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Stronghold Kingdoms cover art

Stronghold Kingdoms

Firefly Studios · 2012-02-27

Steam

Massively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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

A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!

Stronghold Kingdoms is a 2012 Massively Multiplayer, Strategy, Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 9583 reviews).

225
playing now
64%
positive of 9.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
53/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

225 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Stronghold Kingdoms is a 2012 massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game video game with a Medieval castle building theme. It was an installment in the Stronghold series of games. It is the first game in the MMO genre to be developed by Firefly Studios.

Trailer

Stronghold Kingdoms trailer thumbnail

Stronghold Kingdoms Launch Trailer

≈406,850 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 225 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 182 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 1,853 Massively Multiplayer games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13313320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4492212026-09-16 06:00 — 293 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 368 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 382 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 272 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 346 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 401 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 245 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 329 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 408 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 221 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 295 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 413 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 254 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 319 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 449 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 263 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 260 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 335 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 306 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 263 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 305 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 334 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 225 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.6k315Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 3,364 · peak 4,748Dec 2012 — avg 3,088 · peak 4,929May 2013 — avg 3,015 · peak 4,669Oct 2013 — avg 2,645 · peak 4,250Mar 2014 — avg 2,578 · peak 4,273Aug 2014 — avg 1,609 · peak 2,623Jan 2015 — avg 1,534 · peak 2,451Jun 2015 — avg 1,262 · peak 1,993Nov 2015 — avg 1,385 · peak 2,216Apr 2016 — avg 1,269 · peak 2,097Sep 2016 — avg 859 · peak 1,343Feb 2017 — avg 747 · peak 1,173Jul 2017 — avg 678 · peak 1,010Dec 2017 — avg 660 · peak 1,045May 2018 — avg 546 · peak 865Oct 2018 — avg 567 · peak 906Mar 2019 — avg 584 · peak 915Aug 2019 — avg 488 · peak 778Jan 2020 — avg 482 · peak 777Jun 2020 — avg 507 · peak 776Nov 2020 — avg 629 · peak 973Apr 2021 — avg 537 · peak 851Sep 2021 — avg 418 · peak 632Feb 2022 — avg 429 · peak 664Jul 2022 — avg 371 · peak 542Dec 2022 — avg 427 · peak 634May 2023 — avg 389 · peak 569Oct 2023 — avg 394 · peak 613Mar 2024 — avg 387 · peak 586Aug 2024 — avg 365 · peak 563Jan 2025 — avg 366 · peak 543Jun 2025 — avg 315 · peak 470Nov 2025 — avg 374 · peak 555Apr 2026 — avg 356 · peak 545Aug 2026 — avg 349 · peak 509
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-222026-10-152026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

9872026-05-29 — 15 pageviews2026-06-02 — 30 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 34 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-22 — 22 pageviews2026-06-26 — 28 pageviews2026-06-30 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 19 pageviews2026-07-24 — 23 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 25 pageviews2026-08-13 — 12 pageviews2026-08-17 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 24 pageviews2026-09-06 — 20 pageviews2026-09-10 — 11 pageviews2026-09-14 — 17 pageviews2026-09-18 — 16 pageviews2026-09-22 — 28 pageviews2026-09-26 — 18 pageviews2026-09-30 — 16 pageviews2026-10-04 — 18 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 14:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-11-04 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPRTSWarSandboxBuildingMedievalStrategyReal-TimeColony SimSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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