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Stronghold: Warlords

Firefly Studios · 2021-03-09

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Mar 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

Stronghold: Warlords is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 5321 reviews).

55
playing now
65%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (102 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

55 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Stronghold: Warlords is a 2021 real-time strategy video game developed and published by Firefly Studios for Windows. Unlike the previous entries of the Stronghold series, which were focused on Europe during the Middle Ages, Stronghold: Warlords is set in East Asia, with campaigns based on historical events of China, Vietnam, and Japan. It was the last game Firefly Studios released as an independent entity before being acquired by Devolver Digital three months later.

Trailer

Stronghold: Warlords trailer thumbnail

Stronghold: Warlords - Ultimate Edition Trailer

≈955,456 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 55 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 154 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,526 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 106k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,321 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-90%
GOG$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2024-03-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 61 of 104 observed days · $36.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
97697620212026Week of 2021-03-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 550 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

76112026-09-15 13:00 — 48 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 49 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 44 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 37 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 52 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 36 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 40 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 45 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 27 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 41 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 47 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 32 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 29 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 58 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 32 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 54 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 35 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k46Mar 2021Aug 2026Mar 2021 — avg 1,078 · peak 4,122May 2021 — avg 190 · peak 409Jul 2021 — avg 149 · peak 354Sep 2021 — avg 129 · peak 289Nov 2021 — avg 177 · peak 467Jan 2022 — avg 166 · peak 393Mar 2022 — avg 126 · peak 281May 2022 — avg 125 · peak 328Jul 2022 — avg 138 · peak 359Sep 2022 — avg 113 · peak 388Nov 2022 — avg 138 · peak 378Jan 2023 — avg 167 · peak 379Mar 2023 — avg 117 · peak 265May 2023 — avg 99 · peak 268Jul 2023 — avg 145 · peak 337Sep 2023 — avg 107 · peak 262Nov 2023 — avg 105 · peak 253Jan 2024 — avg 99 · peak 244Mar 2024 — avg 116 · peak 347May 2024 — avg 88 · peak 239Jul 2024 — avg 96 · peak 211Sep 2024 — avg 79 · peak 214Nov 2024 — avg 75 · peak 208Jan 2025 — avg 105 · peak 312Mar 2025 — avg 94 · peak 221May 2025 — avg 72 · peak 220Jul 2025 — avg 80 · peak 180Sep 2025 — avg 62 · peak 185Nov 2025 — avg 52 · peak 112Jan 2026 — avg 59 · peak 140Mar 2026 — avg 49 · peak 107May 2026 — avg 46 · peak 101Jul 2026 — avg 62 · peak 139Aug 2026 — avg 47 · peak 114
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$3.992021-03-092026-10-142021-03-09 — best price $31.992021-04-30 — best price $39.992021-07-09 — best price $25.992021-08-20 — best price $26.792021-10-28 — best price $19.992021-12-17 — best price $15.992022-02-23 — best price $19.992022-04-18 — best price $39.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-08-15 — best price $32.082022-11-08 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $39.992023-03-16 — best price $7.992023-05-22 — best price $7.992023-07-30 — best price $8.682023-09-18 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $9.992024-02-08 — best price $9.992024-03-25 — best price $3.992024-05-06 — best price $39.992024-07-12 — best price $39.992024-09-16 — best price $3.992024-11-12 — best price $39.992025-01-05 — best price $39.992025-03-06 — best price $10.002025-05-05 — best price $10.002025-07-07 — best price $39.992025-09-01 — best price $3.992025-12-01 — best price $10.002026-03-03 — best price $9.992026-05-18 — best price $39.992026-08-17 — best price $9.992026-09-07 — best price $9.992026-09-22 — best price $39.992026-10-07 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

232202026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 58 pageviews2026-06-06 — 34 pageviews2026-06-10 — 82 pageviews2026-06-14 — 102 pageviews2026-06-18 — 32 pageviews2026-06-22 — 50 pageviews2026-06-26 — 64 pageviews2026-06-30 — 51 pageviews2026-07-04 — 34 pageviews2026-07-08 — 42 pageviews2026-07-12 — 39 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-20 — 37 pageviews2026-07-24 — 39 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 33 pageviews2026-08-09 — 42 pageviews2026-08-13 — 23 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 31 pageviews2026-08-25 — 48 pageviews2026-08-29 — 29 pageviews2026-09-02 — 29 pageviews2026-09-06 — 36 pageviews2026-09-10 — 28 pageviews2026-09-14 — 31 pageviews2026-09-18 — 21 pageviews2026-09-22 — 30 pageviews2026-09-26 — 35 pageviews2026-09-30 — 29 pageviews2026-10-04 — 34 pageviews2026-10-08 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
84.3%
earned "Occupation"
9.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud5 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2021-05-18, latest 2023-05-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9112%102

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSWarEconomySandboxBuildingMedievalMilitaryStrategyReal-TimeColony Sim

Census log

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

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