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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Mega lo Mania

DOS1992 god game, real-time strategy

Mega lo Mania, also known as Mega-Lo-Mania: The Battle for Elysium in some regions, is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Image Works. It was originally released in 1991 for vario...

Monopoly Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x1992 board game

Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, ...

Powermonger

DOS1992 god game, real-time strategy

Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating ...

Rampart

DOS1992 artillery

Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a nu...

Scrabble

DOS1992 board game

Siege

DOS1992 turn-based tactics

Space Crusade

DOS1992 turn-based tactics

Spaceward Ho!

Windows 3.xDOS1992 4x

Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor

DOS1992

Star Control 2

DOS1992protected shoot 'em up

The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS1992 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up

Theatre of War

DOS1992protected board game

Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 trivia / quiz, board game

V for victory: Velikiye Luki

DOS1992protected wargame, turn-based tactics

WinRisk

Windows 3.x1992 board game

Ambush at Sorinor

DOS1993 real-time strategy, real-time tactics

In Ambush at Sorinor, tactics meet fantasy in a land where ambushing people is apparently the national sport. You’re a mercenary commander picking the right team to win missions and not get horribly skewered. Battles play ou...

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 turn-based tactics

A game with a name like Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos clearly means business. Released in 1993, it’s an expansion-slash-standalone with new missions, harder AI, and an even more hostile moon. You’ll manage resour...

Burntime

DOS1993 action RPG, real-time strategy

Post-apocalyptic survival meets real estate management in Burntime, where the world is ruined, but you still need to hire employees and secure water rights. It’s like Mad Max if Max decided to open a franchise of fortified r...

Capture the Flag

DOS1993 turn-based tactics

No guns. No glory. Just two invisible players navigating a weird Tron-like maze to steal each other’s flag. Capture the Flag is what you get when someone says “let’s make Pac-Man multiplayer and add a dash of par...

Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics

Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x1993 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...