The most popular abandonware strategy games
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Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
DOS1994protecteddemo4.2/5 real-time strategy
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. Two separate story lines (Orcs and Humans) evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for the Kingdom of Azeroth. Players must mine gold and chop wood in order to construct buildings and create units. Each side tries to destro...
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor
Windows XP/98/9519973.8/5 real-time strategy
Panzer General
DOS1994protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
Realms
DOS19914/5 real-time strategy
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 ...
Master of Orion 3
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.2/5 4x, real-time tactics
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Windows XP/98/9519964.1/5 4x
Alien Legacy
DOS19944/5 4x
Chess
DOS19813.9/5 chess
Black & White
Windows XP/98/9520013.4/5 god game
Black & White is a strategy god simulation video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts in 2001 for Microsoft Windows and later for other platforms. In Black & White players take on the role of a deity who must guide and nurture a civilization of worshippers on a series of islands. The central objective of the g...
Dungeon Keeper 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected4/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Mega lo Mania
DOS19924.2/5 god game, real-time strategy
Mega lo Mania, also known as Mega-Lo-Mania: The Battle for Elysium in some regions, is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Image Works. It was originally released in 1991 for various platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and later on other systems like the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive). The ...
Total Annihilation Kingdoms
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods
DOSMac OS1993protected4.2/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is an old sandbox strategy god-game. As the title suggests, the setting is more of less ancient Greek mythology and you're a god (hence the god-game label). Populous 2 is the sequel of the much acclaimed Populous, designed by Peter Molineaux. Populous 2 was developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Ar...
5th Fleet
DOS19943.9/5 turn-based tactics, wargame, board game
Tank Wars
DOS19904.1/5 artillery
Galaxy
DOS19814.1/5 board game
Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne
Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo4.1/5 turn-based tactics
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to the original Age of Wonders. The game is set in a fantasy world where players take on the role of a leader, either as a wizard or a warlord, and compete for control of the...
Worms
DOS1995protecteddemo4.2/5 artillery
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5
Cultures
Windows XP/98/952000protected3.9/5 sandbox strategy, real-time strategy
Dark Reign 2
Windows XP/98/952000protected3.9/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
Risk: the World Conquest Game
DOS19893.8/5 board game
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Battle Bugs
DOS19944.2/5 real-time tactics
Star Control 2
DOS1992protected4.2/5 shoot 'em up
People's General
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Army Men 2
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 real-time tactics
Battle Chess 4000
DOS1992protected4/5 chess
War in Middle Earth
DOS19893.9/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy world of Middle-earth, specifically focusing on the events depicted in "The Lor...