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2012PC95 % positive3.99 €

You design, build and destroy historical medieval castles, then wage sieges against the AI or up to eight online players. Its strength lies in detailed castle construction, economic management and the clashes over resources.

  • Building and crafting
  • Historical setting
  • Economy and management
  • Sandbox with your own goals

The closest matches for Stronghold HD are Stronghold Crusader, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and Age of Empires II: HD Edition. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Stronghold HD special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Stronghold Crusader

97 %Match

2002PCSteam Deck playable97 % positive7.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Stronghold HD: building and crafting, a historical setting as well as economy and management.

A classic castle-building RTS set during the Crusades, blending economic management, fortress design and siege warfare. Its skirmish battles against iconic AI lords like Saladin or Richard the Lionheart give it huge replay value.

Stronghold Crusader HD

Building and crafting

You build castles, manage food, taxes and population, and fight sieges drawn from the Crusades. The historical campaigns and over a hundred skirmish maps with sharp AI opponents are the highlights.

Stronghold Crusader II

Building and crafting

A castle-building RTS set during the Crusades, mixing economy management with sieges where walls crumble under physics-based destruction. Skirmishes against AI lords or other players are the heart of the game.

Anno 1701

Building and crafting

Anno 1701 has you settle islands in the Age of Discovery, balancing production chains and keeping citizens happy. Trade, diplomacy and occasional naval skirmishes round out the relaxed city building.

Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War

Historical setting

You grow a civilization and lead your armies through historical battles, with the option to take direct control of individual units. It blends economic management with tactical real-time combat.

Age of Empires IV

Building and crafting

Classic medieval real-time strategy with asymmetric civilizations, base building and economy management. Documentary-style campaigns about real historical battles sit alongside a competitive multiplayer scene.

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Building and crafting

The timeless real-time strategy classic: build a medieval civilization, gather resources, advance through the ages and lead armies in historical campaigns or intense multiplayer matches.

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