The original Stronghold reached its 20th anniversary recently and to celebrate we are thrilled to announce Stronghold: Definitive Edition! Carefully rebuilt using the source artwork, remastered music, returning voice talent and veteran developers of the first entry in this legendary series.

Witness the game that started it all, carefully rebuilt using the source artwork, remastered music, returning voice talent and veteran developers of the first entry in this legendary series.

Welcome to the fractured, war-torn frontier of medieval England. With the King betrayed by his treacherous lords and a realm on the brink of collapse, take control of scattered forces and reunite your kingdom against the monstrous Rat, Pig, Snake and Wolf!

Strike down each villainous Lord in missions ranging from breaking sieges and capturing enemy castles to building epic fortresses and repelling enemy assaults. Test the limits of your strategic mind with castle assaults and grand banquets in military and economic campaigns.

Dive into classic RTS and city builder gameplay now elevated with remade graphics, modernised gameplay, Steam Workshop support, community requested features and a higher fidelity/remastered soundtrack from series maestro Robert L. Euvino. Gather resources, construct mighty castles, protect your townsfolk, manage your gold, raise armies and wage all out war!

Stronghold: Definitive Edition’s first substantial gameplay update drops on Steam on February 13, 2024.

A simultaneous launch of free content and paid DLC, the Winter Update will release for free, while the game’s first DLC retails for $2.99/£2.49/€2.99.

“2023 was a hell of a year here at Firefly,” said Chief Marketing Officer Nick Tannahill. “With hundreds of thousands of you playing Stronghold: Definitive Edition and a huge wave of positivity and support, Stronghold and its wonderful community feels like it’s back in a big way and for that - thank you. Whether you left us a review on Steam, gave us paragraphs upon paragraphs of feedback or just said ‘Hey buddy. Well done. You deserve double rations!’, the vibes since launch have been amazing and have spurred us on to do bigger and better things with Stronghold going forward.”

Firefly Studios intends to support Stronghold: Definitive Edition with considerable paid and free post-launch content, in the form of two major updates. The aim of each is to offer fresh missions, created by veteran devs for players who want to challenge their two decades of Stronghold experience. Taking onboard player feedback through a demo survey and reflective of the cost of the full game, each DLC will be priced at $2.99/£2.49/€2.99.

Together with a host of fixes and improvements, the first of these planned DLC packages, the Winter Update, will feature the new Swine’s Bay DLC narrative campaign,, which follows the events of the main game and is narrated by returning series actor Christopher Kent. In Swine’s Bay, players are pushed through seven ruthless military combat scenarios across original maps as they seek to retrieve the Jewel of the North from the clutches of the infamous slaver Captain Hogsfoot.

Releasing alongside this DLC, the free update will add a second economic campaign, voiced by another returning Stronghold actor Jay Simon. These missions are designed to test players’ strategic skills beyond the warfront, with a series of intricate resource production and management challenges. Kingdoms may be crushed by warriors, but they can only be raised by those with the vision to build.

Looking forward to the future of the studio in 2024 and beyond, Firefly is actively engaged in a number of announced and unannounced games, the most prominent of which is the as of yet untitled ‘Stronghold Unreal’ project, built using the industry-leading tools of Unreal Engine 5. Needless to say, witnessing the love for mechanically deep, passionately made strategy games like Stronghold: Definitive Edition has lit a fire under the studio and the team can’t wait to share more

Stronghold: Definitive Edition features the original game’s classic military and economic campaigns, together with an entirely new 14 mission narrative campaign designed by Firefly Studios founders Simon Bradbury and Eric Ouellette. This is alongside extra single player content in the form of a 10 mission ‘Castle Trail’, which sees players either defend or besiege historical castles such as Warwick, Dunnottar and Marksburg.

Exclusive to the definitive edition, this new 14 mission campaign sees players march across the devastated English hinterland in search of Sir Longarm's captured kin, before venturing beyond the story in a challenging new historical 'Castle Trail' of 10 unique scenarios.

In addition to a host of technical enhancements and player-requested quality of life improvements, Stronghold: Definitive Edition will allow fans old and new to customise their experience with individual settings for many of their preferred game features and controls. Beyond this and fresh single player content, players will also weave new gallant tales of victory by picking a fight online with full Steam multiplayer support. Alternatively designing their own fiendishly challenging maps via Steam Workshop or downloading hundreds of player creations made during the game’s rich 20 year legacy.

Key Features:

• ZOOM INTO NEW VISUALS remade by the original artists with improved animations, textures and lighting.
• REMATCH CLASSIC VILLAINS as you hunt The Rat and The Pig in a challenging new 14 mission campaign.
• BATTLE OLD FRIENDS online with full Steam multiplayer support and extra maps on which to wage war!
• RELIVE HISTORY in a new Castle Trail with 10 challenging siege scenarios and famous historical fortresses.
• LOSE YOURSELF in a remastered soundtrack, with fresh recordings from some of the game's original voice actors.
• CREATE, SHARE & ENJOY new Stronghold community content with Steam Workshop support.

Stronghold: Definitive Edition is available for PC (Steam) at $14.99/€14.99/£12.99.