Stronghold: Warlords
Released Mar 2021
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
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Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Firefly Studios explicitly declared the end of Stronghold: Warlords' development in a September 22, 2022 developer post. The studio had previously announced in April 2022 that v1.10 would be the final update, then delivered one last bonus update (v1.11) with a skirmish trail and two new maps before formally closing out the game. The September 2022 post stated plainly: "development on Stronghold: Warlords was winding down" and that their "focus is now on the next Stronghold game." All five DLC packs — The Art of War Campaign (May 2021), The Mongol Empire Campaign (September 2021), Rise of the Shogun Campaign (November 2021), The Warrior Queen Campaign (January 2022), and the Soundtrack Extended Edition (May 2023) — have been released. No unreleased DLC is listed. Firefly Studios' subsequent activity has been focused entirely on other titles in the Stronghold series, including Stronghold: Definitive Edition (released November 2023) and Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition (released July 2025), both of which are separate products. There is no indication of any further content planned for Warlords.
Evidence
All five DLC packs are marked as released, with the final one (Soundtrack Extended Edition) shipping on May 12, 2023. No unreleased DLC entries exist.
Developer explicitly announced that v1.11 is a final bonus update, that development on Stronghold: Warlords has wound down, and that the studio's focus has moved to the next Stronghold game.
Content
5 of 5 released · no outstanding content
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Firefly Studios
Achievements
102
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
The latest chapter in Firefly Studios' real-time strategy series, Stronghold: Warlords is the first game to recreate the castle economies of East Asia. In Warlords players take command of Mongol hordes, imperial warriors and samurai clansmen as they lay siege to Japanese castles and fortified Chinese cities. Besiege historical warlords using new gunpowder-fuelled siege weapons across 31 campaign missions, 45 skirmish trail scenarios, 28 multiplayer maps, skirmish mode and Free Build sandbox with AI invasions.
For the first time ever Stronghold: Warlords allows you to recruit, upgrade and command AI lords across the battlefield in the form of in-game ‘Warlords’. Each warlord under your command boosts your strategic prowess with unique perks, characteristics and upgradeable abilities. Put them to work for your industry, fortifying borders, forging weapons or team up for a pincer attack! Each campaign mission, skirmish game and multiplayer battle means a fresh set of warlords to command and a completely new way to play Stronghold.
- CONQUER AND COMMAND WARLORDS across the battlefield unlocking more powerful castles, armies and abilities.
- RELIVE HISTORICAL CAMPAIGNS from 3rd century BC China, to the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate and coming of the Mongol Empire.
- MASTER THE SKIRMISH TRAILS with 45 unique missions challenging your castle building and besieging expertise.
- RECRUIT NEW UNITS including imperial fire lancers, disciplined samurai, Mongolian horse archers and deadly ninja.
- RAZE YOUR ENEMIES with the arrival of gunpowder and new siege weapons like the hwacha arrow launcher, siege tower and fire oxen!
- BECOME THE GREATEST LORD through fear or admiration using a range of medieval entertainment, taxation and torture.
- VANQUISH FOES IN MULTIPLAYER across 28 maps, mixing and matching 4 human and 4+ AI players for your ideal online battleground.
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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