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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition

Firefly Studios · 2025-07-15

Steam

SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Jul 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 11419 reviews).

93%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
249
Nexus mods (32k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Witness the struggle of wills between Richard the Lionheart, King of England, and Sultan Saladin, spearhead of the Islamic domain and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Command war-honed crusader warriors as they brave the merciless Arabian sands, then as Saladin lead a mighty army drawn from every corner of the Middle East to repel the invading zealots.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition trailer thumbnail

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition - Official Launch Trailer

≈321,995 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 520 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,694 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 233k–524k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,642 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 15 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.4k2.4k20252026Week of 2025-07-15: 2,434 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 260 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 929 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 584 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 377 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 216 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 542 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$11.992025-07-152026-08-102025-07-15 — best price $17.992025-07-16 — best price $17.992025-07-29 — best price $19.992025-07-30 — best price $19.992025-09-01 — best price $17.992025-09-08 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $15.992025-10-06 — best price $17.992025-10-13 — best price $15.992025-10-20 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $15.992025-11-10 — best price $19.992025-12-01 — best price $15.992025-12-05 — best price $14.992025-12-08 — best price $19.992025-12-22 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-26 — best price $15.992026-02-02 — best price $13.992026-02-09 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $15.992026-03-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $12.592026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-13 — best price $12.592026-04-27 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $15.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $12.592026-06-02 — best price $15.992026-06-08 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-06-29 — best price $15.992026-07-06 — best price $19.992026-07-13 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $15.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
81.5%
earned "Lord v. Food"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera Comfort4 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2025-10-14, latest 2026-08-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,2121%41

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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