The most popular abandonware strategy games
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Axis and Allies
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 board game, wargame
The Settlers
DOS1993protected4.2/5 sandbox strategy, real-time strategy
Strip Poker 3
DOS1991NSFW4/5 cards
Battle Chess
DOS1988protected4.2/5 board game, chess
Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
Teenage Queen
DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 cards
The Civil War
DOS19953.5/5 real-time strategy
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a science fiction real-time strategy game set in the Star Wars universe, focused both on the first and the second Star Wars trilogy. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds was developed by LucasArts Entertainment in 2001. SWGB was developed using the Genie engine, the same used for Age of Empires.
Warlords
DOS19904.2/5 4x
Populous
DOS19893.9/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...
Strip Poker Professional
DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 cards
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Windows XP/98/9519994/5 4x
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...
Power Dolls
DOS19943.9/5 real-time tactics
Army Men
Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 real-time tactics
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics
Arrakis
DOS20003.9/5 real-time strategy
Age of Wonders
Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo4.2/5 turn-based tactics
Star Command
DOS1988protected4/5 space exploration, turn-based tactics
4Play
Windows 3.x1995NSFW3.9/5 board game
4Play is a multi-player board-like strategy party-game for adults released for Windows 3.1 in 1995. 4Play is a board-game very similar to Monopoly in which players have to perform certain (adult) actions in response to events happening on the board.
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
Civilization II: Test of Time
Windows XP/98/951999remake4.3/5 4x
Civilization II: Test of Time is an abandoned turn-based strategy game developed by Atari and released by MicroProse Software in 1999 for Windows. Civilization II: Test of Time is a remake of the cult classic Civilization 2, without the involvement of Sid Meier (the creator of the Civilization franchise). Test of Time includes fantasy and science f...
WinRisk
Windows 3.x19924.1/5 board game
Total Annihilation
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
DOS1995protected4.2/5 real-time strategy
King's Bounty
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 turn-based tactics
Cover Girl Strip Poker
DOS1991NSFW3.9/5 cards
Ascendancy
DOS19954.2/5 4x
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.
Colonization
DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected4.3/5 4x
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization...
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS19974.2/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
Laser Squad
DOS19923.9/5 turn-based tactics
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.
Rings of Medusa
DOS19904/5 real-time strategy, kingdom simulation
Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of a hero tasked with defeating the evil sorceress Medusa who has taken control of the city of Olympus. The game world is ...