Can I Run Stronghold Warlords?
Firefly Studios released Stronghold Warlords in 2021. It is a simulation strategy game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. Its Steam review count passes 4 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is localised into 15 languages according to the store listing. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. It carries 102 achievements. Metacritic places it at 65. The game ships for Windows alone. Cloud saves are enabled.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-3330 3.0Ghz or AMD equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVidia GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD7970 (2 GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 6 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz or AMD equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 6 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c |
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Setting and environment
Stronghold Warlords places its action in a medieval setting, and the player works through a city the player lays out. It is played from an isometric view. The load here grows with the save. An empty map tells you very little about how the machine will cope once the build is large. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Stronghold Warlords is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Stronghold Warlords. nVidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Stronghold Warlords within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The install is small at roughly 6 GB. Stronghold Warlords needs only 2 GB of video memory. It targets DirectX 9.0, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Stronghold Warlords?
Stronghold Warlords targets a mainstream modern PC: nVidia GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD7970 (2 GB VRAM) and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to nVidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.58x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.45x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.64x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Stronghold Warlords's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Stronghold Warlords?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-3330 3.0Ghz or AMD equivalent; GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD7970 (2 GB VRAM); 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Stronghold Warlords need?
Stronghold Warlords needs about 6 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Stronghold Warlords?
The RTX 3060 runs Stronghold Warlords comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Stronghold Warlords?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Stronghold Warlords is the GPU.