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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Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS19913.8/5 chess

Dominium

DOS19924.2/5 real-time strategy

Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.5/5 board game

Conflict: Europe

DOS19894.2/5 turn-based tactics

Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter

DOS19903.8/5

Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/9519954.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Grand Slam Bridge

DOS19863.4/5 cards

Reunion

DOS19943.7/5 real-time strategy

Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected3.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Rules of Engagement 2

DOS19933.9/5 real-time tactics

Combat Chess

Windows XP/98/951997protected3.8/5 chess

Acquire

DOS19893.9/5 board game

Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 wargame, board game

Triple Triad Gold

Windows XP/98/952000freeware4/5 cards

Triple Triad is a card game that originated in the Final Fantasy series, specifically in Final Fantasy VIII. The game is played on a 3x3 grid, and each player has a deck of cards featuring different characters, monsters, or other elements from the Final Fantasy universe. When a card is placed adjacent to an opponent's card, and the rank of the...

UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac OS19904.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

The Perfect General

DOS19914/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...