Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

great timeless game. absolute classic you can waste hours of time on

I love this game and I know whoever search this game loves this game and they have played it alot.

Feels weird being prompted to write a review about the original Stronghold Crusader.
It's Stronghold Crusader. It's THE medieval RTS game right after Age2, there's nothing else on this level.
It's just objectively good. I don't need to sell this to anyone. If you don't play this, that's your problem.

Once you understand the game you cant stop playing it 10/10

Its old! But fun! The new merc troops give the game new troops and strats to play with other than that is stronghold... whats not to like!

10/10 even after 20+ years after launch, it really stands the test of time..

Classic.

For the younger crowd the controls, layout and graphics might not be what they are used to. But at the core is a great game.

Peak Stronghold, the 2nd and strangely enough last good stronghold game to ever be released aside from a certain remaster

This is proof that Stronghold should have never gone away from its iconic 2D artstyle

Great game but it's so unbalanced. You can't survive 20 minutes without being walked all over by the AI.

old time classic. one of the best castle building systems in the world hands down

Old but gold. Great strategy game for beginners

The myth, the legend...Stronghold Crusader. Possibly the best RTS game ever, and my personal favorite.

I'll definitely come back every few months and give it a little play. <3

Classic Strategy game, I remember growing up on this playing it on my Dads XP Desktop.

One of the best RTS in existence. It is an experience that you must have once in your lifetime.

playing this game from childhood and its still amazing 10/10 game

My Childhood Game, loved this. very nice

Whenever I close my eyes and try to sleep I am haunted by the same terrifying sound . . .

[b] WOOD NEEDED

Great classic RTS, up there with age of empire and age of mythology.

This was the game of my childhood. I have spent thousands of hours playing Stronghold Crusader (even more if we're also counting Stronghold, Stronghold 2, Legends etc) and it was simply the best game in existence for me.

Now, with the Definitive Edition on the horizon, I'm more hyped than ever. The original Stronghold Crusader is well worth the money, and despite owning the physical Stronghold Collection I bought the game on sale for like ~3€ anyways.

Maybe its not the best game ever made objectively, but for me it will always be. Thank you Firefly for creating this absolute RTS gem!

i like this game and and i play many many time for this and you can play for friend or in your map and you can play with many many way and when i play this game i calm ty

the game is amazing, as stressfull as it sometimes is, its a amazing game.

I`M SO GLAD THAT ONE OF OF MY FAVOURITES CHILDHOOD Games which I have 900+ hours on Record and which I`ve been playing waayyyy BEFORE joining Steam in 2013 will get a REMASTER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D95s3pdGk38

STRONGHOLD CRUSADER: Def. Edition Ladies and Gents

- 8 NEW Troops
- 4 NEW A.I Lords (besides the Original Lords in the OG Game that we already have)
- COOP! ( We can play together against A.I Lords so you can see how I build my castles and when the fight is Almost over we can burn each other`s castles even tho we are Allies)
- Achievments, NEW Fights/Trails ETC, ETC. MAN I AM SO F* EXCITED

And it`s also coming on my Birthday lol. BEST BIRTHDAY Present I`m gonna give to myself. THANK YOU FIREFLY STUDIOS THAT YOU STILL CARE!

WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM -----------) COMING July 15, this year.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3024040/Stronghold_Crusader_Definitive_Edition/


I already know it will be a Top Seller. But I also know I`m gonna buy it AT FULL PRICE.

BEST NEWS SO FAR!!! IT MADE MY DAY

9/10 Stronghold Crusader HD is an iconic castle simulator with real time tactics and over one hundred missions to play and siege your opponents. A little outdated but plenty nostalgic.

My takeaway: Stronghold Crusader HD is one of those games you can spend many hours in and does a great job and both slow and fast paced playing styles. The surprisingly active community is testament to how iconic and great this title is considering it came out several decades ago. The music, UI, visuals, and gameplay all run smoothly and work together to create the atmosphere of a distant Arabic land. It’s fascinating finding new ways to lay siege on opponents, both real and AI, and think of new and innovative ways to play. Coupled with the level editor; the game really encourages the player to think outside the box and come up with elaborate ways to win. Missions and campaigns provide an entertaining and challenging component to the gameplay which is sure to leave someone playing for hours if they enjoy sandbox strategy resource management games and don’t mind the outdated artstyle. There are no achievements and I ultimately played nearly 70 hours before growing tired of the game.

If aesthetics are super important to you- the outdated artstyle can definitely prove to be difficult to get past. It’s ugly; and even with the high resolution HD graphics it obviously falls way behind newer games of this genre. Some voice lines are also repeated constantly and can get annoying when you very well know that wood is needed.

Stronghold Crusader HD is worth it at full price and a no-brainer on sale.

Pros

• Can definitely be a time sink.
  
• Surprisingly active community.
  
• PVP, Missions, Campaigns, and AI are all balanced.
  
• Music suits the game.
  
• Great atmosphere.
  
• Plenty of options for creative and innovative tactics.
  
• Level editor for further creative and innovative tactics.
  
• Nostalgia.
  
• Steam trading cards.
  

• Ugly.
  
• A bit of a learning curb.
  
• Some annoying repeated voice lines.
  
[*] No achievements.

best game ever. i return to it every few years or months.

25 year old game, but it still holds up as a solid overhead Isometric RTS (Real-time Strategy)

Best game oat, my brother recommended this to me. I recommend buying it on sale as it is really cheap then

definitely draws you in with all the different possibilities of gameplay

best game ever made, but sadly No updates

Perfect , Perfect ; One of best game that I played

Awesome gameplay, been playing since i was a fella

One of the best oldschool rts game , this is my childhood era!

The nostalgia is real thick with this one

Dual monitor glitch, wasted 30 minutes on the various fixes on the internet and none of them fixed it.

My favorite RTS game ever!
Such good memories are tied into this game, we had lots of LAN parties back in the days.
North vs South is best map for 4 v 4 gameplay.


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☐ You forget what reality is
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☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

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☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

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☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

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☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

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☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

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☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

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☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

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☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

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☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
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☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

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☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
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☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

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☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
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☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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10/10 voice acting, music, and game play still as good as i remember it be.

Amazing, A great game to spend your boring time - Well strategic sense enhancement - Yes - You need just a descent PC

Great strategy and my favorite at the same time. I especially liked the campaign structure without unnecessary running around of characters like in other RTS.
Brilliant game.

For me this game is really nostalgic but also one of the best strategic games. I still play it after 20+ years, thats how it is good. Simple and fun.

It's says I played for 4 hours. But I played this game like one thousand hours... Like when gpu was 512mb hard core... and now i played this game using only cpu... thats fucking madness. fuck I love this game.

Has better multiplayer but a worse campaign compared to the original stronghold.
If you prefer a more mediaval atmosphere play the original, if you like to play more against bots and online (and also maybe like the desert theme more) play this.

2002, This game is great.

2025, This game is still great.

10/10

Don't join the crusaders, join Saladin so Islam can reign its sovereignty.

ALLAHU AKBAR!

I always have a great time playing this game. I absolutely love it.

Best castle simulator game I've played. I had the original game on CD-ROM when it came out. I've played an outrageous number of hours both on and off Steam.

I love how easy to comprehend and understand this game is. each opponent employs different tactics and the challenge increases as you progress but there is a limited variety of troops and buildings which keeps the complexity of gaming simpler.

Simple strategy game that is still enjoyable

This game is literally older than me and it's still one of the best out there. Great job by an indie company. Sadly there isn't a reliable way of playing it with friends. The game recommends using Gameranger but it's an extremely sketchy and unstable platform.

Definitely one of the best strategy games I have ever played.

---{ Graphics }---
☑ Very good

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good

---{ Audio }---
☑ Very good

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☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

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☑ Potato

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☑ Workable

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☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master

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☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks

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☑ It'll replace your life

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☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☑ Worth the price

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of

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