Abandonware strategy games sorted by year, newest first

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

Armada 2525

DOS1991 4x

Armada 2525 is what happens when a spreadsheet decides it wants to conquer the galaxy. This is classic 4X strategy with all the bells, whistles, and menus your early '90s heart could desire. You’ll build colonies, research t...

Battle Isle

DOS1991protected turn-based tactics

Turns out war is a lot tidier when it’s turn-based. Battle Isle (1991) gives you neat little hexagons to move your units on, like a very angry board game. It’s got strategy, sci-fi flair, and just enough AI ruthlessnes...

Battle Master

DOS1991 real-time tactics

In Battle Master (1991), you play as a heavily armored murder-hobo leading an army across a fantasy world that really doesn’t want you there. It’s part action-RPG, part tactical slog, with clunky pathfinding and surpri...

Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter

DOS1991 board game

If Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego had a caffeinated younger cousin, it would be Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter. You race around the globe chasing clues, dodging rivals, and learning just enough geography to impress your ...

Castles

DOS1991protected real-time strategy

Castles is what happens when SimCity meets Game of Thrones. You design your own fortress, manage the budget, and tell unruly peasants why the walls are more important than food. Between building bricks and issuing royal edicts, yo...

Champion of the Raj

DOS1991 kingdom simulation

Chessmaster 3000

DOS1991 chess

Civilization

DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1991 4x

Civilization is the critically acclaimed strategy game designed by Sid Meier and Bruce Campbell Shelley that became a staple in 4X turn-based strategy. Civilization was developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1991 for DOS...

Cover Girl Strip Poker

DOS1991NSFW cards

Defender of the Crown

DOS1991protected

Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue da...