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Stronghold HD

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4.4/5

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4.4

348 Reviews

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Stronghold HD
Description
Establish your settlement, build your castle, and engage in siege warfare to defend your people in Stronghold, a unique "Castle Sim" combining the best aspects from City Builder and a Real-Time Strategy Game. Set in Medieval Europe, Stronghold challenges you with the daunting task of protecting your...
Genre:
Strategy - Building - Historical
Tags:
Strategy, Atmospheric, 2D, Classic, Funny, show 11 more... Open World, Sandbox, Historical, Resource Management, Isometric, Building, Medieval, Base Building, City builder, RTS, Tower Defense
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4.4/5

( 348 Reviews )

4.4

348 Reviews

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Product details
2001, FireFly Studios, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8, 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatibl...
Time to beat
19.5 hMain
24 h Main + Sides
29.5 h Completionist
22 h All Styles

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Description
Establish your settlement, build your castle, and engage in siege warfare to defend your people in Stronghold, a unique "Castle Sim" combining the best aspects from City Builder and a Real-Time Strategy Game. Set in Medieval Europe, Stronghold challenges you with the daunting task of protecting your land from invasion, while keeping Lords, ladies, Jesters, Chicken, and much more.

Choose from four separate game modes: play the economic (non-combat) campaign; siege famous historical castles; test your castle building prowess in the "Siege That" challenge mode; or use the freebuilder mode to peacefully design your ideal castle.

Stronghold features single-player campaign consisting of 21 story-based missions. If you want more you can create new missions for you and your friends with full-featured map and scenario editor. Invite up to 8 players via LAN or over the Internet and get prepared for destruction waits outside your safe heaven, as the enemy prepares to storm the castle walls.
  • The new package includes the original Stronghold and Stronghold HD, which supports higher resolutions and the new HD battlefield view, which allows you to view the entire map.
  • The atmosphere of real medieval warfare 21 story-based missions where you can defend against and attack different foes.
  • Many unique game modes where you can besiege famous historical castles
Goodies
manual (67 pages) Super Castle Attack mini game soundtrack Stronghold Excalibur Pack HD wallpaper Classic Stronghold (Windows) Classic Stronghold (Mac)
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:

Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

Recommended system requirements:

Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
19.5 hMain
24 h Main + Sides
29.5 h Completionist
22 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Building - Historical
Tags:
Strategy, Atmospheric, 2D, Classic, Funny, show 11 more... Open World, Sandbox, Historical, Resource Management, Isometric, Building, Medieval, Base Building, City builder, RTS, Tower Defense
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2001-10-22T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
FireFly Studios / FireFly Studios
Size:
742 MB
Links:
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Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Violence, Blood)
Game features
Cloud saves
Multi-player
Single-player
Languages
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User reviews

Posted on: November 7, 2024

HiBarraStoop

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Games: 43 Reviews: 12

A true classic

This RTS carries a charm that seems to be lacking in modern RTS. The simplicity and the atmosphere are just lovely. It is definitely dated, but give it a try. It'll pull you in!

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Posted on: December 21, 2024

applehiku

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Games: 239 Reviews: 46

Manor Lords in 2D?

Build a small empire to fight off the enemy. (popularity gains people, people need food, buildings need wood, etc) Excellent game, great graphics, music, gameplay. Modes: combat campaign, economy campaign, single match, map maker. Playtime: 3 hours

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Posted on: July 29, 2025

AmirGame024

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Games: 32 Reviews: 29

Great Game Forever

It's a great game. I'm having a lot of fun playing the game.

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Posted on: February 22, 2009

zincfish

Verified owner

Games: 47 Reviews: 1

Embrace your inner turtle

Just what I was looking for - a game in which I make myself an impregnable fortress. There's something supremely satisfying about constructing a wooden and stone deathtrap which minces attacking enemies. It works fine on my little low-powered, low cost netbook and rarely requires the kind of twitch mousing the touchpad hates. This game is bursting with personality and detail. You can enjoy watching your peasants going about their business with some surprisingly detailed 2D animations. The battles themselves are more about preparation than reflex, letting those of us who prefer to sit back and let our plans unfold enjoy ourselves. Taking a keep seems, to me at least, less fun. But hey, if all you want to do is build, then you can do that in the sandbox modes.

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Posted on: September 30, 2011

JamRil

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Games: 48 Reviews: 1

Unique in it's kind

I have to say I was pretty impressed back in 2001 with this game. This mix of caesar 3 and aoe is really unique and addictive, that is why nearly 10 years later it's still a fun rts to play (not to mention the awsome game score). I would definetely recommand it to any rts fan.

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