Abandonware DOS title

The most popular turn based games

In direct contrast with real-time games, turn-based games gameplay is based on the players taking turns to do what needs to be done: move in a dungeon, play cards, attack enemy units.
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Chessmaster 3000

DOS1991 The Software Toolworks
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221B Baker Street

DOS1986 Datasoft
You are Sherlock Holmes, and someone has committed a crime, possibly because they couldn’t handle the game’s UI. 221B Baker Street is a detective board game where your mind is your only weapon. And also a notepad, beca...
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Fantasy General

DOS1996protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil...
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games
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TV Sports: Boxing

DOS1991freeware ACME Interactive
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Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected Interplay Productions
In Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess (1990), the classic formula gets an eastern makeover—complete with new rules, a new board, and a fresh batch of animated fatalities. If you thought regular chess was confusing, welcome to xia...
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Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 Eon Software
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Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf

DOS1995 Pixel Painters Corporation
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Chess

DOS1981 International PC Owners
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UnReal World v. 3.20

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware
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Allan Border's Cricket

DOS1993 Audiogenic
In Allan Border’s Cricket (1993), you get to live the thrill of... waiting. A lot. But when the action kicks in, it’s surprisingly engaging. Named after the Australian cricket legend, the game offers realistic mechanic...
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Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Virtual Pool

DOS1995 Celeris
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Emperor of the Fading Suns

Windows XP/98/951996 Holistic Design
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Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Liero

DOS1999freeware
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Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering
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Football Manager 3

DOS1993 Bedrock Software
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Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan

DOS1990 New World Computing
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan is a computer RPG released in 1990 for MS-DOS and PC-98 platforms. It is based on the tabletop role-playing game Tunnels & Trolls created by Ken St. Andre, which was a lighter and more...
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Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes

Windows XP/98/951997 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is an abandoned turn-based fantasy strategy game designed by Steve Fawkner, developed by SSG Strategic Studies Group and released by Red Orb Entertainment in 1997 for Windows. Warlords 3: Reign of Heroe...
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Joan of Arc

DOS1989 Chip
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Incursion

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007freeware
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Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x1993 The Software Toolworks
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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Color Buster

DOS1992
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Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS1982 Sir-tech Software
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Shadow of Yserbius

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
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Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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One-Nil Soccer Manager

DOS1992 New Era Software
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Ni...
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Free Enterprise

Windows XP/98/951996 Tsunami Media
Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows...