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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Warzone 2100

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999freeware3.7/5 real-time strategy

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 ...

Gengis Khan

DOS19893.7/5 kingdom simulation

Austerlitz 1805

DOS19893.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS19923.5/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Warheads

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 artillery

The Ball Game

DOS19913.9/5 board game

Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics

Stellar Crusade

DOS1988protected3.9/5 4x

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 chess

Turbo Gomoku

DOS19853/5 board game

V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected3.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Nectaris

DOS19954/5 turn-based tactics

King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.1/5 chess, board game

Desert Rats

DOS19863.9/5 turn-based tactics, wargame

Conquest of Japan

DOS19924.1/5 wargame

Gulf Strike

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

Operation Combat: Computer Battle Game

DOS19904.2/5 wargame

Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics

DOS19883.8/5

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS19883.8/5 turn-based tactics, wargame

Dragon Lord

DOS19904.2/5 real-time strategy

Global Thermo War

DOS19853.9/5 board game

Armada 2525

DOS19913.3/5 4x

Felony!

DOS19844/5 board game

Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS19923.8/5 trivia / quiz, board game

Rules of Engagement

DOS19913.6/5 real-time tactics

Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Trivial Pursuit

DOS19893.4/5 trivia / quiz, board game

Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.