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Build a medieval village and castle, research your path, then use trade, alliances and sieges to compete for territory with other players.
Released 27 Feb 2012
Design Defensible Castles
Build Feudal Villages
Research Your Speciality
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!
Developed by Firefly Studios · Published by Firefly Studios









You begin as a feudal lord or lady with a village and keep in a shared medieval world. Develop your settlement and design a castle that can withstand attacks.
Gather resources, build up your village economy, trade, raise troops and scouts, and raid or besiege rival lords. Your castle layout and defenses are part of preparing for conflict.
Research technologies to specialize in areas such as farming, trade, diplomacy, warfare or religion. Join player-led factions and Houses, form alliances, take part in political contests, and work with other players to gain influence and territory.
Some reviewers enjoy the combination of castle and village building with long-term strategy, especially when it leads into diplomacy, faction politics and coordinated wars with other players. Others like the gradual sense of developing a settlement or say the game works well as a casual, ongoing strategy experience. These positives sit alongside frequent complaints about paid advantages, cheating and slow progress.


| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 0 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | Stronghold Kingdoms is a massively multiplayer online strategy game with a persistent world. It supports interaction with thousands of players across PC and mobile, with player-driven alliances, factions, Houses, politics, trade, warfare, and castle sieges. The game includes both online PvP and cooperative play through faction and House coordination. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No multiplayer mod support is mentioned in the provided information. |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 75/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |