The Stronghold Collection

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Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line.

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Developer:
Firefly Studios
Publisher:
2K Games
Release date:
27 October 2009
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (33)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (2118)

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Description

Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line.

Features
The ultimate medieval RTS package contains:
  • Stronghold: The original castle sim that started it all
  • Stronghold 2: The King, having fled after the defeat of his own armies, now attempts to rule his country from a secret location. Powerful barons now jostle for what is fast becoming a disintegrating kingdom – it is up to you to stem the tides of their ambition and unite the land under the king again!
  • Stronghold Crusader: Journey to distant Arabian lands renowned for brave warriors and fearsome weaponry as you lead a determined group of Crusaders. Now you have the chance to relive the historic Crusades in four campaigns as Richard the Lionheart and Saladin, the Sultan of Syria.
  • Stronghold Crusader Extreme: Extreme adds on 20 new missions, new buildings, and larger armies of 10,000 troops.
  • Stronghold Legends: Lead as fantasy characters throughout history: King Arthur and the forces of Camelot, Siegfried and Dietrich in the German Ice Campaign, and unleash the fury of the forces of evil in Vlad Dracul’s Transylvania.
  • Updated for Windows 7 and Vista compatibility

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
Processor:
1.6GHz equivalent Intel or AMD processor
Memory:
512MB RAM
Video:
64MB video card with hardware Transform & Lighting
Hard Drive:
2.5GB uncompressed free space
Sound:
DirectX 7 compatible sound card or higher
Direct X/reg;:
DirectX 9.0c (included) or higher

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

Sir Headcrabsimus Zombificus
Recommended | 19 Feb 2026
26.1h played

Pros: ✅ More serious, economy focused gameplay. ✅ Two decently long campaigns + conquest trail (siege campaign). ✅ Cool estate system. ✅ Multiplayer. ✅ Achievements. Cons: ❌ Graphics have aged poorly (though it still

Helpful: 20
NinjaBeest
Not recommended | 07 Mar 2026
27.6h played

One of the best RTS games ever made. The core game itself is still just as good as it always was. Stronghold 2 remains one of the most unique and enjoyable castle-building RTS games ever made. But there is one

Helpful: 15
Leon
Recommended | 18 May 2026
71.6h played

I love this Game. Altough the Steam Edition has a few bugs in the sim campaign. There are many cool Maps on the Steam Workshop. Multiplayer sucks though. They removed Bots... Would love to see a Definitive Edition of

Helpful: 0
tvdkonrad
Recommended | 07 May 2026
30.3h played

I remember being really impressed as a kid when the series transitioned into full 3D. Visually, though, I think the classic 2D style fit the series much better. Despite that, this is probably the strongest entry in the

Helpful: 4
Silverflame888
Recommended | 25 Feb 2026
20.4h played

I got stuck on the one not even half way through the game, its almost impossible, so I gave it up. I don't like scenarios that are castle rush and all your guys get killed even on easy? Balance issues aside its still a

Helpful: 0
IAS
Not recommended | 25 Apr 2026
18.1h played

The game force you to attack strongholds with a tiny army. And the control is junk, troops get stuck in the stairwells. The rule is, if you don't have absolute advantage, like 1000 against 100, you should NOT attack in

Helpful: 1