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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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 turn-based tactics

Global Domination

DOS19933.5/5 kingdom simulation

Black Moon Chronicles

DOS1999protected4.2/5 real-time tactics

Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS19974.1/5 real-time tactics

Iron Cross

DOS19943.5/5 wargame

Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 wargame, board game

Nectaris

DOS19954/5 turn-based tactics

Rules of Engagement

DOS19913.6/5 real-time 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.

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19893.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

The Ancient Art of War at Sea

DOS19874.1/5 real-time strategy

Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics

DOS19883.8/5

4 Queens Computer Casino

DOS19923.2/5 cards

Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected3.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS19883.8/5 turn-based tactics, wargame

King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.1/5 chess, board game

Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected3.7/5 board game

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.