Abandonware strategy games sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Panzer Battles

DOS19903.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Pacific General

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

Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 wargame

Othello

DOS19864.1/5 board game

Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected3.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45

DOS19942.5/5 wargame

Operation Combat: Computer Battle Game

DOS19904.2/5 wargame

Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air

DOS19934.1/5 wargame

Omega

DOS19894/5 real-time tactics

Omega is an abandoned science fiction themed strategy game developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Omega is a rare example of a programming game about robots.

Oligopoly

DOS19873.3/5 board game

Oligopoly is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by James Kerwin, developed by PC Design Associates and released by XOR Corporation in 1987 for DOS.

Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 wargame, board game

Nuclear War

DOS19894/5 board game

Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...

North and South

DOS19904.2/5 wargame

Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS19943.9/5

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.9/5

Nobunaga's Ambition

DOS19883.7/5

Nectaris

DOS19954/5 turn-based tactics

Myth: The Fallen Lords

Windows XP/98/95Mac19974.2/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy

Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 chess

Monopoly Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19924/5 board game

Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh.

Monopoly (Adam Stevens)

DOS19983.9/5 board game

Monopoly

DOS19854.1/5 board game

Monopoly

DOS19853.9/5 board game

MinerVGA

DOS1989freeware4/5 business simulation

Midwinter 2: Flames of Freedom

DOS19913.8/5

Midwinter

DOS19904.1/5 first-person action-adventure

Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Mick's Strip Poker

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1999NSFW4.2/5 cards

Metal Marines

Windows 3.x19933.9/5 turn-based tactics

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 ...