical
- Simulation
Recent updates
- Aug 7, 2025 · Crusader: DE - Update & DLC 1 Reveals
- Mar 28, 2024 · Valley of the Wolf & Spring Update - Coming April 30th!
- Jun 22, 2021 · Skirmish Trail Update
- Apr 13, 2021 · Free Warlords Update
1 DLC available.
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