Stronghold Crusader 2
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Stronghold Crusader 2

Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.

DEV: Firefly StudiosPUB: Firefly StudiosAppID 232890
UPDATE PULSEevery ~291d·last 412d ago·6 recent on record

Is Stronghold Crusader 2 still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

71.8
Mixed

Elixir Rating

72.4% of 18,104 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 71.8. It is a finished game, so no support adjustment applies either way.

reception 71.8·support +0.0·Mixed

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$39.99

Development

Dormant

Last heard from developers

over a year ago

Usual rhythm

every ~22.5 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

18× normal

The developers have been silent for 412 days against a normal rhythm of about 22.5 — roughly 18 times longer than usual.

Two years of development

substantial routine

Oct2025AprJulOct2026AprJul

9 announcements · 2 substantial · 17 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsAug 7, 2025
Crusader: DE - Update & DLC 1 Reveals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn98HHTPl4k With your help Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition has charged into the breach and emerged from its launch victorious! The response from fans has been nothing short of stellar and we're please

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Community AnnouncementsJul 16, 2025
Stronghold Crusader: DE - Out Now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZanPPwupPz4 The time is NOW, Sire! The long march is finally over and your forces have finally arrived at our divine destination - Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is out now with a 10% launch discount

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Community AnnouncementsJul 3, 2025
Stronghold Crusader: DE - Roadmap Reveal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71UzpnLOH7U Updates and DLC To Add New Lords, Customisation and More! Good Day, Sire! Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is now less than two weeks from launch, so what better time than now to share all

Community AnnouncementsJun 9, 2025
New Coop Trailer & Next Fest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXejCnia8tc Good tidings, Sire! Steam Next Fest is now live and with it our second public demo for Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition. Showcasing the latest fixes, a full Sands of Time mission, Historica

Community AnnouncementsMay 23, 2025
Feature Spotlight: 10k Unit Cap, Mosques & More!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js6TBaUA8QQ Good morrow, my liege! After 150,000 demo downloads, three times as many as Stronghold: Definitive Edition... We have channelled thousands of your Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition feedback

Community AnnouncementsApr 30, 2025
Feature Spotlight: New Units

Good day, my liege! After a few eagle-eyed players infiltrated the help files, Assassin style, in our Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition reveal demo, we thought it was time to pull back the curtain on our 8 new units. Today’s Feature S

Community AnnouncementsApr 4, 2025
Feature Spotlight: New AI Lords

Dive into the devious Kahin, Sentinel, Nomad and Jewel! Greetings My Liege! As the warmth and green of spring finally begins to break through (At least... Here in the UK!) we are marching ever closer to our July 15th release date for this l

Community AnnouncementsMar 20, 2025
Crusader: Definitive Edition - Reveal Round-Up!

ICYMI Since revealing Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition in January's Real-Time Strategy Fest, you have responded to our rally war cry in full force! With over 150,000 wishlists, 130,000 demo downloads and more than 6,000 helpful respo

Community AnnouncementsJan 13, 2025
Stronghold Crusader 2 - Windows 11 24H2 Hotfix

Date: 13/01/25 Players recently reported an issue running the game after the release of the Microsoft Windows 11 24H2 Update. The Microsoft Update prevented the game running in full screen. We are pleased to announce that we have resolved t

Community AnnouncementsMar 28, 2024
Valley of the Wolf & Spring Update - Coming April 30th!

Snarls Soon you will see what it means to wage real warfare! That is... In our final instalment of the Stronghold: Definitive Edition 'Jewel' campaign! Valley of the Wolf extends the base game with seven new missions and extra achievements.

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 1, 2024
The Future of Stronghold

Happy New Year! After a launch that quite frankly exceeded all our expectations... We are pleased to announce that the first substantial gameplay update for Stronghold: Definitive Edition releases on Steam on February 13th! A simultaneous l

Community AnnouncementsNov 7, 2023
Stronghold: Definitive Edition - Out Now!

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. The ultimate version of our first ‘castle sim’ is now available on Steam with upgraded visuals, new missions, Steam multiplayer support and more. We are incredibly excited to be launching our firs

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Community AnnouncementsNov 3, 2023
Stronghold: DE - Post-Release Roadmap

Our final pre-release update for Stronghold: Definitive Edition is a big one... As we reveal our post-release plans for the game! We can now commit to two major updates for the game, with a new economic campaign and second castle trail plan

Community AnnouncementsOct 27, 2023
New Dev Diaries & Gameplay

Increased Troop Limits, Rally Points and Free Build Improvements! Developer Diary - Episode 2 In our second Stronghold: Definitive Edition dev diary we discuss the genesis of the game, while delving into changes made as part of this new edi

Community AnnouncementsOct 9, 2023
🏰 New Stronghold: DE Demo Out Now 🏰

https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/32942208/7d03753b4080826dbf9bd5d6741b9a9269472e24.jpg Castle builders and fans of feudal taxation rejoice! As part of Steam Next Fest: October Edition and in celebration of almost 200,000 wishl

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Community AnnouncementsAug 29, 2023
Definitive Edition - Campaign Trailer

Our Gamescom Stronghold: Definitive Edition campaign reveal provides an exciting first look at parts one and two of The Jewel Campaign, in which players march across the devastated English hinterland in search of Sir Longarm's captured kin.

Community AnnouncementsAug 18, 2023
Stronghold: DE - Your Biggest Questions Answered!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqV6DYBgFzI Here it is... Every burning question we've seen online that we can answer at this point in development for Stronghold: Definitive Edition! We have been absolutely overwhelmed by thousands of respo

Community AnnouncementsAug 10, 2023
Stronghold: Definitive Edition - Demo Now Live!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140020/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition/ Download, play and give us feedback! Trial ends August 29th We have now released our first public playable demo for Stronghold: Definitive Edition, coming to Steam on

Community AnnouncementsOct 25, 2022
Halloween Update 2022

To ring in All Hallows the deranged coders and artists at Firefly have once again cursed your pigs, peasants, poultry and more in Stronghold Crusader 2! Reduced to little more than bones, dust and spooky procedurally generated names like ‘R

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Community AnnouncementsSep 1, 2022
The Lore of Stronghold - Season 2

A second season of videos now available on the Firefly Studios YouTube channel, The Lore of Stronghold 2 covers some of your favourite characters from the anticipated castle sim sequel! https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/

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Community AnnouncementsAug 5, 2022
The Lore of Stronghold - Sir William

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIyU5TMaRbM Season 2 of 'The Lore of Stronghold' is upon us! Join Firefly Studios veteran and series narrator Matt, as we delve into the privileged upbringing and tumultuous medieval adulthood of Stronghold 2

Community AnnouncementsJul 7, 2022
Stronghold Community Q&A (Part 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOV-nlgYeNs The second half of our New Stronghold Community Q&A series is now live! Check it out via the link above courtesy of the Firefly Studios YouTube channel. For those of you who might have missed the

Community AnnouncementsJun 24, 2022
New Stronghold! - Community Q&A (Part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7cyVfFVJKc Hark, a new Stronghold Community Q&A approaches! With our recent announcements, including but not limited to Firefly’s new office (!), game engine and acquisition by Devolver Digital, we thought t

Community AnnouncementsJun 7, 2022
The Future of Firefly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTyVgTS3Nk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8IEZyeK-8U Discover what the future holds for Stronghold and Firefly Studios as a whole with two recent videos, linked above and available on the Firefly YouTube C

Community AnnouncementsJun 6, 2022
The Future of Firefly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTyVgTS3Nk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8IEZyeK-8U Discover what the future holds for Stronghold and Firefly Studios as a whole with two recent videos, linked above and available on the Firefly YouTube C

Community AnnouncementsMay 31, 2022
The Lore of Stronghold - Season 1

A new series of videos now available on the Firefly Studios YouTube channel, The Lore of Stronghold covers your favourite characters from the original castle sim and its sequels! https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/

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Community AnnouncementsJun 22, 2021
Skirmish Trail Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWki5r4ohZs We have now released version 1.4 of Stronghold: Warlords on Steam! The Skirmish Trail Update introduces Warlords' first ‘skirmish trail’, a series of challenging missions with unique conditions to

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Community AnnouncementsMay 14, 2021
New Post-Launch Q&A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru6Qe76T3kE We have just released our first post-launch Stronghold community Q&A, covering both Stronghold: Warlords and other past, present and future titles in the series. Today Nick runs a gauntlet of both

Community AnnouncementsApr 13, 2021
Free Warlords Update

Sun Tzu, AI Invasions & New Map! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvPMZGYt0I Today Stronghold: Warlords gets its first major content release with the Sun Tzu v1.2 Update! Adding requested features such as a new AI opponent, AI invasions in

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Community AnnouncementsMar 23, 2021
Warlords Roadmap Reveal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuSRk1PPaA Today we reveal the first part of our post-release content roadmap for Stronghold: Warlords! This first phase in our overall roadmap of updates for Warlords covers the spring and early summer peri