The best 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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UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac19904.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Worms

DOS1995protecteddemo4.1/5 artillery

Army Men

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 real-time tactics

X-COM: Terror from the Deep

DOS1995protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics

X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a DOS science fiction tactical strategy game, the sequel of one of the most popular DOS games in history X-COM Ufo Defense. Terror from the Deep was designed by Stephen Gross (the X-COM original being designed by Julian Gollop) and was published by MicroProse Software back in 1995. Terror from the deep doesn't change ...

Twilight 2000

DOS19914.1/5 board game, real-time tactics, wargame

Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 real-time tactics

Warlords 2

DOS19934.1/5 4x

Champion of the Raj

DOS19914.1/5 kingdom simulation

Othello

DOS19864.1/5 board game

Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.1/5 4x

Warheads

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 artillery

Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics

V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Seal Team

DOS19934.1/5 real-time tactics

High Command: Europe 1939-45

DOS19924.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Tank Wars

DOS19904.1/5 artillery

Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/9519954.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air

DOS19934.1/5 wargame

Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy

Waterloo

DOS1989protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics, wargame

Master of Orion

DOS1993protected4.1/5 4x

Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware4.1/5 real-time strategy

The Perfect General

DOS19914.1/5 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 ...