Stronghold 3 (2011) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Stronghold 3

Stronghold 3 is the long-awaited third installment in the award winning castle-building series. Set 10 years after the original, the Wolf it seems, has cheated death and during his painful recovery he’s become…

52 25 October 2011

What Stronghold 3 is

Stronghold 3 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Firefly Studios and released in 2011. It was published by SouthPeak Interactive. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Havok Physics.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set 10 years later, Stronghold 3 follows the continuing story of The Boy. The Wolf, it seems, has cheated death and become bitter, twisted and psychotic during his painful recovery in the east. Now it is he who seeks revenge. By raiding towns and villages in the dead of night The Wolf has created a tide of panic, with The Boy and his allies the only force to stand against him. In the Economic Campaign, which takes place after the end of the military campaign. The Boy helps rebuild the Abbey destroyed during the war.(The boy does not help rebuild the abbey if he dies at the end of the military campaign, killed by The Wolf.)

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Stronghold 3 holds a critic score of 52 out of 100. That places it above 9% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Stronghold 3 launched on 25 October 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Battlefield 3. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3.

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