The most popular abandonware strategy games
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Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes
Windows XP/98/9519974.3/5 4x, wargame
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is an abandoned turn-based fantasy strategy game designed by Steve Fawkner, developed by SSG Strategic Studies Group and released by Red Orb Entertainment in 1997 for Windows. Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is part of the Warlords game series and features quite a few multiplayer modes: from LAN to PBEM.
Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.3/5 4x
Master of Orion II is a 4X turn-based sci-fi strategy game set in space. Master of Orion 2 gives the player an empire to run by controlling food and production, managing economy and researching new technology. The player can wage war against other races or use spies and diplomacy to achieve victory.
Strip Poker Professional
DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 cards
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics
WinRisk
Windows 3.x19924.1/5 board game
Teenage Queen
DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 cards
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.1/5 4x
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.
Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld
Windows2000canceled4/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Dungeon Keeper 3 was a cancelled dungeon management strategy game being developed by Bullfrog that was never released. Dungeon Keeper 3 was cancelled in 2000 and the Dungeon Keeper franchise ended without a third chapter.
Cover Girl Strip Poker
DOS1991NSFW3.9/5 cards
Decision in the Desert
DOS19853.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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.
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.
Age of Wonders
Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo4.2/5 turn-based tactics
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...
King's Bounty
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 turn-based tactics
Rampart
DOS19924/5 artillery
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...
Cannon Fodder
DOS1994protected4.2/5 real-time tactics
Master of Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.2/5 kingdom simulation, 4x
Master of Magic is a turn based 4x strategy game developed by SimTex and published by the well know Microprose, very similar to Civilization, with a fantasy twist. You play as a wizard and your objective is to evolve your race from a small settlement to a bursting empire. To do so, you can produce military units to fight other computer controlled p...
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.
Populous: The Beginning
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 god game, sandbox strategy, real-time strategy
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS19874/5 wargame
Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics
Star Command
DOS1988protected4/5 space exploration, turn-based tactics
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
DOSMac OS1996protected3.9/5 sandbox strategy, real-time strategy, city building
Supremacy: Your Will Be Done
DOS19904.2/5 real-time strategy
Supremacy: You Will Be Done (also known simply as Overlord) is a rare example of mix between real-time strategy and science fiction themed 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploid, eXterminate). Supremacy was developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Mastertronic in 1990.
Queen of Tenshindo 95
Windows XP/98/951995NSFW3.9/5 cards
Dark Reign: The Future of War
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
Power Dolls
DOS19943.9/5 real-time tactics
Steel Panthers
DOS19954.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical wargame experience that would be further developed in subsequent titles. The game focused on armored warfare and featur...