Stronghold Kingdoms

Stronghold Kingdoms

Skip · Multiplayer · 2012

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
63% of 9,606
Critics
75 players 12 lower
Genre rank
Top 80% Multiplayer

Holding it back: Reviews, Reach

Players and genre

Online
416 now
Better reviewed
18% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It is less well reviewed than 82 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Kingdom Wars (free, scores 19) beats it on value, while it beats March of Empires (free, scores 9).

It is still busy. 416 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 1, 18:46 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about Stronghold Kingdoms

75 on Metacritic, 63 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 64% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Stronghold Kingdoms scores 12/100 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/47410/stronghold-kingdoms
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-12
Critics75
Players63
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 9,606 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperFirefly Studios
PublisherFirefly Studios
GenreMultiplayer
Released2012
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate