Abandonware DOS title

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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Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics
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Burntime

DOS19934.1/5 action RPG, real-time strategy
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Syndicate Wars

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1996protected4/5 real-time tactics
Syndicate Wars is the sequel to the much acclaimed Syndicate developed by Bullfrog in its golden years. Like its predecessor, Syndicate Wars is a real-time tactics strategy game set in a cyberpunk dystopian world involving excessive violence, mega-corporations, bleak urban environment. Syndicate Wars also supports a multi-player co-op mode via LAN.
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Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected4/5
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Dungeon Keeper 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS19874/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Emperor of the Fading Suns

Windows XP/98/9519964/5 4x
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Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected4/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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Strip Poker 3

DOS1991NSFW4/5 cards
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Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Star Control 3

DOS1996protected4/5 shoot 'em up
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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.
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221B Baker Street

DOS19864/5 board game
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
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Action in the North Atlantic

DOS19894/5 naval simulation
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Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne

Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo4/5 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...
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Army Men 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 real-time tactics
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Betrayal

DOS1990protected4/5 kingdom simulation
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Bobby Fisher teaches chess

DOS19944/5 chess
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Command HQ

DOS19904/5 wargame, real-time strategy
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Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 board game
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS19884/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
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Felony!

DOS19844/5 board game
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Fooblitzsky

DOS19864/5 board game
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Gemfire

DOS19924/5 turn-based tactics
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Global Conquest

DOS19924/5 board game
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Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 turn-based tactics