The best 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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A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected board game, wargame, turn-based tactics

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.

Crusade in Europe

DOS1985 wargame, turn-based tactics

Vlad Tepes Dracula

Windows XP/98/951997 real-time strategy, business simulation

Alien Legacy

DOS1994 4x

Populous

DOS1989 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...

Core War Plus

DOS1984 real-time tactics

Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected turn-based tactics

Burntime

DOS1993 action RPG, real-time strategy

Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected wargame, turn-based tactics

Annals of Rome

DOS1988 kingdom simulation

Monopoly (Adam Stevens)

DOS1998 board game

Rules of Engagement 2

DOS1993 real-time tactics

Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Joey the Passion

Windows XP/98/952004 cards, collectible card game

Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Joey the Passion, released by Konami in 2004, is a PC video game that brings the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game to life. This game is the third and final installment in the "Power of Chaos" series. Players engage in duels that adhere to the traditional rules of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, allowing them to construct and cu...

Acquire

DOS1989 board game

Blood & Magic

DOS1996 real-time strategy

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

Windows XP/98/951999 4x

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...

The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

DOSMac OS1996protected sandbox strategy, real-time strategy, city building

Ambush at Sorinor

DOS1993 real-time strategy, real-time tactics

The Ball Game

DOS1991 board game

Rings of Medusa

DOS1990 real-time strategy, kingdom simulation

Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of a hero tasked with defeating the evil sorceress Medusa who has taken control of the city of Olympus. The game world is ...