Massively Multiplayer · February 27, 2012

Stronghold Kingdoms (2012)

extension1 DLCgroup100k–1M ownerstrending_up278 peak concurrentrecommend269 recommendations
Cast as a feudal lord or lady, players begin with a single village and keep. They must design and defend their castle before turning their eye to the rest of the country, Europe and the world! Whatever path they choose players will find strength in numbers as they band together, uniting with local Factions and player-led Houses. Key Features 🏰BUILD Your Stronghold - Crush the invading hordes with impenetrable castle defenses. Then launch a counterattack! ⚔️BESIEGE Rival Lords - Attack sworn enemies without warning, cripple their economy or engage in political mind games. 🏹RESEARCH New Technology - Are you a farmer, trader, diplomat or warlord? Explore a vast tech tree to specialize and expand. ⚜️LEAD Your House - Join a faction, attack its enemies, return triumphant and rule over entire countries with your bannermen! 🌍PLAY Anywhere - Wage war with thousands of other Lords playing the full game together on PC and mobile. Besiege the castle that’s never been taken, overthrow ruthless tyrants, bankroll your faction’s war efforts, pillage your neighbor’s resources, peacefully raise cattle or do it all! Factions, elections, liege lords and their vassals come together to form a feudal community of real players with whom to discuss strategies and build allegiances. While an impregnable castle should be at the heart of any kingdom, you can also specialize with a vast research tree. Starting as a humble peasant each promotion provides valuable research points to spend on trading, diplomacy, warfare, farming or religion. Beware as your power grows so does your responsibility. Your vassals will look to you for leadership and you may find yourself fighting for the crown itself!

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 662
  • Free to Play · 516
  • Massively Multiplayer · 321
  • Medieval · 321
  • City Builder · 277
  • Multiplayer · 260
  • Building · 249
  • Base-Building · 244
  • War · 242
  • RTS · 241
  • Real-Time · 238
  • PvP · 234
  • Simulation · 227
  • Sandbox · 223
  • Colony Sim · 222

Position in Massively Multiplayer

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume9.3k Steam reviewsTop 38% in Massively Multiplayer
Positive rating64% positiveGenre average: 73% — this title sits in top 83%
Metacritic75/100Genre average 78 — top 70% of Massively Multiplayer titles
Concurrent peak278 playersTop 59% in Massively Multiplayer by live player count
Engagement hours96 h averageTop 31% for session depth among Massively Multiplayer

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Turkish
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Japanese

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Korean

Reception Metrics

Steam community

64%Mixed · 9.3k reviews

6.0k positive · 3.4k negative

Metacritic

75/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

269

Peak concurrent players

278

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Press Quotes

“An online version of a classic, complete with massive sieges and politics” GamesRadar “Stronghold Kingdoms is probably one of my favourite MMORTS titles” Engadget “A rich massively multiplayer strategy game” GameWatcher

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • MMO
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Trading Cards

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

96h

substantial (40–100 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Release & Availability

Release dateFeb 27, 2012
DeveloperFirefly Studios
Base priceFree-to-play
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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