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Stronghold Crusader 2

Firefly Studios · 2014-09-22

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 22, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.

469
playing now
72%
positive of 18k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
64/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

469 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Stronghold Crusader II is a 2014 real-time strategy video game developed and published by Firefly Studios for Windows. A spin-off of the Stronghold series, it is the sequel to their 2002 title Stronghold: Crusader.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 469 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 483 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 6,705 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 452k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,070 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.51 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-11-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 39 of 64 observed days · $1.48 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21421420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4691082026-08-06 21:00 — 214 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 270 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 275 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 139 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 330 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 290 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 167 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 379 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 262 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 134 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 286 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 210 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 134 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 292 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 228 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 113 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 324 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 266 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 110 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 249 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 326 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 143 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 317 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 332 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 139 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 248 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 434 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 180 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 469 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$2.162015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $44.992015-11-28 — best price $49.992016-05-17 — best price $9.502016-10-21 — best price $7.492017-04-10 — best price $49.992017-11-16 — best price $4.992018-04-09 — best price $49.992018-08-27 — best price $3.992019-01-28 — best price $3.992019-09-02 — best price $39.992020-01-15 — best price $3.992020-03-25 — best price $35.992020-06-23 — best price $39.992020-08-27 — best price $4.992020-10-27 — best price $35.892020-12-25 — best price $39.992021-02-24 — best price $39.992021-05-02 — best price $31.972021-07-19 — best price $39.992021-10-17 — best price $29.392022-01-10 — best price $3.992022-04-25 — best price $3.172022-08-26 — best price $39.992023-01-23 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-10-23 — best price $39.992024-02-22 — best price $49.992024-06-10 — best price $4.002024-10-16 — best price $39.992025-01-27 — best price $39.992025-06-03 — best price $39.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992026-04-03 — best price $39.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

177182026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-01 — 31 pageviews2026-06-04 — 42 pageviews2026-06-07 — 100 pageviews2026-06-10 — 79 pageviews2026-06-13 — 73 pageviews2026-06-16 — 46 pageviews2026-06-19 — 41 pageviews2026-06-22 — 39 pageviews2026-06-25 — 76 pageviews2026-06-28 — 57 pageviews2026-07-01 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-07 — 38 pageviews2026-07-10 — 29 pageviews2026-07-13 — 39 pageviews2026-07-16 — 34 pageviews2026-07-19 — 33 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 23 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 33 pageviews2026-08-12 — 31 pageviews2026-08-15 — 47 pageviews2026-08-18 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 28 pageviews2026-08-24 — 42 pageviews2026-08-26 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3702026-08-27 21:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
55.4%
earned "The Killing Joke"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud6 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,1242%81

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSCo-opClassicSandboxBuildingMedievalStrategyTacticalHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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