Abandonware DOS title

The most popular turn based games

In direct contrast with real-time games, turn-based games gameplay is based on the players taking turns to do what needs to be done: move in a dungeon, play cards, attack enemy units.
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Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
gemfire-03

Gemfire

DOS19924/5 KOEI
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Betrayal

DOS1990protected4/5
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Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS19903.5/5 Command Simulations
kampfgruppe-05

Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
battlestar-05

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware3.7/5
ogre-03

Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 Origin Systems
mcarthur-war-02

MacArthur's War

DOS19903.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Legend of Faerghail

DOS19903.9/5 Electronic Design Hannover
Legend of Faerghail is a role-playing video game developed by Electronic Design Hannover and published by Rainbow Arts. It was released in 1990 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is set in the fantasy world of Faerghail, where the player controls a party of adventurers on a quest to defeat the evil sorcerer Daldras.The game...
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Master of Orion

DOS1993protected4.1/5 SimTex
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Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan

DOS19904.1/5 New World Computing
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Fooblitzsky

DOS19864/5 Infocom
accordion-2

Accordion

DOS19903/5 Softdisk Publishing
starcommand-4

Star Command

DOS1988protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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TV Sports: Boxing

DOS1991freeware3.6/5 ACME Interactive
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Alternate Reality: The City

DOSMac OS19884.1/5 Paradise Programming
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...
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Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
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Dark Queen of Krynn

DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Fantasy General

DOS1996protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil, each with unique and colorful units.
armada2525-02

Armada 2525

DOS19913.3/5
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Ascendancy

DOS19954.2/5 The Logic Factory
Ascendancy is a science fiction themed turn-based strategy game developed by The Logic Factory and released in 1995 for DOS. Ascendancy is a classic 4X game (eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, eXterminate), similar to Master of Orion, yet with a few differences such as a technology tree.
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Action in the North Atlantic

DOS19894/5 General Quarters Software
global-domination-02

Global Domination

DOS19933.5/5 Impressions Games
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Football Manager 3

DOS19934.2/5 Bedrock Software
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS19903.7/5 TigLon Software
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Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
nethack-falcon-eye-02

NetHack - Falcon's Eye

Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.8/5