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The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
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12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) was released on 21 Oct, 2013.
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50 developer announcements, Aug 2020 to Aug 2025 · times in UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn98HHTPl4k With your help Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition has charged into the breach and emerged from its launch victorious! The response from fans has been nothing short of stellar and we're…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZanPPwupPz4 The time is NOW, Sire! The long march is finally over and your forces have finally arrived at our divine destination - Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is out now with a 10% launch…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71UzpnLOH7U Updates and DLC To Add New Lords, Customisation and More! Good Day, Sire! Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is now less than two weeks from launch, so what better time than now to share all…
Firefly_Studioshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXejCnia8tc Good tidings, Sire! Steam Next Fest is now live and with it our second public demo for Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition. Showcasing the latest fixes, a full Sands of Time mission…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js6TBaUA8QQ Good morrow, my liege! After 150,000 demo downloads, three times as many as Stronghold: Definitive Edition... We have channelled thousands of your Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition feedback…
FireFlyNickGood day, my liege! After a few eagle-eyed players infiltrated the help files, Assassin style, in our Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition reveal demo, we thought it was time to pull back the curtain on our 8 new units. Today’s Feature…
FireFlyNickDive into the devious Kahin, Sentinel, Nomad and Jewel! Greetings My Liege! As the warmth and green of spring finally begins to break through (At least... Here in the UK!) we are marching ever closer to our July 15th release date for this…
FireFlyNickICYMI Since revealing Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition in January's Real-Time Strategy Fest, you have responded to our rally war cry in full force! With over 150,000 wishlists, 130,000 demo downloads and more than 6,000 helpful…
FireFlyNickGreetings Sire! Gird your loins and sharpen your steel because 23 years after it first launched, we’re incredibly excited to announce Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition! Travel back in time to the legendary crusades for the holy land…
DivineLimeSnarls Soon you will see what it means to wage real warfare! That is... In our final instalment of the Stronghold: Definitive Edition 'Jewel' campaign! Valley of the Wolf extends the base game with seven new missions and extra achievements.…
FireFlyNickHappy New Year! After a launch that quite frankly exceeded all our expectations... We are pleased to announce that the first substantial gameplay update for Stronghold: Definitive Edition releases on Steam on February 13th! A simultaneous…
FireFlyNickGreetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. The ultimate version of our first ‘castle sim’ is now available on Steam with upgraded visuals, new missions, Steam multiplayer support and more. We are incredibly excited to be launching our…
FireFlyNickOur final pre-release update for Stronghold: Definitive Edition is a big one... As we reveal our post-release plans for the game! We can now commit to two major updates for the game, with a new economic campaign and second castle trail…
FireFlyNickIncreased Troop Limits, Rally Points and Free Build Improvements! Developer Diary - Episode 2 In our second Stronghold: Definitive Edition dev diary we discuss the genesis of the game, while delving into changes made as part of this new…
FireFlyNickhttps://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/32942208/7d03753b4080826dbf9bd5d6741b9a9269472e24.jpg Castle builders and fans of feudal taxation rejoice! As part of Steam Next Fest: October Edition and in celebration of almost 200,000…
FireFlyNickOur Gamescom Stronghold: Definitive Edition campaign reveal provides an exciting first look at parts one and two of The Jewel Campaign, in which players march across the devastated English hinterland in search of Sir Longarm's captured kin.…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqV6DYBgFzI Here it is... Every burning question we've seen online that we can answer at this point in development for Stronghold: Definitive Edition! We have been absolutely overwhelmed by thousands of…
FireFlyNickhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2140020/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition/ Download, play and give us feedback! Trial ends August 29th We have now released our first public playable demo for Stronghold: Definitive Edition, coming to Steam on…
FireFlyNickA second season of videos now available on the Firefly Studios YouTube channel, The Lore of Stronghold 2 covers some of your favourite characters from the anticipated castle sim sequel!…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIyU5TMaRbM Season 2 of 'The Lore of Stronghold' is upon us! Join Firefly Studios veteran and series narrator Matt, as we delve into the privileged upbringing and tumultuous medieval adulthood of Stronghold 2…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOV-nlgYeNs The second half of our New Stronghold Community Q&A series is now live! Check it out via the link above courtesy of the Firefly Studios YouTube channel. For those of you who might have missed the…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7cyVfFVJKc Hark, a new Stronghold Community Q&A approaches! With our recent announcements, including but not limited to Firefly’s new office (!), game engine and acquisition by Devolver Digital, we thought…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTyVgTS3Nk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8IEZyeK-8U Discover what the future holds for Stronghold and Firefly Studios as a whole with two recent videos, linked above and available on the Firefly YouTube…
FireFlyNickA new series of videos now available on the Firefly Studios YouTube channel, The Lore of Stronghold covers your favourite characters from the original castle sim and its sequels!…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UZJYN6JFuk It's quite hard to believe it, but Stronghold: Crusader turns 20 next year! Thanks to the game's wonderful, active community Crusader retains a healthy number of players, alongside its old school…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWki5r4ohZs We have now released version 1.4 of Stronghold: Warlords on Steam! The Skirmish Trail Update introduces Warlords' first ‘skirmish trail’, a series of challenging missions with unique conditions to…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru6Qe76T3kE We have just released our first post-launch Stronghold community Q&A, covering both Stronghold: Warlords and other past, present and future titles in the series. Today Nick runs a gauntlet of both…
FireFlyNickSun Tzu, AI Invasions & New Map! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvPMZGYt0I Today Stronghold: Warlords gets its first major content release with the Sun Tzu v1.2 Update! Adding requested features such as a new AI opponent, AI invasions in…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuSRk1PPaA Today we reveal the first part of our post-release content roadmap for Stronghold: Warlords! This first phase in our overall roadmap of updates for Warlords covers the spring and early summer…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjLOm-zxwKI Fans of building, besieging and ‘wuselfaktor’ rejoice! The latest entry in our almost 20 year old ‘castle sim’ series, Stronghold: Warlords is now available on Steam. Today we celebrate the game's…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tojme-8vGY In our final pre-launch gameplay preview Aaron, Natasha and Nick go head to head with the AI in a triple threat 3v3 multiplayer match! Facing off against two Hard opponents (Genghis Khan and…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvwOa31YfIY Along with eight unique warlord archetypes, Stronghold: Warlords will feature four fully realised opponents in the form of historical AI Lords. Covering unique historical periods from 300 BC…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0IFo_33DS0 With less than two weeks to go before the worldwide launch of Stronghold: Warlords, we thought it would it would be entertaining to give our developers a blind castle-building challenge! Tasked…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TyFJ0Jbnkc While new gameplay footage is coming later this week, today we're releasing our third and final 'Making Of Stronghold: Warlords' teaser. Today's video is centred around the reveal of Stronghold…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8atMO_Xqb0 While we prepare new gameplay previews for the coming weeks, today we're releasing a second short 'Making Of Stronghold: Warlords' teaser video. Today's preview discusses voice acting and the fine…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz7DZWHrUuk Today we have a short and sweet video for you, in the form of our first 'Teaser' for the 'Making Of Stronghold: Warlords' documentary! Available at launch as part of the Stronghold: Warlords…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXhcnbLeAyA This week we thought we'd take a break between the countless player questions about Stronghold: Warlords (Join the Discord if you have more!) and co-op multiplayer previews for a chance of pace.…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKXA64asjIw Today we reveal even more footage of our unique ‘shared base’ co-op mode, coming to Stronghold: Warlords' multiplayer at launch on March 9th 2021! Using fresh multiplayer gameplay from our…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VyRFVrUq7A Today we reveal footage of our ‘shared base’ co-op mode for Stronghold: Warlords, including our first ever multiplayer gameplay! Allowing players to share control of a single castle when playing…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l8jV5RnS-k As our latest 'castle sim' in what is now a nearly 20 year history (!), Stronghold: Warlords has invited hundreds of questions during the course of development from series fans. In the past we've…
FireFlyNickDear Stronghold Community and Fans, Last week we announced that we had come to the difficult decision to delay the release of Stronghold: Warlords for a second and final time. The release date will no longer be January 26th 2021. We will…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEmuZGaWZX0 As you know Stronghold: Warlords will be the first game in our 'castle sim' strategy series to introduce gunpowder siege weapons. Coming in the form of thunder crash bombs, the fearsome mortar…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsS5tinXmQM Join us for a full rundown of Stronghold: Warlords' titular warlords system, straight from the mind of Stronghold series Lead Designer and Co-Founder Simon Bradbury. Once again taking the video…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMvLtj3lhLc In our final Stronghold: Warlords campaign preview to be released before launch we bring you over 45 minutes of unedited, uninterrupted and commentary-less gameplay! In response to community…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tZEYgdzp0 Firefly Studios’ Designer Stephen Richards and series creator Simon Bradbury have revealed four major improvements to AI behaviour found in their upcoming ‘castle sim’ sequel Stronghold: Warlords.…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uYTtEUgUEA Available on Steam during the weeklong the Autumn Steam Game Fest, our new beta Stronghold: Warlords demo can be downloaded right now. That's right! Between October 7th and 13th players will be…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQQ3lk3enKM We have released new gameplay footage revealing four brand new units coming to our upcoming ‘castle sim’ RTS Stronghold: Warlords. Each with their own special abilities, counters and tactics, the…
FireFlyNickhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BviS6ns_8k We're spotlighting Stronghold: Warlords' economic campaign segment with 20 minutes of fresh gameplay footage! Featuring new developer commentary and insight from Senior Programmer Matt Smith and…
NickTvsTheWorldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfmFaG3ymE0 As shown during the Gamescom Studio show, we're giving you a first look at our Japanese campaign missions following Toyotomi Hideyoshi! This new developer commentary footage shows details on the…
NickTvsTheWorldWe have just announced that the release date for our upcoming RTS ‘castle sim’, Stronghold: Warlords, has been moved from September 29 to January 26, 2021. Given the impact of COVID-19 on individual team members, this new date will result…
NickTvsTheWorldWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Stronghold Crusader | Stronghold Crusader.exe | windows |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
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WinMyDocuments | Stronghold Crusader/Saves | *.sav |
WinMyDocuments | Stronghold Crusader/Maps | *.map |
WinMyDocuments | Stronghold Crusader | crusader.cfg |
WinMyDocuments | Stronghold Crusader | skmasters2.dat |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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