Abandonware strategy games

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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Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45

DOS19942.5/5 wargame

Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected3.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Othello

DOS19864.1/5 board game

Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 wargame

Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Panzer Battles

DOS19903.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Panzer General

DOS1994protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.

Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Patton vs. Rommel

DOS19874/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw

DOS19893/5 board game

Playhouse Strip Poker

DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 cards

Populous

DOS19893.9/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy

Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...

Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods

DOSMac1993protected4.2/5 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...

Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 god game, sandbox strategy, real-time strategy

Power Dolls

DOS19943.9/5 real-time tactics

Power Struggle

DOS19883.5/5

Powermonger

DOS19923.9/5 god game, real-time strategy

Powermonger is a real time strategy game where the player must defeat the opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in his/her favor. This is done by giving orders to soldiers and captains and by accumulating enough resources (food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.

Psion Chess

DOSMac19853.9/5 chess

QBasic Gorillas

DOS1991freeware4/5 artillery

Queen of Tenshindo 95

Windows XP/98/951995NSFW3.9/5 cards

Rampart

DOS19924/5 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 ...