Stronghold Crusader 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Fun and engaging gameplay
- Good overall game quality
- Improved graphics over predecessors
- Worse than predecessors
- Poor graphics quality
- Weak cheating AI
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 18,180
- Positive
- 13,17272.5%
- Negative
- 5,00827.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,363,971
- Estimated revenue
- $54,545,200
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1,0345.69%
- Estimated copies lost
- 77,577
- Estimated revenue lost
- $3,102,304
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1,0435.7% Avg playtime 0.9h | 4112.3% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 3,96521.8% Avg playtime 37.1h | 12,75870.2% Avg playtime 95.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 370.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,495.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
18,177 total
Organic purchasers12,67569.7%
Voted up: 74%
Key activations5,50230.3%
Voted up: 69%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
18,079 total
First impression0-2h2,27812.5%
Voted up: 40%
Mid game2-10h6,05933.3%
Voted up: 68%
Late game10-20h3,32518.3%
Voted up: 78%
Endgame20h+6,41735.3%
Voted up: 86%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.3%
Global baseline 72.4%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 18,180 total.