- 🍂 Autumn Sale — 50% Extra Crowns! 🍂 - 12 September 2026
Hear ye, lords and ladies! The amber leaves of autumn are falling, and the treasury doors stand open. Breathe fresh life into your realm! For 48 hours only, receive 50% additional Crowns on every purchase (including gift purchases) to feed your peasants, build your armies, and claim glory across the land.Start: 00:00 UTC, September 12th End: 00:00 UTC, September 14th
- Conquer 38 Tropical Islands in Island Warfare — NOW LIVE! - 25 August 2026
Defeat your enemies and become the mightiest ruler in the kingdom in Island Warfare, now live! My Lords and Ladies, the kingdom needs you to strengthen your castle walls, equip your armies with the best soldiers in the land, and set sail across a medieval archipelago. For it is time to do battle across our brand-new special game world! Conquer 38 tropical islands while mastering daily changing Maritime Weather Conditions where sea conditions decide movement speed—from Fair Winds and Calm Seas to Violent Storms. Stronghold Kingdoms' Island Warfare invites thousands of veterans and new players, tempting them with new opportunities, tactical challenges, and a single kingly throne to conquer!Island Warfare is NOW LIVE!
- ⚔️ New "Mass Destruction" Tourney Now Live! ⚔️ - 18 August 2026
With summer upon us, we must take extreme measures to ensure our realm is well-prepared for whatever may come our way, My Liege! Let us ransack our enemies and neighbours alike to make our ferocity and strength clear across the Kingdom. Tourney Name: Mass Destruction Tourney Goal: Most Buildings Ransacked Tourney Dates: Tuesday, 18th Aug @ 11:00 UTC – Tuesday, 25th Aug @ 11:00 UTC
- Summer Sale, 50% Extra Crowns! - 24 July 2026
The golden dawn rises to greet our resplendent dominion! The harsh challenges of winter have come and gone. Now is the time to celebrate, rejuvenate and enjoy this summer's yield. But be warned, my Lord; spending too much time in the sun can be hazardous to one's health.To relieve your burdens, the Summer Sale will grant you 50% extra Crowns to any purchase and will last 72 hours from 00:00 (BST) July 24th until 00:00 (BST) on July 27th. Gift purchases included!
- Global Conflict 12 is NOW LIVE! - 23 June 2026
Defeat your enemies and become the mightiest ruler in the kingdom in Global Conflict 12, now live!My Lords and Ladies, the kingdom needs you to strengthen your castle walls, equip your armies with the best soldiers in the land and fight for your empire and alliances. For it is almost once again time to do battle across a new Global Conflict map! Based on the real-life map of the globe, Stronghold Kingdoms' Global Conflict 12 invites thousands of veterans and new players, and tempts them with new opportunities, challenges and 150+ thrones to conquer!Global Conflict 12 is NOW LIVE!
- Flash Sale, 60% Extra Crowns! - 6 June 2026
Hear ye, lords and ladies! The royal treasury has thrown wide its gates, and a bounty of extra Crowns awaits—the sale is now live! With the sun high above us, Sire, there is no better time to revitalize your realm and cement your legacy as the greatest power in the land. Draw from the vaults to win honour, prosper your peasantry, and march your armies to glory. The Treasury Flash Sale grants a majestic 60% bonus on all Crown purchases, including gifts for your allies! The gates close in 48 hours—running from June 6th at 00:00 UTC until June 8th at 00:00 UTC. Act swiftly!
- A Royal Bounty: The Easter Treasury Sale is Live! - 2 April 2026
My Lords and Ladies,As the winter frost thaws, a royal bounty has been bestowed upon the realm! With spring upon us, now is the season to rebirth your Kingdom and refocus your efforts on the path to glory. We have flung the treasury doors wide! For the next 72 hours, any tribute offered will be met with a 50% additional Crowns. Use these riches to win honour, sustain your peasants, and march your armies to victory.This 50% additional Crowns flash sale runs from 00:00 UTC on April 3rd until 00:00 UTC on April 6th. Gift purchases for your allies are included!
- Stronghold Kingdom's 15th Anniversary and Spartan World Awaits! - 4 November 2025
Greetings Sire! Steel your hearts and make ready your weapons. In celebration of the 15th Anniversary of Stronghold Kingdoms, Clash of the Spartans is now live! All ye lords and ladies with a fire in your belly, fasten your armour and seek out your destiny!Walk in the steps of the legendary Spartans and claim your own glorious piece of Greece!Clash of the Spartans is NOW LIVE!
- Crusader: DE - Update & DLC 1 Reveals - 7 August 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn98HHTPl4k With your help Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition has charged into the breach and emerged from its launch victorious! The response from fans has been nothing short of stellar and we're pleased to reveal some of our initial content plans in today's developer update! While we're still working hard to add features, fixes and tweaks that players have been requesting (See our extensive v1.03 Patch Notes for the latest changes), we're keeping this momentum going by revealing new details of gameplay content players can look forward to in the coming months. With additional updates like v1.03 and more coming before then... Our first major ‘Autumn’ update will arrive in two parts, a free content update and an optional paid DLC. This will introduce The Crocodile, a brand new computer-controlled opponent with his own tactics, castle design, army and…
- Stronghold Crusader: DE - Out Now! - 16 July 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZanPPwupPz4 The time is NOW, Sire! The long march is finally over and your forces have finally arrived at our divine destination - Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is out now with a 10% launch discount! The fan reception to Stronghold: Definitive Edition in 2023 showed us the hunger in the community for more games that take the cult classic games of the past, leaving the gold while elevating the old. The tremendous outpouring of love has pushed us to make this definitive edition of the fan-favourite Crusader the best it possible can be, adding more features, fixes and content than anyone could have expected. We can't wait to see how fans take this reimagined classic and make it their own. Every bit of feedback across our demos has helped to inform the final game, allowing us to craft this expanded remaster hand-in-hand with the community. This play…
- Stronghold Crusader: DE - Roadmap Reveal - 3 July 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71UzpnLOH7U Updates and DLC To Add New Lords, Customisation and More! Good Day, Sire! Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition is now less than two weeks from launch, so what better time than now to share all there is to know about the game's post-release plans! Following the positive reception of the two public demos and in keeping with Stronghold: DE’s post-launch, we're announcing two major post-launch content updates for Crusader: DE. These will take the form of an Autumn and a Winter Update, both releasing this year alongside two paid DLCs. The free initial Autumn Update will feature a series-first economic campaign as well as a brand new CPU commander. Five missions will challenge players to complete a series of economic objectives, leaning heavily into our city builder gameplay mechanics. The new computer-controlled character can meanwhile also be p…
- New Coop Trailer & Next Fest - 9 June 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXejCnia8tc Good tidings, Sire! Steam Next Fest is now live and with it our second public demo for Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition. Showcasing the latest fixes, a full Sands of Time mission, Historical Campaign challenge and allowing you to freely try out Custom Skirmish mode before the game’s July 15th launch, this is our most content rich demo yet! So if you haven’t yet given it a try or think you can rise even higher on the leaderboards, now is the chance to prove your mettle… Crusader: DE was designed with your feedback in mind and at the very top of that list were features like a proper coop mode. In past games we have offered coop in the form of team-based skirmish play and - In the case of Stronghold Crusader 2 - The ability for two players to control the same castle. In Crusader: DE we have gone a step further and designed a full 10 missio…
- Feature Spotlight: 10k Unit Cap, Mosques & More! - 23 May 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js6TBaUA8QQ Good morrow, my liege! After 150,000 demo downloads, three times as many as Stronghold: Definitive Edition... We have channelled thousands of your Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition feedback forms into new player-requested enhancements! Ahead of the game's July 15th launch, today we dive into some of these community-requested features, confirming key information on maximum unit counts and more in our final ‘Feature Spotlight’ development diary. As some of Crusader’s most knowledgeable and experienced players, your feedback on our upcoming Definitive Edition has been invaluable. So naturally suggestions and ideas discussed online were studied in close detail, ahead of the game’s reveal earlier this year. Your Crusader: DE feedback was then further examined after January 20th, using the demo’s feedback form. Many features have been requeste…
- Feature Spotlight: New Units - 30 April 2025
Good day, my liege! After a few eagle-eyed players infiltrated the help files, Assassin style, in our Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition reveal demo, we thought it was time to pull back the curtain on our 8 new units. Today’s Feature Spotlight video brings with it new footage and juicy gameplay details for our Bedouin soldiers, expanding the original roster with fresh tactical options at launch on July 15th. Inspired by the roaming Bedouin tribes of the Middle Eastern deserts, these eight new troops open up a whole new world of siege tactics (and hurt!) on your rival lords. Be they friends you played the OG Crusader with way back in the day or new Stronghold allies found in our official Discord server, enemy Lords and Ladies won’t know what hit them. From camel-riding lancers and bowmen, to sneaking fire-starters and demolition specialists, our expanded remaster adds plenty of new…
- Feature Spotlight: New AI Lords - 4 April 2025
Dive into the devious Kahin, Sentinel, Nomad and Jewel! Greetings My Liege! As the warmth and green of spring finally begins to break through (At least... Here in the UK!) we are marching ever closer to our July 15th release date for this long awaited expanded remaster of your favourite Stronghold. We know July feels like a million miles away right now, but rest assured we are working hard to implement your feedback and suggestions before launch. This is thanks in no small part to the more than 6,000 of you who filled out our demo feedback form and the 150,000 potential future players who have wishlisted Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition! With today's new video we thought... What better way to toast this new season and alleviate some of that wait than with a sneak peek at our deadly new AI opponents, awaiting you this summer! From the wily and dastardly to the blunt and brutish, e…
- Crusader: Definitive Edition - Reveal Round-Up! - 20 March 2025
ICYMI Since revealing Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition in January's Real-Time Strategy Fest, you have responded to our rally war cry in full force! With over 150,000 wishlists, 130,000 demo downloads and more than 6,000 helpful responses to our in-game player survey... Let's just say the granary is full, my Lord. While you wait for our July 15th release, we hope this collection of updates from the team here at Firefly helps bring you up to speed about what you can expect from the final game, before we march back to the desert fortresses and arid plains of the past. Please enjoy these updates and subscribe to Firefly Studios on YouTube for more reveals! 🎨 Artists Niall, Darrin, Jorge and Tom dive into the recreation of Crusader: DE's new visuals! Discover the extra animals and features coming to Crusader from our talented art team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTLaSzli2aQ 🏰 S…
- New Crusader States World Now Live! - 4 February 2025
Greetings Sire! The new Crusader States world is now live! Venture into the fractured political landscape and monumental upheaval of the ancient holy land. With an entirely new map, Crusader States calls everyone from the highest lord to the lowest peasant to choose a side and rally to its banner. Forge alliances, gather resources, lead an army and start your quest to victory! Crusader States is NOW LIVE!
- Valley of the Wolf & Spring Update - Coming April 30th! - 28 March 2024
Snarls Soon you will see what it means to wage real warfare! That is... In our final instalment of the Stronghold: Definitive Edition 'Jewel' campaign! Valley of the Wolf extends the base game with seven new missions and extra achievements. Under the tutelage of the wise Sergeant, finish the fight by rescuing Sir Longarm's captured kin once and for all, when this new DLC releases for $2.99, €2.99 and £2.49 on April 30th. This final chapter of 'The Jewel' campaign pits players against the greatest rogue of them all... The vicious Wolf! To safely retrieve the Jewel of the North and put an end to The Wolf's insidious scourge, players must plunge directly into the belly of the beast and bring the fight to his borders. Against great odds in unfamiliar territory, survival alone demands that nothing is held back. Also arriving on April 30th as part of our 'Spring Update' is a second castle tra…
- Vikings Shores Is Now Live! - 15 February 2024
Set sail far and wide, my Viking warriors and shieldmaidens, for Viking Shores is now live! All praises be to the All-Father for the time of war is now! Hold fast to your axes and your allies. Everything you treaure is on the line in this brutal new world. Glory in this life and in Valhalla awaits for those true of heart and strong of will! Viking Shores is a new world set in the Viking Era and uses the Era and Hi-Risk Hi-Reward Rulesets. Viking Shores is now open to all!
- The Future of Stronghold - 1 February 2024
Happy New Year! After a launch that quite frankly exceeded all our expectations... We are pleased to announce that the first substantial gameplay update for Stronghold: Definitive Edition releases on Steam on February 13th! A simultaneous launch of free content and paid DLC, the Winter Update will be available to all players, while the Swine's Bay Campaign DLC will retail for $2.99, £2.49 or €2.99. Feeling lucky? You could even win this DLC through a giveaway being run in the above development diary! Check it out to learn more and get the inside track on what to expect of Firefly in 2024 and beyond. As announced before launch, we intend to support Stronghold: Definitive Edition with both free and paid post-launch content, releasing as two major updates. The aim of each DLC is to offer fresh missions, created by veteran developers for players who want to challenge their two decades of ca…
