Stronghold Kingdoms

Medieval MMO strategy about building castles and ruling through factions

Firefly Studios · Released Feb 27, 2012

Massively Multiplayer Strategy Free To Play

Reviews: Mixed; 64% of 9,589
Recent reviews: Mixed; 44% of 29 in 30 days
Playing now: 309; right now
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 1 month ago; Aug 18, 2026

What is Stronghold Kingdoms?

A free-to-play medieval MMO strategy game where you begin with one village and keep. You build and defend a castle, research specializations, trade, farm, and wage war against other players. Factions, player-led Houses, elections, and vassalage organize the shared world.

For you if...

+you enjoy persistent medieval city building and PvP warfare
+you want faction politics and long-term social strategy

Not for you if...

−you prefer solo play over persistent multiplayer politics
−you want short, self-contained strategy matches
−you dislike slow progression and regular long-term commitment

What players say

64% of 9,589 reviews are positive · 44% of 29 in the last 30 days

Players praise the long-term strategy and social side of joining factions. Their main complaints concern paid advantages, botting and cheating, and weak enforcement. Some also report crashes and an outdated, click-heavy interface.

Screenshots and trailer

Stronghold Kingdoms system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7/8/10/11 (Windows Update Recommended)
Processor: 1GHz or Faster
Graphics: DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card
Memory: 512Mb RAM for Windows XP (1GB for Windows Vista & 7/8/10)
Storage: 500 Mb of Hard Drive 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: Trading cards

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean.