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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) cover art

Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

Firefly Studios · 2013-10-21

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Oct 21, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

467
playing now
97%
positive of 21k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

467 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Stronghold: Crusader is a 2002 real-time strategy video game developed by Firefly Studios and originally published by Gathering of Developers for Windows. It is a sequel to the 2001 video game Stronghold. Crusader has much in common with the original Stronghold, but differs from its predecessor in the fact that the game is no longer set in Britain, instead being set in the Middle East during the Crusades. Another prominent addition not found in its predecessor is a skirmish mode in single-player, allowing customized battles with AI opponents instead of the linear campaign. The game was also released as Stronghold Warchest. This version was a compendium of Stronghold and an enhanced version of Stronghold: Crusader, containing additional characters and an additional Crusader Trail series of missions.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 467 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 599 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~75/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 846k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,148 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.45 at GamesPlanet DE (2022-11-28) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 27 of 49 observed days · $8.54 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39439420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8372282026-09-15 12:00 — 509 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 625 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 236 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 619 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 813 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 281 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 419 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 675 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 293 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 540 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 685 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 300 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 312 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 633 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 486 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 276 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 552 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 524 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 266 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 723 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 742 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 260 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 467 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k24Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 34 · peak 70Dec 2012 — avg 56 · peak 221May 2013 — avg 43 · peak 96Oct 2013 — avg 88 · peak 358Mar 2014 — avg 82 · peak 183Aug 2014 — avg 175 · peak 366Jan 2015 — avg 217 · peak 494Jun 2015 — avg 180 · peak 399Nov 2015 — avg 191 · peak 419Apr 2016 — avg 305 · peak 796Sep 2016 — avg 279 · peak 584Feb 2017 — avg 621 · peak 1,453Jul 2017 — avg 497 · peak 1,164Dec 2017 — avg 485 · peak 1,167May 2018 — avg 545 · peak 1,181Oct 2018 — avg 483 · peak 958Mar 2019 — avg 648 · peak 1,364Aug 2019 — avg 601 · peak 1,140Jan 2020 — avg 686 · peak 1,297Jun 2020 — avg 755 · peak 1,446Nov 2020 — avg 1,235 · peak 2,570Apr 2021 — avg 980 · peak 1,928Sep 2021 — avg 774 · peak 1,462Feb 2022 — avg 916 · peak 1,771Jul 2022 — avg 782 · peak 1,402Dec 2022 — avg 956 · peak 1,695May 2023 — avg 826 · peak 1,471Oct 2023 — avg 974 · peak 1,899Mar 2024 — avg 887 · peak 1,641Aug 2024 — avg 829 · peak 1,496Jan 2025 — avg 1,158 · peak 2,663Jun 2025 — avg 856 · peak 1,657Nov 2025 — avg 634 · peak 1,161Apr 2026 — avg 569 · peak 1,038Aug 2026 — avg 533 · peak 978
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 5 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-14 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $3.392016-04-18 — best price $2.492016-08-08 — best price $2.492016-11-23 — best price $2.492017-02-13 — best price $4.992017-05-29 — best price $2.492017-07-31 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-06-22 — best price $2.492018-11-21 — best price $2.492019-01-28 — best price $1.992019-06-25 — best price $1.992019-10-14 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-05-18 — best price $1.992020-07-27 — best price $1.992020-11-03 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992026-08-27 — best price $1.992026-08-31 — best price $1.992026-09-04 — best price $1.992026-09-08 — best price $1.992026-09-12 — best price $9.992026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $1.992026-09-28 — best price $1.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-06 — best price $1.992026-10-10 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

363892026-05-29 — 104 pageviews2026-06-02 — 190 pageviews2026-06-06 — 123 pageviews2026-06-10 — 186 pageviews2026-06-14 — 193 pageviews2026-06-18 — 160 pageviews2026-06-22 — 174 pageviews2026-06-26 — 170 pageviews2026-06-30 — 158 pageviews2026-07-04 — 131 pageviews2026-07-08 — 126 pageviews2026-07-12 — 114 pageviews2026-07-16 — 94 pageviews2026-07-20 — 107 pageviews2026-07-24 — 115 pageviews2026-07-28 — 108 pageviews2026-08-01 — 114 pageviews2026-08-05 — 117 pageviews2026-08-09 — 136 pageviews2026-08-13 — 98 pageviews2026-08-17 — 96 pageviews2026-08-21 — 118 pageviews2026-08-25 — 144 pageviews2026-08-29 — 131 pageviews2026-09-02 — 138 pageviews2026-09-06 — 122 pageviews2026-09-10 — 91 pageviews2026-09-14 — 122 pageviews2026-09-18 — 108 pageviews2026-09-22 — 118 pageviews2026-09-26 — 140 pageviews2026-09-30 — 89 pageviews2026-10-04 — 125 pageviews2026-10-07 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2102026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSWarSandboxBuildingMedievalMilitaryStrategyIsometricReal-TimeColony Sim

Census log

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

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