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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Metal Marines
Windows 3.x1993 turn-based tactics
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS1993 wargame
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods
DOSMac OS1993protected sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is a classic sandbox strategy god game. As the title suggests, its setting is loosely based on ancient Greek mythology, and you play as a deity (hence the "god game" label). Populous 2 is th...
Red sky at morning
DOS1993
Redhook's Revenge
DOS1993 board game
Rules of Engagement 2
DOS1993 real-time tactics
Seal Team
DOS1993 real-time tactics
Socrates
DOS1993 chess
Space Hulk
DOS1993 board game, real-time tactics
Space Hulk is an abandoned real-time tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40000 universe, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS and Amiga systems. In Space Hulk, the player is tasked with wiping ou...
Star Wars Chess
DOSWindows 3.x1993 chess
Stronghold
DOS1993protected real-time strategy, kingdom simulation
Stronghold, released in 1993, is a strategy simulation game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). Players assume the role of a lord tasked with managing a kingdom. The game involv...
Syndicate
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protecteddemo real-time tactics
Syndicate is a cyberpunk-themed tactical action game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. The game is set in a dystopian future where corporations, called syndicates, have replaced government...
The Blue & the Gray
DOS1993 wargame
The Great War: 1914 - 1918
DOS1993protected turn-based tactics
The Settlers
DOS1993protected sandbox strategy, real-time strategy
Unnatural Selection
DOS1993 real-time tactics
V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword
DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics
V for victory: Market-Garden
DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Warlords 2
DOS1993 4x
When Two Worlds War
DOS1993
5th Fleet
DOS1994 turn-based tactics, wargame, board game
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 ...
Alien Legacy
DOS1994 4x
Alien Legacy (1994) is like SimCity crashed into Star Trek and nobody called the insurance company. It’s a real-time strategy/simulation game that has you managing a colony in deep space while solving the mystery of what hap...
Archon Ultra
DOS1994protected board game
Archon Ultra is what happens when you smash chess into an arcade cabinet and call it a day. This updated version of the original Archon throws in jazzed-up graphics and faster gameplay, but keeps the core idea: when pieces meet, t...
Battle Bugs
DOS1994 real-time tactics
What if ants could use bazookas and beetles had battle plans? Battle Bugs answers this crucial question by turning your screen into a war zone where tiny insects wage strategic warfare over leftovers. The stakes are high and the t...
Battle Isle 2200
DOS1994protected turn-based tactics
With Battle Isle 2200 (1994), the series goes full 3D cinematic—with cutscenes so dramatic you’d think they were auditioning for a soap opera in space. The gameplay is classic hex strategy, but now with upgraded visual...
Bobby Fisher teaches chess
DOS1994 chess
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...
Cannon Fodder
DOS1994protected real-time tactics
War never changes—but it does get oddly cute in Cannon Fodder. Guide your tiny commandos through missions filled with explosions, carnage, and dark humor. The game mixes arcade action with light strategy, and the body count ...
Colonization
DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected 4x
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are si...
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 wargame