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Stronghold: Warlords

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Stronghold: Warlords
Stronghold: Warlords cover
Developers
Firefly Studios
Engines
Vision
Release dates
Windows March 9, 2021
Reception
Metacritic 65
OpenCritic 71
IGDB 69
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Building, RTS
Themes Asia, China, Japan, Medieval
Series Stronghold
Stronghold: Warlords on HowLongToBeat
Stronghold: Warlords on IGDB
Stronghold: Warlords on MobyGames
Stronghold
Stronghold (2001) 2001
Stronghold Crusader 2002
Stronghold 2 2005
Stronghold Legends 2006
Stronghold Crusader Extreme 2008
Stronghold 3 2011
Stronghold Kingdoms 2012
Stronghold Crusader 2 2014
Stronghold: Warlords 2021
Stronghold: Definitive Edition 2023

Stronghold: Warlords is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view building and RTS game in the Stronghold series.

General information

Official Discord server for game series
Official support portal
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Special Edition also available.
Windows
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Special Edition also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Special Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Special and Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows

Version differences

The Special Edition includes the base game, digital soundtrack, digital artbook, a making-of documentary, and a free copy of Stronghold HD. The Steam version also includes the Starter Pack for Stronghold Kingdoms.
The Ultimate Edition includes all the content of the Special Edition, as well as all DLC.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC The DLC includes new campaigns and warlords.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Art of War Campaign
Windows
The Mongol Empire Campaign
Windows
Rise of the Shogun Campaign
Windows
The Warrior Queen Campaign
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\assets\videos\
  2. Delete or rename the intros folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Warlords\Profiles\options.xml
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/907650/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Warlords\Saved Games
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/907650/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Main graphics settings menu
Main graphics settings menu
Custom graphics settings menu
Custom graphics settings menu

Input

Input settings menu
Input settings menu

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings menu
Audio settings menu

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
7.0
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Thai
Turkish
Vietnamese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Steam and GOG Galaxy cross-play not available

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Despite the 32-bit nature of the executable, the game requires at least 6 GB RAM

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio FMOD
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks, GOG Galaxy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-3330 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon HD 7970
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is recommended.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/907650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (907650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References