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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

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.

359
playing now
98%
positive of 21k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)
$1.99
steam price (US)

359 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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
  • · 359 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 4% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 842k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,050 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 0 of 4 observed days (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

8332442026-08-06 21:00 — 552 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 290 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 645 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 624 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 374 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 741 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 613 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 373 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 833 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 551 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 272 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 644 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 507 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 273 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 607 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 543 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 269 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 742 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 691 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 244 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 548 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 767 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 323 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 650 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 775 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 291 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 522 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 798 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 359 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-13 — best price $2.492015-11-25 — best price $3.392016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-04-18 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-10-31 — best price $2.492016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-02-13 — best price $4.992017-03-20 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $1.992017-08-07 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-05-07 — best price $9.992018-08-27 — best price $2.492018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-01-28 — best price $1.992019-04-08 — best price $9.992019-08-19 — best price $1.992019-10-21 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-30 — best price $1.992020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-07-27 — best price $1.992020-10-05 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992026-08-27 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

363942026-05-29 — 104 pageviews2026-06-01 — 155 pageviews2026-06-04 — 142 pageviews2026-06-07 — 244 pageviews2026-06-10 — 186 pageviews2026-06-13 — 241 pageviews2026-06-16 — 148 pageviews2026-06-19 — 149 pageviews2026-06-22 — 174 pageviews2026-06-25 — 201 pageviews2026-06-28 — 158 pageviews2026-07-01 — 148 pageviews2026-07-04 — 131 pageviews2026-07-07 — 113 pageviews2026-07-10 — 147 pageviews2026-07-13 — 138 pageviews2026-07-16 — 94 pageviews2026-07-19 — 124 pageviews2026-07-22 — 119 pageviews2026-07-25 — 115 pageviews2026-07-28 — 108 pageviews2026-07-31 — 120 pageviews2026-08-03 — 102 pageviews2026-08-06 — 127 pageviews2026-08-09 — 136 pageviews2026-08-12 — 127 pageviews2026-08-15 — 139 pageviews2026-08-18 — 129 pageviews2026-08-21 — 118 pageviews2026-08-24 — 124 pageviews2026-08-26 — 134 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 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

Player tags

RTSWarSandboxBuildingMedievalMilitaryStrategyIsometricReal-TimeColony Sim

Census log

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

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