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Stronghold 2: Steam Edition

Firefly Studios · 2017-10-05

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 19, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 19, 2001 (Mac)

Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.

Stronghold 2: Steam Edition is a 2017 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $3.74, with Very Positive reviews from 89% of 5765 reviews and an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners.

138
playing now
89%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
IGDB user rating (201 ratings)
7.6h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$3.74
steam price (US)

138 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Stronghold 2: Steam Edition trailer thumbnail

Stronghold 2: Steam Edition - Launch Trailer

≈532,335 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 138 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 259 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 145k–347k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,783 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.84 at Fanatical (2021-11-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 20 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

326662026-09-15 13:00 — 161 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 138 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 69 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 193 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 218 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 73 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 118 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 196 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 77 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 195 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 182 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 91 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 96 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 219 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 172 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 107 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 208 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 166 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 78 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 237 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 249 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 80 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 138 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36128Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 45 · peak 88Dec 2012 — avg 70 · peak 308May 2013 — avg 42 · peak 100Oct 2013 — avg 36 · peak 93Mar 2014 — avg 38 · peak 98Aug 2014 — avg 53 · peak 169Jan 2015 — avg 54 · peak 179Jun 2015 — avg 44 · peak 97Nov 2015 — avg 36 · peak 74Apr 2016 — avg 53 · peak 124Sep 2016 — avg 58 · peak 187Feb 2017 — avg 54 · peak 127Jul 2017 — avg 52 · peak 103Dec 2017 — avg 160 · peak 336May 2018 — avg 154 · peak 359Oct 2018 — avg 134 · peak 280Mar 2019 — avg 166 · peak 325Aug 2019 — avg 222 · peak 512Jan 2020 — avg 226 · peak 470Jun 2020 — avg 213 · peak 411Nov 2020 — avg 285 · peak 677Apr 2021 — avg 235 · peak 485Sep 2021 — avg 178 · peak 365Feb 2022 — avg 203 · peak 427Jul 2022 — avg 188 · peak 409Dec 2022 — avg 200 · peak 383May 2023 — avg 177 · peak 369Oct 2023 — avg 212 · peak 441Mar 2024 — avg 184 · peak 381Aug 2024 — avg 162 · peak 311Jan 2025 — avg 217 · peak 521Jun 2025 — avg 159 · peak 302Nov 2025 — avg 152 · peak 312Apr 2026 — avg 167 · peak 375Aug 2026 — avg 176 · peak 350
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.842017-10-062026-08-242017-10-06 — best price $12.742018-03-08 — best price $14.992018-07-18 — best price $9.892018-12-11 — best price $7.492019-05-02 — best price $7.502019-09-12 — best price $14.992019-12-26 — best price $14.962020-02-03 — best price $14.992020-03-30 — best price $4.942020-05-26 — best price $12.482020-06-24 — best price $4.942020-08-21 — best price $13.392020-10-03 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $4.492020-12-15 — best price $4.492021-01-31 — best price $14.992021-03-20 — best price $14.992021-05-02 — best price $14.992021-07-09 — best price $5.252021-09-17 — best price $5.992021-11-16 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $3.742022-05-02 — best price $3.742022-08-19 — best price $3.742022-12-12 — best price $3.742023-04-28 — best price $3.732023-08-07 — best price $3.742023-12-01 — best price $14.992024-03-11 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-10-24 — best price $3.742025-01-20 — best price $3.742025-05-12 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992026-05-18 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
56.5%
earned "Larder Lover"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarEconomySandboxBuildingMedievalMilitaryStrategyIsometricReal-Time

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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