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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People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

StarCraft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protecteddemo4.1/5 real-time strategy

StarCraft is a classic RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh. StarCraft takes the Warcraft experience to a sci-fi setting with an interesting story, three very different races (the militaristic Humans, the alien Zerg and the religious Protoss) and one of the best gameplay ex...

Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.6/5 board game

Stronghold

DOS1993protected4/5 real-time strategy, kingdom simulation

Rules of Engagement

DOS19913.6/5 real-time tactics

Army Men

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 real-time tactics

Gulf Strike

DOS19864.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game

Accordion

DOS19903/5 cards

8088 Othello

DOS19853.5/5 board game

J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS19974.1/5 real-time tactics

Chess

DOS19813.9/5 chess

Midwinter

DOS19904.1/5 first-person action-adventure

Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.2/5 board game

Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...

Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Iron Cross

DOS19943.5/5 wargame

Battle Bugs

DOS19944.2/5 real-time tactics

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...