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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DOS1989 cards
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1
DOS1988 wargame, turn-based tactics
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS1989 kingdom simulation
Chess88
DOS1984 chess
Heirs to the Throne
DOS1992 kingdom simulation
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS1989 board game
Power Dolls
DOS1994 real-time tactics
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected wargame, turn-based tactics
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
DOS1992 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up
Desert Rats
DOS1986 turn-based tactics, wargame
Sid Meier's CivNet
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995 4x
CivNet is a multiplayer adaptation of the original Sid Meier's Civilization game, released in 1995. It was developed and published by MicroProse for MS-DOS and Windows. This version of Civilization brought networked multiplayer gameplay to the series for the first time, alongside updated graphics and improved interface elements. CivNet retaine...
Sword of the Samurai
DOS1989protected
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x1997 board game
The Grandest Fleet
DOS1994 wargame
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected wargame, turn-based tactics
L'Empereur
DOS1991 wargame, turn-based tactics
Dragon Lord
DOS1990 real-time strategy
Lords of Midnight: The Citadel
DOS1995 first-person party-based RPG
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS1994
Warheads
Windows XP/98/951997 artillery
Risk: the World Conquest Game
DOS1989 board game
Rules of Engagement
DOS1991 real-time tactics
Global Thermo War
DOS1985 board game
Midwinter 2: Flames of Freedom
DOS1991
Castles
DOS1991protected real-time strategy
Crusade in Europe
DOS1985 wargame, turn-based tactics
Siege
DOS1992 turn-based tactics
Chaos Overlords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected board game
Chaos Overlords is a cyberpunk-themed strategy game developed by Stick Man Games and published by New World Computing in 1996. Set in a dystopian future, the game focuses on controlling the underworld of a city dominated by corrupt corporations and oppressive government forces. The player assumes the role of a crime lord, leading a gang with the go...
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 board game
221B Baker Street
DOS1986 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.