# Games like Stronghold Kingdoms

> The closest matches to Stronghold Kingdoms: Stronghold Crusader HD (2012), Stronghold: Definitive Edition, Stronghold HD (2012), Northgard: Definitive Edition, and Kingdom Wars. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)](https://imho.run/games/40970/stronghold-crusader-hd-2012) — Also Real-Time and Colony Sim, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 6,146 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40970/)
2. [Stronghold: Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/2140020/stronghold-definitive-edition) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 3,039 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140020/)
3. [Stronghold HD (2012)](https://imho.run/games/40950/stronghold-hd-2012) — A frequent pick in Stronghold Kingdoms players' libraries, and another Strategy. 2,911 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40950/)
4. [Northgard: Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/466560/northgard-definitive-edition) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 23,056 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/466560/)
5. [Kingdom Wars](https://imho.run/games/227180/kingdom-wars) — Also Massively Multiplayer and City Builder, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 1,796 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/227180/)
6. [Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/813780/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition) — Shares faction politics with Stronghold Kingdoms. 60,009 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/813780/)
7. [Rise of Nations: Extended Edition](https://imho.run/games/287450/rise-of-nations-extended-edition) — Also Real-Time and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 7,793 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/287450/)
8. [Diplomacy is Not an Option](https://imho.run/games/1272320/diplomacy-is-not-an-option) — Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 4,634 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272320/)
9. [Kingdoms and Castles](https://imho.run/games/569480/kingdoms-and-castles) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 19,354 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/569480/)
10. [SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3](https://imho.run/games/784950/supremacy-world-war-3) — Also Real-Time and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 3,097 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/784950/)
11. [March of Empires](https://imho.run/games/702320/march-of-empires) — Also Base-Building and Massively Multiplayer, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 679 Steam reviews, 60% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/702320/)
12. [Dwarf Fortress](https://imho.run/games/975370/dwarf-fortress) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 23,734 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/)
13. [Foundation](https://imho.run/games/690830/foundation) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 10,915 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/690830/)
14. [Land of the Vikings](https://imho.run/games/1981570/land-of-the-vikings) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 1,115 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1981570/)
15. [Farthest Frontier](https://imho.run/games/1044720/farthest-frontier) — Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 10,450 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1044720/)
16. [Iron Harvest](https://imho.run/games/826630/iron-harvest) — Also Real-Time and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 6,065 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/826630/)
17. [DwarfHeim](https://imho.run/games/977650/dwarfheim) — Also Real-Time and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 314 Steam reviews, 54% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/977650/)
18. [Tribal Wars](https://imho.run/games/675690/tribal-wars) — Shares village management with Stronghold Kingdoms. 271 Steam reviews, 60% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/675690/)
19. [Empires Apart](https://imho.run/games/530630/empires-apart) — Also Real-Time and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 1,003 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/530630/)
20. [Foxhole](https://imho.run/games/505460/foxhole) — A frequent pick in Stronghold Kingdoms players' libraries, and another Action. 28,786 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/505460/)
21. [First Feudal](https://imho.run/games/733460/first-feudal) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 235 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/733460/)
22. [Rising Lords](https://imho.run/games/835650/rising-lords) — Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 341 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/835650/)
23. [Kingdoms Reborn](https://imho.run/games/1307890/kingdoms-reborn) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 4,395 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307890/)
24. [Pioneers of Pagonia](https://imho.run/games/2155180/pioneers-of-pagonia) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stronghold Kingdoms. 1,341 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2155180/)

## Machine-readable

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- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=47410&n=20
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- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=47410
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/47410
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## About Stronghold Kingdoms

Firefly Studios' 2012 massively multiplayer strategy game casts players into persistent medieval server wars where they build villages, construct castles, and engage in faction politics across multiple server ages. Players describe it as challenging, competitive, and tense, with faction alliances that protect weaker members while card-based combat and resource scarcity drive strategic depth in castle building. Reviewers highlight medieval-castle-building-depth and persistent-server-wars-across-ages as key hooks, with free-to-play-with-optional-premium-acceleration available for those who want faster progression. The game holds a 57% positive rating from over 4300 Steam reviews and is not supported on Steam Deck.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 47410
- **Developer:** Firefly Studios
- **Publisher:** Firefly Studios
- **Genres:** Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play
- **Categories:** Multi-player, MMO, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards, Online PvP, Online Co-op, PvP, Co-op
- **Released:** Feb 27, 2012
- **Free to play:** yes
- **Metacritic:** 75
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

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