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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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 enough resources (such as food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.

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 number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...

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

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 turn-based tactics

Burntime

DOS1993 action RPG, real-time strategy

Capture the Flag

DOS1993 turn-based tactics

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 to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...