Simulation · March 9, 2021

Stronghold: Warlords (2021)

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ULTIMATE EDITION Buy Stronghold: Warlords Ultimate Edition and get: Base Game All Special Edition Content 24 DLC Campaign Missions The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Mongol Empire (Kublai Khan) Rise of the Shogun (Minamoto Yoritomo) The Warrior Queen (Fu Hao) 8 DLC Warlords (Unique Perks & Upgrades) SPECIAL EDITION Buy Stronghold: Warlords Special Edition and get: Base Game Digital Soundtrack Making of Documentary Digital Art Book Stronghold HD POST-LAUNCH CONTENT About the Game The latest chapter in Firefly Studios' real-time strategy series, Stronghold: Warlords is the first game to recreate the castle economies of East Asia. In Warlords players take command of Mongol hordes, imperial warriors and samurai clansmen as they lay siege to Japanese castles and fortified Chinese cities. Besiege historical warlords using new gunpowder-fuelled siege weapons across 31 campaign missions, 45 skirmish trail scenarios, 28 multiplayer maps, skirmish mode and Free Build sandbox with AI invasions. For the first time ever Stronghold: Warlords allows you to recruit, upgrade and command AI lords across the battlefield in the form of in-game ‘Warlords’. Each warlord under your command boosts your strategic prowess with unique perks, characteristics and upgradeable abilities. Put them to work for your industry, fortifying borders, forging weapons or team up for a pincer attack! Each campaign mission, skirmish game and multiplayer battle means a fresh set of warlords to command and a completely new way to play Stronghold. CONQUER AND COMMAND WARLORDS across the battlefield unlocking more powerful castles, armies and abilities. RELIVE HISTORICAL CAMPAIGNS from 3rd century BC China, to the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate and coming of the Mongol Empire. MASTER THE SKIRMISH TRAILS with 45 unique missions challenging your castle building and besieging expertise. RECRUIT NEW UNITS including imperial fire lancers, disciplined samurai, Mongolian horse archers and deadly ninja. RAZE YOUR ENEMIES with the arrival of gunpowder and new siege weapons like the hwacha arrow launcher, siege tower and fire oxen! BECOME THE GREATEST LORD through fear or admiration using a range of medieval entertainment, taxation and torture. VANQUISH FOES IN MULTIPLAYER across 28 maps, mixing and matching 4 human and 4+ AI players for your ideal online battleground.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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

Full audio (10)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Vietnamese

Simulation releases from 2021

21 Simulation titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

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

  • City Builder · 303
  • Real Time Tactics · 283
  • Colony Sim · 271
  • Building · 267
  • Sandbox · 255
  • Medieval · 254
  • Military · 246
  • Economy · 246
  • War · 244
  • Management · 241
  • Strategy · 233
  • Base-Building · 230
  • RTS · 226
  • Real-Time · 214
  • Historical · 194

Peer Simulation titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume5.0k Steam reviewsTop 52% in Simulation
Positive rating65% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 84%
Metacritic65/100Genre average 75 — top 86% of Simulation titles
Engagement hours15 h averageTop 66% for session depth among Simulation

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Reception Metrics

Steam community

65%Mixed · 5.0k reviews

3.3k positive · 1.8k negative

Metacritic

65/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.4/10

Curator recommendations

4.3k

More from Firefly Studios

Firefly Studios has 9 titles indexed — top 6 by review volume below.

Press Quotes

“Classic mechanics that have aged like a fine wine” 8.5/10 – TechRaptor “The setting perfectly compliments the balance of strategy, building, and mechanics” 8/10 – The Gamer “I’ve found at least as much pleasure in playing it, as my 17 year-old self did with Stronghold in 2001” No Score – Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

15h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

102

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 9, 2021
DeveloperFirefly Studios
Base price$3.99 -90%
DLC / Add-ons5 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Stronghold: Warlords