Abandonware strategy games sorted by year, newest first
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Populous: The Beginning
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 god game, sandbox strategy, real-time strategy
Robo Rumble
Windows XP/98/9519983.7/5 real-time strategy
Settlers of Catan
DOS19984.1/5 board game
Star Wars Rebellion
Windows XP/98/951998protected3.7/5 real-time strategy
StarCraft
Windows XP/98/95Mac1998protecteddemo4.1/5 real-time strategy
StarCraft is a classic RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh. StarCraft takes the Warcraft experience to a sci-fi setting with an interesting story, three very different races (the militaristic Humans, the alien Zerg and the religious Protoss) and one of the best gameplay ex...
Age of Empires
Windows XP/98/951997protecteddemo4.2/5 real-time strategy
Age of Empires, published by Microsoft and developed by Ensemble Studios, is one of the most popular historical RTS and started a successful series. The player must guide a civilization from prehistory to the iron age, battling other civilizations, building and gathering resources.
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x19974.1/5 board game
Combat Chess
Windows XP/98/951997protected3.8/5 chess
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor
Windows XP/98/9519973.8/5 real-time strategy
Dark Reign: The Future of War
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
Dungeon Keeper
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4.1/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Dungeon Keeper 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
DOS19974.1/5 real-time tactics
Magic: The Gathering
Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 cards
Magic: The Gathering (sometimes also referred as Shandalar) is an abandoned strategy game based on the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, developed and released by MicroProse Software for Windows in 1997. MTG is set on the fictional plane of Shandalar. You can play a single-player campaign or simply play duels against computer oppo...
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Windows XP/98/95Mac19974.2/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected4/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Total Annihilation
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
Vlad Tepes Dracula
Windows XP/98/9519973.3/5 real-time strategy, business simulation
Warheads
Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 artillery
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.
X-COM: Apocalypse
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics
X-COM: Apocalypse is the third installment of the very popular X-COM franchise. After X-COM: Ufo Defence and Terror From the Deep, fans expected another smash hit. Apocalypse is quite different under many aspects, from gameplay to aesthetics. X-COM Apocalypse was designed by Julian Gollop (the same designer that brought the original X-COM to l...
Battlestar
Windows 3.x1996freeware3.7/5 board game
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 board game, kingdom simulation
Blood & Magic
DOS19963.9/5 real-time strategy
Cave Wars
DOS19964.2/5 real-time tactics
Chaos Overlords
Windows XP/98/95Mac1996protected3/5 board game
Civilization 2
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 4x
Civilization II is a turn-based strategy game developed by MicroProse and released in 1996. It's the second installment in the "Civilization" series, created by Sid Meier. The game builds upon the concept of its predecessor, Civilization, and expands on its gameplay mechanics, graphics, and depth.In Civilization II, players take on the role of a le...
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
DOS1996freeware4/5 real-time strategy
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1996. It is part of the Command & Conquer series and is set in an alternate history where World War II never occurred, leading to a different global conflict.The success of Red Alert led to several seque...