The most popular abandonware strategy games
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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...
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected3.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Advanced Civilization
DOS19954/5 board game
Syndicate
DOS1993protected4.2/5 real-time tactics
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS19864.2/5 chess
Warlords 2
DOS19934.1/5 4x
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS19883.7/5
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.
Fantasy Empires
DOS1993protected3.9/5 turn-based tactics
Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess
DOS1990protected3.7/5 chess
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.
Empire Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Battle of Antietam
DOS1985protected3.6/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 wargame, board game
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.
Jagged Alliance
DOS1994protected4.3/5 turn-based tactics
Metal Marines
Windows 3.x19933.9/5 turn-based tactics
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS19893.9/5 kingdom simulation
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected4/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected4/5 turn-based tactics
Castles 2: Siege and Conquest
DOSMac OS1992protected4.2/5 real-time strategy
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2
DOS19893.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
QBasic Gorillas
DOS1991freeware4/5 artillery
Hannibal
DOS19933.5/5 kingdom simulation
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.
Battle Isle
DOS1991protected3.7/5 turn-based tactics
V for victory: Market-Garden
DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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.
Bang! Bang!
Windows 3.x19903.8/5 artillery
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...