Abandonware strategy games sorted by release date
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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Scrabble
DOS19923.4/5 board game
Siege
DOS19924/5 turn-based tactics
Space Crusade
DOS19924.2/5 turn-based tactics
Spaceward Ho!
Windows 3.xDOS19924/5 4x
Star Control 2
DOS1992protected4.2/5 shoot 'em up
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
DOS19923.7/5 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up
Theatre of War
DOS1992protected3.3/5 board game
Trivial Pursuit Deluxe
DOS19923.8/5 trivia / quiz, board game
V for victory: Velikiye Luki
DOS1992protected3.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
WinRisk
Windows 3.x19924.1/5 board game
Ambush at Sorinor
DOS19933.8/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos
DOS19934/5 turn-based tactics
Burntime
DOS19933.9/5 action RPG, real-time strategy
Capture the Flag
DOS19933.3/5 turn-based tactics
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected3.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Empire Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x19934.1/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Empire Deluxe is a classic turn-based strategy game that was originally released in the early 1990s. Developed by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky of White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing, it is a successor to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...
Fantasy Empires
DOS1993protected3.9/5 turn-based tactics
Fields of Glory
DOS1993protected4.1/5 real-time tactics, wargame, board game
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected3.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Global Domination
DOS19933.5/5 kingdom simulation
Hannibal
DOS19933.5/5 kingdom simulation
Hoyle Classic Card Games
DOS19934/5 cards
Kasparov's Gambit
DOS19933.9/5 chess
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok
DOS1993protected4.1/5 chess, board game
Master of Orion
DOS1993protected4.1/5 4x
Metal Marines
Windows 3.x19933.9/5 turn-based tactics
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS19934.1/5 wargame
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods
DOSMac OS1993protected4.2/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is an old sandbox strategy god-game. As the title suggests, the setting is more of less ancient Greek mythology and you're a god (hence the god-game label). Populous 2 is the sequel of the much acclaimed Populous, designed by Peter Molineaux. Populous 2 was developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Ar...
Red sky at morning
DOS19933.9/5
Redhook's Revenge
DOS19933.3/5 board game