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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Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected3.7/5 board game

Black Crown

DOS19953.9/5 board game

Vlad Tepes Dracula

Windows XP/98/9519973.3/5 real-time strategy, business simulation

Grandmaster Chess

DOS1992protected4.1/5 chess

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS19884/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Rings of Medusa

DOS19904/5 real-time strategy, kingdom simulation

Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of a hero tasked with defeating the evil sorceress Medusa who has taken control of the city of Olympus. The game world is ...

Annals of Rome

DOS19883.8/5 kingdom simulation

The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter

DOS19903.8/5

Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf

DOS19923.7/5 kingdom simulation

Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected3.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 chess

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware3.8/5 board game

D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS19943.5/5 wargame

Siege

DOS19924/5 turn-based tactics

Warzone 2100

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999freeware3.7/5 real-time strategy

Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

UFO 2000

WindowsLinux2004freeware4.2/5 turn-based tactics

Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 chess

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.

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS19934/5 turn-based tactics

Dune Generations

Windows XP/98/952002canceled3.8/5 real-time strategy

Dune Generations was a canceled 3D MMO strategy game set in the Dune universe that was never published. Dune Generations was in development by Cryo Interactive Entertainment, but it was canceled in 2002 when the company filed for bankruptcy. As of 2002 the game was still in the alpha stage; what's left are some screenshots ...