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Stronghold: Definitive Edition

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

★ STRONGHOLD CRUSADER: DEFINITIVE EDITION ★ STRONGHOLD HD (2012) ★ STRONGHOLD CRUSADER HD (2012) ★ STRONGHOLD 2: STEAM EDITION ★ STRONGHOLD: WARLORDS ★ STRONGHOLD LEGENDS: STEAM EDITION ★ EL DORADO: THE GOLDEN CITY BUILDER - PROLOGUE ★ BECASTLED ★ CELESTIAL EMPIRE ★ TLATOANI: AZTEC CITIES ★ DIPLOMACY IS NOT AN OPTION: SHAREWARE ★ TERRITORY: FARMING AND WARFARE ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition

92% 👍 OF 11K
About This Game

Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …crank the map scale up to battles with up to 10,000 units, then defend your walls while massive armies and siege engines collide.
  • …snowball a whole mission by setting up the market to auto buy and sell, then turning a slow start into instant domination.
  • …play timed trails where you start behind, stabilize your economy under a clock, and grind through hours-long back-and-forth wars.
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Stronghold HD (2012)

96% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …watch a full bread pipeline in motion: wheat gets grown, reaped, milled into flour, baked, and hauled back to the granary.
  • …design a custom castle with layered walls, towers, and traps, then unleash huge sieges on it just to see what holds.
  • …build spike traps and tar pits, then light the choke point with flaming arrows as enemies march straight into it.
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

97% 👍 OF 21K
About This Game

The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …catapult cows over the walls, spread plague inside the castle, and watch the defenders collapse from disease.
  • …set spike pits, moats, drawbridges, boiling oil, and pitch traps so your defenses kill attackers without leaving the walls.
  • …use a map builder to create custom levels, then replay them endlessly or share them for multiplayer matches.
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Stronghold 2: Steam Edition

89% 👍 OF 5.8K
About This Game

Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Tax or Entertain Peasants
  • …Link Farms to Bakeries
  • …Build Traps and Towers
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Stronghold: Warlords

65% 👍 OF 5.3K
About This Game

Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Capture Map Forts
  • …Win Over Warlords
  • …Build Gunpowder Siege Weapons
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Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition

88% 👍 OF 2.7K
About This Game

Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Siege-ready Castles
  • …Play Three Legend Campaigns
  • …Hurl Werewolves at Walls
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El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue

72% 👍 OF 236
About This Game

The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.

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Becastled

82% 👍 OF 5.6K
About This Game

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Before Sunset
  • …Hold Night Sieges
  • …Arm Castle Battlements
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Celestial Empire

89% 👍 OF 730
About This Game

Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Plan Production Chains
  • …Prepare for Winter
  • …Trade by Caravan
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Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware

92% 👍 OF 826
About This Game

Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …face 25,000 enemies hitting your castle walls at once.
  • …freeze time mid-siege to breathe, reposition, and issue orders before unpausing into the chaos again.
  • …harvest soul crystals from the dead, build magical monuments, then fire beam spells and summon Dark Knights to clean up survivors.
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Territory: Farming and Warfare

85% 👍 OF 754
About This Game

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Assign Villager Jobs
  • …Build Walled Rooms
  • …Trade for Rare Goods