The most popular 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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Chaos Overlords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected3.2/5 board game
Battle Chess 4000
DOS1992protected4/5 chess
High Command: Europe 1939-45
DOS19924.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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 ...
Realms
DOS19914/5 real-time strategy
Twilight 2000
DOS19914.3/5 board game, real-time tactics, wargame
Seal Team
DOS19934.1/5 real-time tactics
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected4/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Gengis Khan
DOS19893.5/5 kingdom simulation
Day of the Pharaoh
DOS19893.1/5
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected3.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Powermonger
DOS19923.9/5 god game, real-time strategy
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating enough resources (such as food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.
V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword
DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Vlad Tepes Dracula
Windows XP/98/9519973.6/5 real-time strategy, business simulation
Genocide
DOS1996freeware3.9/5 artillery
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 wargame, board game
Battle Isle 2200
DOS1994protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS19864.2/5 chess
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS19883.7/5
Rules of Engagement 2
DOS19933.9/5 real-time tactics
Archon Ultra
DOS1994protected3.7/5 board game
Metal Marines
Windows 3.x19933.9/5 turn-based tactics
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Jagged Alliance
DOS1994protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics
Conquest of the New World (Deluxe Edition)
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 4x
Conquest of the new world is a turn-based strategy game that lets you control one of 6 different nations in their attempt to colonize the new continent. The gameworld is represented in an isometric point of view. Combat is a mini-game taking place on a battlefield where victory can be achieved by killing enemy troops or capturing the enemy's flag.
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.2/5 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...
Empire II: The Art of War
DOSWindows XP/98/9519954/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS19943.9/5
Crazy Nick's Leisure Suit Larry Casino
DOS19923.3/5 cards
Stratego
DOS19903.8/5 board game