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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Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Ground Control

Windows XP/98/952000protected4/5 real-time tactics
Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.
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Command HQ

DOS19904/5 wargame, real-time strategy
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Star Control 3

DOS1996protected4/5 shoot 'em up
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Spaceward Ho!

Windows 3.xDOS19924/5 4x
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Realms

DOS19914/5 real-time strategy
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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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Advanced Civilization

DOS19954/5 board game
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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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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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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
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Liero

DOS1999freeware4/5 artillery
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MinerVGA

DOS1989freeware4/5 business simulation
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Socrates

DOS19934/5 chess
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Sorcerer Lord

DOS19874/5 turn-based tactics
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Star General

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
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Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

Windows XP/98/9519994/5 4x
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...
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Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 chess
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Stronghold

DOS1993protected4/5 real-time strategy, kingdom simulation
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Triple Triad Gold

Windows XP/98/952000freeware4/5 cards
Triple Triad is a card game that originated in the Final Fantasy series, specifically in Final Fantasy VIII. The game is played on a 3x3 grid, and each player has a deck of cards featuring different characters, monsters, or other elements from the Final Fantasy universe. When a card is placed adjacent to an opponent's card, and the rank of the...
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Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected4/5 chess
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2

DOS19904/5
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...