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Stronghold HD (2012) cover art

Stronghold HD (2012)

Firefly Studios · 2013-10-21

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 01, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

75
playing now
96%
positive of 10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
30h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.19
steam price (US)

75 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Stronghold is a 2001 real-time strategy video game developed by Firefly Studios and originally published by Gathering of Developers for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the first instalment of the Stronghold series. The game focuses primarily on conquest and expansion through military pursuits but also has prominent economic and infrastructure development elements. There is both an economic and a military campaign to be played and both are discussed in the game manual. The country depicted in the game is never mentioned, but the geography and nobility of the game strongly resembles Medieval England.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 75 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 291 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 417k–835k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,432 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.19-80%
GOG$1.79-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.98 at GamersGate (2017-06-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 40 of 65 observed days · $0.81 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18118120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

205362026-08-06 22:00 — 104 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 147 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 100 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 79 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 175 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 120 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 82 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 176 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 119 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 77 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 152 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 99 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 72 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 134 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 87 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 60 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 162 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 99 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 134 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 132 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 47 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 173 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 175 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 64 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 126 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 173 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 75 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-08-17 — best price $5.992016-03-11 — best price $1.492016-10-10 — best price $5.992017-05-22 — best price $1.442017-12-12 — best price $1.492018-06-11 — best price $1.492018-11-19 — best price $1.492019-05-27 — best price $5.992019-11-21 — best price $1.492020-02-07 — best price $4.372020-04-23 — best price $1.122020-07-14 — best price $5.992020-09-13 — best price $5.282020-10-29 — best price $5.282020-12-31 — best price $5.992021-02-25 — best price $4.992021-04-30 — best price $4.992021-07-19 — best price $5.992021-10-22 — best price $4.482022-01-24 — best price $1.492022-05-09 — best price $1.492022-09-19 — best price $1.792023-01-23 — best price $1.792023-05-24 — best price $5.992023-09-12 — best price $5.992024-02-08 — best price $1.792024-05-15 — best price $5.992024-09-30 — best price $5.992025-01-06 — best price $5.992025-05-05 — best price $1.802025-10-06 — best price $1.802026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

370522026-05-31 — 78 pageviews2026-06-03 — 101 pageviews2026-06-06 — 89 pageviews2026-06-09 — 238 pageviews2026-06-12 — 237 pageviews2026-06-15 — 121 pageviews2026-06-18 — 96 pageviews2026-06-21 — 115 pageviews2026-06-24 — 205 pageviews2026-06-27 — 108 pageviews2026-06-30 — 124 pageviews2026-07-03 — 101 pageviews2026-07-06 — 86 pageviews2026-07-09 — 100 pageviews2026-07-12 — 89 pageviews2026-07-15 — 83 pageviews2026-07-18 — 81 pageviews2026-07-21 — 76 pageviews2026-07-24 — 82 pageviews2026-07-27 — 81 pageviews2026-07-30 — 78 pageviews2026-08-02 — 68 pageviews2026-08-05 — 75 pageviews2026-08-08 — 81 pageviews2026-08-11 — 77 pageviews2026-08-14 — 74 pageviews2026-08-17 — 85 pageviews2026-08-20 — 54 pageviews2026-08-23 — 82 pageviews2026-08-26 — 90 pageviews2026-08-28 — 117 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Player tags

2DRTSFunnyEconomySandboxBuildingMedievalStrategyIsometricColony Sim

Census log

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

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