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real-time strategy
Stronghold: Warlords
By Firefly Studios, released 1 Jan 2021
- Microsoft Windows
What it is
Stronghold: Warlords is a real-time strategy and castle-simulation game from Firefly Studios, released in 2021 for Windows. Set across historical East Asian campaigns, it has players build a castle economy and command Mongol, imperial and samurai forces in sieges. Gunpowder-powered siege weapons add to the battles, while AI warlords can be recruited, upgraded and assigned to support industry, strengthen defenses or join attacks. Each brings distinct perks and abilities, shaping the options available in a mission or battle. The game includes 31 campaign missions, 45 skirmish trail scenarios and 28 multiplayer maps, alongside skirmish mode and a Free Build sandbox with AI invasions. Its campaigns range from 3rd-century BC China to the Tokugawa shogunate and the rise of the Mongol Empire. Players can also recruit units such as fire lancers, samurai, horse archers and ninja. Steam lists single-player, multiplayer, PvP, co-op, Workshop and Cloud support.
What players like, and what they don't
- 31 campaign missions and 45 skirmish trail scenarios
- 28 multiplayer maps
- Recruit and upgrade AI warlords
- Free Build sandbox with AI invasions
- Steam Workshop support
- Listed platform is Windows only
- Steam lists no Remote Play feature
Who it suits
It suits strategy players who want to build castle economies, direct sieges and manage battlefield warlords. Its campaign, skirmish and multiplayer modes offer different ways to play.
Stronghold: Warlords centers its strategy on castle building, siege warfare and commanding AI warlords. Its campaign, skirmish and multiplayer options give players several formats for those battles.
