Stronghold: Warlords
- Developer
- Firefly Studios
- Publisher
- Firefly Studios
- Released
- 09 March 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £2.99
Platforms: PC
Genres: real time strategy rts , simulator , strategy
The next chapter in Firefly Studios' real-time strategy series, Stronghold: Warlords is Firefly's first game to recreate the castle economies of the Far East. In Warlords you take command of Mongol hordes, imperial warriors and samurai clansmen as you lay siege to Japanese castles and fortified Chinese cities. Besiege historical warlords using new gunpowder-fuelled siege weapons, classic units and a completely new way to play Stronghold.
Best gaming PC for Stronghold: Warlords in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Stronghold: Warlords today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Firefly Studios on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 | Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel i5-3330 3.0Ghz or AMD equivalent | Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz or AMD equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | nVidia GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD7970 (2 GB VRAM) | nVidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 |
| Storage | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| DirectX | 9.0 | 9.0 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Stronghold: Warlords?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz and your GPU is at or above nVidia GeForce GTX 970, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.