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Stronghold: Warlords cover art

Stronghold: Warlords

Firefly Studios · 2021-03-09

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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!

36
playing now
65%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

36 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 36 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 12% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 106k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,310 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-90%
GOG$9.99-75%

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 43 of 68 observed days · at its 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

8102026-08-07 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 38 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 62 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 38 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 72 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 81 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 78 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 63 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 30 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 74 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 51 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 27 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 73 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 47 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 56 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 77 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 36 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$3.992021-03-092026-08-302021-03-09 — 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 $9.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

232202026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-01 — 52 pageviews2026-06-04 — 35 pageviews2026-06-07 — 144 pageviews2026-06-10 — 82 pageviews2026-06-13 — 86 pageviews2026-06-16 — 36 pageviews2026-06-19 — 51 pageviews2026-06-22 — 50 pageviews2026-06-25 — 85 pageviews2026-06-28 — 48 pageviews2026-07-01 — 32 pageviews2026-07-04 — 34 pageviews2026-07-07 — 37 pageviews2026-07-10 — 36 pageviews2026-07-13 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-19 — 35 pageviews2026-07-22 — 32 pageviews2026-07-25 — 46 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-07-31 — 22 pageviews2026-08-03 — 32 pageviews2026-08-06 — 45 pageviews2026-08-09 — 42 pageviews2026-08-12 — 34 pageviews2026-08-15 — 42 pageviews2026-08-18 — 30 pageviews2026-08-21 — 31 pageviews2026-08-24 — 47 pageviews2026-08-26 — 42 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…

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.

Player tags

RTSWarEconomySandboxBuildingMedievalMilitaryStrategyReal-TimeColony Sim

Census log

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

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