Abandonware DOS title

The most popular turn based games

In direct contrast with real-time games, turn-based games gameplay is based on the players taking turns to do what needs to be done: move in a dungeon, play cards, attack enemy units.
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Alternate Reality: The City

DOSMac OS1988 Paradise Programming
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, play...
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Football Fanatic

DOS1998freeware
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Incursion

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007freeware
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Aspetra

DOS1996
Welcome to Aspetra, a 1996 DOS game that tried to cram an epic sci-fi RPG into your beige box PC — and mostly succeeded! Think “Star Trek meets budget constraints.” You explore strange new worlds, meet weirdly sp...
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Rack 'em

DOS1988 Artech Studios
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Midway Campaign

DOS1983 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS1982 Sir-tech Software
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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The Astronomy Quiz

DOS1988 Softdisk Publishing
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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected Sir-tech Software
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series. The game begins with the player's party investig...
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Ultimate Soccer Manager 2

DOSWindows 3.x1996 Impressions Games
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Master of Orion 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected Quicksilver Software
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5th Fleet

DOS1994
This 1994 naval strategy game for DOS is based on the board game of the same name, which means you’ll spend more time squinting at menus than blowing up ships. It’s cerebral, methodical, and incredibly satisfying - if ...
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D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS1994 Impressions Games
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Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x1993 The Software Toolworks
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Hexxagon

DOS1993 Argo Games
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Robot Rascals

DOS1987 Ozark Softscape
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Color Buster

DOS1992
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Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 Eon Software
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Bobby Fisher teaches chess

DOS1994 Mission Studios
Ever wanted to get chess lessons from a genius who could crush your soul with a bishop and a glare? Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (1994, DOS) is your chance. Based on the classic book, the game patiently walks you through strategies...
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Motor City

DOS1994 Max Design
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Decision in the Desert

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected Silicon Knights
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Ancients 2: Approaching Evil

DOS1994 Farr-Ware Software
A direct sequel to Deathwatch, Ancients 2: Approaching Evil is like returning to your childhood neighborhood, except everyone’s still trying to kill you. Released in 1994, it builds on the first game’s formula by addin...
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Liero

DOS1999freeware
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Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW Eleven Software
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Sword of Aragon

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware
Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-pla...