Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware strategy games

Games based on strategy allow for reasoning and planning of one’s moves and actions. The gameplay may be based on player’s turns (Turn-based Strategy) or it may be in real time (Real-Time Strategy, RTS). These games focus on strategy and tactics rather than action, sometimes with the addition of financial or logistic features.
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

DOS19904.1/5 real-time tactics
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected3.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Advanced Civilization

DOS19954/5 board game
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Syndicate

DOS1993protected4.2/5 real-time tactics
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The Chessmaster 2000

DOS19864.2/5 chess
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Warlords 2

DOS19934.1/5 4x
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Nobunaga's Ambition

DOS19883.7/5
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Supremacy: Your Will Be Done

DOS19904.2/5 real-time strategy
Supremacy: You Will Be Done (also known simply as Overlord) is a rare example of mix between real-time strategy and science fiction themed 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploid, eXterminate). Supremacy was developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Mastertronic in 1990.
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Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected3.9/5 turn-based tactics
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Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected3.7/5 chess
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Defender of the Crown

DOS1991protected3.8/5
Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue damsels.
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Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
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Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected3.6/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz

Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 wargame, board game
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware3.9/5 4x
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.
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Jagged Alliance

DOS1994protected4.3/5 turn-based tactics
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Metal Marines

Windows 3.x19933.9/5 turn-based tactics
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS19893.9/5 kingdom simulation
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Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected4/5 turn-based tactics
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Castles 2: Siege and Conquest

DOSMac OS1992protected4.2/5 real-time strategy
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19893.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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QBasic Gorillas

DOS1991freeware4/5 artillery
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Hannibal

DOS19933.5/5 kingdom simulation
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221B Baker Street

DOS19864/5 board game
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
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Battle Isle

DOS1991protected3.7/5 turn-based tactics
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V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.3/5 board game
Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (also known as Cluedo). Clue can be played in single player, but the best gaming experience come from the multi-player mode.
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Bang! Bang!

Windows 3.x19903.8/5 artillery
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Doomdark's Revenge

DOS19853.9/5 first-person party-based RPG
Doomdark's Revenge is a strategy and role-playing video game developed by Mike Singleton and originally released in 1985 for DOS and various home computer systems, including the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64. It is the sequel to the earlier game Lords of Midnight and is known for its unique combination of strategy, adventure, and story...