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Stronghold: Definitive Edition

Firefly Studios · 2023-11-07

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

595
playing now
86%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.49
steam price (US)

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

Welcome to the fractured, war-torn frontier of medieval England. With the King betrayed by his treacherous lords and a realm on the brink of collapse, take control of scattered forces and reunite your kingdom against the monstrous Rat, Pig, Snake and Wolf! Strike down each villainous Lord in missions ranging from breaking sieges and capturing enemy castles to building epic fortresses and repelling enemy assaults. Test the limits of your strategic mind with castle assaults and grand banquets in military and economic campaigns.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 595 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 772 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~97/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,976 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 207k–465k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,339 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 21 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.3k4.3k20232026Week of 2023-11-01: 4,329 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 647 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

595902026-08-06 22:00 — 190 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 122 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 316 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 185 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 164 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 327 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 241 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 179 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 404 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 196 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 118 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 294 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 159 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 137 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 316 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 151 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 123 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 355 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 198 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 100 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 262 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 294 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 117 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 315 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 337 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 143 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 321 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 461 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 211 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 595 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492023-11-072026-08-242023-11-07 — best price $13.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-07 — best price $11.992024-03-25 — best price $11.992024-04-18 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $9.892024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-09-17 — best price $9.892024-10-07 — best price $9.892024-10-21 — best price $14.992024-11-12 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-12 — best price $9.892024-12-30 — best price $9.892025-01-06 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $7.492025-02-03 — best price $14.992025-02-17 — best price $9.892025-03-03 — best price $9.892025-03-13 — best price $4.942025-04-07 — best price $9.892025-05-01 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $9.892025-06-20 — best price $9.892025-07-07 — best price $14.992025-07-21 — best price $4.942025-08-11 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $4.492025-10-20 — best price $14.992025-12-01 — best price $9.892025-12-11 — best price $9.892026-01-26 — best price $9.892026-02-26 — best price $9.892026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-11 — best price $9.892026-06-08 — best price $14.992026-07-06 — best price $14.992026-07-20 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1502026-08-27 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 18:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
56.6%
earned "Make it Through the Winter"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only Option2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,1773%30

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

Player tags

2DRTSEconomySandboxBuildingMedievalStrategyIsometricColony SimHistorical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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