The invasion and economical maps are simple missions with their own winning conditions. The game supports up to 8 players in this regime.

Additionally, you can use the GameSpy Arcade to find available multiplayer games. The fourth one is campaign with AIs (just like in the original Stronghold). The second and the third one are a little harder ones, they require good tactics and strategy. The first one is made guide-like, as an advanced tutorial for the new players, who try the game for first time. The Historical campaign features 4 smaller campaigns with 5 missions each (20 missions in total). There are 8 AIs in the original Stronghold Crusader, but you can get another additional 8 AIs if you buy the Stronghold Warchest pack. The skirmish's are taken to the next level, allowing sending / receiving resources, planning attacks and team action with your computer allies. The game features Skirmish mode (you can play normal skirmishes against computer opponents or to take part in a desert journey of 50 battles - The Crusader Trail, where you will face opponents with increasing difficulty), Historical campaign (recreated medieval battles with high difficulty), Castle builder (where you peacefully build your town / castle and the only threat are the occasional lions), Multiplayer mode, Play a map (here you can play user-created invasions or economical maps) and a Map Editor, where you can design your own maps. Later on you can start recruiting them as your soldiers. You will first need to build an economically strong castle in order to make your people like you and stay in your castle. This strategy game requires some serious castle managing skills as well as military skills. Stronghold Crusader was Firefly Studio's follow-up to the previous year's hit release, Stronghold, and, like it predecessor, it retained the core 2D RTS and city building gameplay while introducing new game modes, units and features such as a Skirmish mode, mercenary units and multiple campaigns.

Stronghold crusader units