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Stronghold Crusader 2

Firefly Studios · 2014-09-22

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

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

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.

Stronghold Crusader 2 is a 2014 Simulation and Strategy title priced at $3.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (72% of 18,100 reviews) sentiment.

99
playing now
72%
positive of 18k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (7.9k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

99 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Stronghold Crusader 2 trailer thumbnail

Stronghold Crusader 2 - Launch Trailer

≈389,941 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 99 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 2% of 16,925 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 454k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,153 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99

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 56 of 99 observed days · $37.48 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

426882026-09-16 04:00 — 88 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 215 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 302 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 125 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 209 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 291 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 105 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 203 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 373 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 114 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 154 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 272 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 154 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 186 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 426 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 170 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 113 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 275 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 311 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 142 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 256 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 307 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 99 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.0k0Feb 2013Aug 2026Feb 2013 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2013 — avg 0 · peak 5Dec 2013 — avg 0 · peak 5May 2014 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2014 — avg 782 · peak 2,378Mar 2015 — avg 282 · peak 880Aug 2015 — avg 244 · peak 541Jan 2016 — avg 405 · peak 1,325Jun 2016 — avg 371 · peak 916Nov 2016 — avg 359 · peak 1,005Apr 2017 — avg 434 · peak 1,130Sep 2017 — avg 383 · peak 1,081Feb 2018 — avg 349 · peak 930Jul 2018 — avg 293 · peak 680Dec 2018 — avg 359 · peak 920May 2019 — avg 280 · peak 654Oct 2019 — avg 352 · peak 924Mar 2020 — avg 459 · peak 1,260Aug 2020 — avg 366 · peak 859Jan 2021 — avg 490 · peak 1,209Jun 2021 — avg 323 · peak 750Nov 2021 — avg 473 · peak 1,139Apr 2022 — avg 366 · peak 798Sep 2022 — avg 306 · peak 608Feb 2023 — avg 357 · peak 771Jul 2023 — avg 402 · peak 961Dec 2023 — avg 476 · peak 902May 2024 — avg 290 · peak 699Oct 2024 — avg 282 · peak 560Mar 2025 — avg 439 · peak 944Aug 2025 — avg 303 · peak 642Jan 2026 — avg 285 · peak 649Jun 2026 — avg 260 · peak 514Aug 2026 — avg 240 · peak 514
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
442026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$2.162015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $39.992026-09-02 — best price $3.992026-10-02 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

177162026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 58 pageviews2026-06-06 — 25 pageviews2026-06-10 — 79 pageviews2026-06-14 — 58 pageviews2026-06-18 — 35 pageviews2026-06-22 — 39 pageviews2026-06-26 — 64 pageviews2026-06-30 — 42 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 45 pageviews2026-07-12 — 35 pageviews2026-07-16 — 34 pageviews2026-07-20 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 24 pageviews2026-08-01 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-09 — 33 pageviews2026-08-13 — 31 pageviews2026-08-17 — 35 pageviews2026-08-21 — 28 pageviews2026-08-25 — 37 pageviews2026-08-29 — 40 pageviews2026-09-02 — 28 pageviews2026-09-06 — 42 pageviews2026-09-10 — 21 pageviews2026-09-14 — 32 pageviews2026-09-18 — 22 pageviews2026-09-22 — 28 pageviews2026-09-26 — 37 pageviews2026-09-30 — 25 pageviews2026-10-04 — 26 pageviews2026-10-08 — 53 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

902026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 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

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2015-03-20, latest 2015-12-17 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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