Abandonware strategy games sorted by release date

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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Decision in the Desert

DOS19853.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

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...

Global Thermo War

DOS19853.9/5 board game

Monopoly

DOS19854.1/5 board game

Monopoly

DOS19853.9/5 board game

Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected3.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Psion Chess

DOSMac19853.9/5 chess

Robot Odissey

DOS19853.9/5 real-time tactics

Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac19853.8/5 space exploration, space simulation

Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance

DOS1985NSFW3.9/5 cards

Turbo Gomoku

DOS19853/5 board game

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.

Backgammon

DOS19862.7/5 board game

Conflict in Vietnam

DOS19864.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Desert Rats

DOS19863.9/5 turn-based tactics, wargame

Fooblitzsky

DOS19864/5 board game

Grand Slam Bridge

DOS19863.4/5 cards

Gulf Strike

DOS19864.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game

Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 wargame, board game

Othello

DOS19864.1/5 board game

Shawl

DOS19863.4/5 cards

The Chessmaster 2000

DOS19864.1/5 chess

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.