Games Like Stronghold (Series) Similar RTS Games & City Building Games like Stronghold (Series)

Stronghold is described as 'Crusader is a RTS game from the series from Stronghold' and is a RTS game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Stronghold for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Steam and Wine apps. The best Stronghold alternative is 0 A.D., which is both free and Open Source. Other Stronghold like games are Age of Empires, Warcraft III, OpenRA and Stone Kingdoms.

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  1. 0 A.D. icon

    0 A.D.

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    0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. In short, it is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.

    44 0 A.D. alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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    • Most users think 0 A.D. is a great Stronghold alternative.

    • 0 A.D. is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Stronghold.

    • 0 A.D. is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Stronghold.

    • 0 A.D. is Free and Open SourceStronghold is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Age of Empires icon

    Age of Empires

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    Real-time strategy series where players guide civilizations from small tribes to empires across millennia, managing resources, researching technologies, building military strength, exploring, and choosing strategic paths to victory in campaigns and multiplayer modes.

    52 Age of Empires alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
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    • Age of Empires is the most popular commercial alternative to Stronghold.

    • Age of Empires is Paid and ProprietaryStronghold is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Warcraft III

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    Set a generation before the events of the original Warcraft began, Warcraft II is a real-time strategy game by Blizzard Entertainment. Cunning, sinister, and seemingly unstoppable, the demonic Burning Legion prepare to launch their long-awaited assault on the mortal world.

    45 Warcraft III alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
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  5. OpenRA icon

    OpenRA

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    OpenRA is an open-source reimplementation of Westwood’s Command & Conquer Red Alert game engine, updated to use the hardware acceleration of modern video cards using OpenGL.

    26 OpenRA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • .NET Framework
    • Mono
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    Stone Kingdoms

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    an open source fan remake of the famous Stronghold from Firefly Studios. Modern tech stack, support on all three major platforms - Windows, Mac and Linux and much more - with the original Stronghold art - courtesy of Firefly Studios and with their permission.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • itch.io
    • Windows
    • Mac
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  7. CaesarIA icon

    CaesarIA

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    CaesarIA is an open source remake of Caesar III game released by Impressions Games in 1998, it aims to expand the possibilities of the classical city-building simulators and to add new features showing the city life. Now the game work with Windows, Linux, Mac, Haiku and Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Wine
    • Steam
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    • CaesarIA is the most popular Android alternative to Stronghold.

    • CaesarIA is Free and Open SourceStronghold is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Empire Earth icon

    Empire Earth

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    Empire Earth, also known as EE, is a real-time strategy video game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released on November 23, 2001. It is the first game in the Empire Earth series: Empire Earth, Empire Earth II, Empire Earth III.

    42 Empire Earth alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Java Mobile
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  10. Age of Mythology icon

    Age of Mythology

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    Age of Mythology is based on building towns, gathering resources, creating armies, and ultimately destroying enemy units and buildings. In this way, players are able to defeat and conquer rival towns and civilizations.

    53 Age of Mythology alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
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    age of mythology is somewhat diffrent from stronghold but if you like stronghold so much that you're looking for an alternative for it i know for a fact that you will enjoy age of mythology just as much if not more than stronghold!

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    • Age of Mythology is Paid and ProprietaryStronghold is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Dune Legacy

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    Dune Legacy is an effort by a handful of developers to revitalize the first-ever real-time strategy game. Based from Dune II

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    MegaGlest

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    MegaGlest is an open source 3D-real-time strategy game, where you control the armies of one of seven different factions: Tech, Magic, Egyptians, Indians, Norsemen Persian or Romans. The game is setup in one of 14 naturally looking settings, which -like the unit models- are...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Tropico

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    Tropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. Feral Interactive has developed and published a number of the games.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
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