Stronghold 3 Gold
Skip · Strategy · 2012
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 2, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.53/hr
- Reviews▼
- 33% of 4,881
- Genre rank
- Top 96% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
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Time and effort
- Main story
- 8.5h
- To 100%
- 17.5h 2.1x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 121 on record
- Typical cut
- 85% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 December 2016
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 21 now
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 1% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 121 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 85 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 12 days ago.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. Stronghold Crusader 2 ($39.99, scores 38) outscores it, and so does Stronghold: Definitive Edition ($14.99, scores 68). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Stronghold 3 Gold
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 19 percent of the 797 reviews written there were positive, against 33 percent overall, and those are 26 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 8.5 hours; clearing it takes 18, which is 2.1 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 12 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
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What players say
Update, still garbage. cant even VS AI in a multiplayer setting. not sure where all the positive updates are coming from theirs still tons of glitches. troops saying their on the wall when their beside the wall and unable to move them anywhere else. only way to fix the issue is to disband them back into the population then rehire them again but you loose treverse time. ultimatly if ou want a true stronghold...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Stronghold 3 is the worst stronghold. Playing it feels like playing some cheap knockoff, game feels raw. Archers range is messed up, commanding your troops is somehow painful compared to other stronghold games and the story is..., it just is. I bought it only to fill my stronghold collection.
It was good, I don't understand the negative comments. I've played all the strongholds.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Stronghold 3 Gold scores 2/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/47400/stronghold-3-goldReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.