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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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3: Dragon of Destiny

DOS19934/5

Rules of Engagement 2

DOS19933.9/5 real-time tactics

Seal Team

DOS19934.1/5 real-time tactics

Socrates

DOS19934/5 chess

Space Hulk

DOS19934.3/5 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 out hordes of aliens by the means of a squad of Space Marines armored and armed to the teeth. Space Hulk is the adaptation...

Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x19934.1/5 chess

Stronghold

DOS1993protected4/5 real-time strategy, kingdom simulation

Syndicate

DOS1993protected4.1/5 real-time tactics

The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics

The Settlers

DOS1993protected4.2/5 sandbox strategy, real-time strategy

Unnatural Selection

DOS19934/5 real-time tactics

V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Warlords 2

DOS19934.1/5 4x

When Two Worlds War

DOS19933.6/5

5th Fleet

DOS19943.9/5 turn-based tactics, wargame, board game

Alien Legacy

DOS19943.9/5 4x

Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected3.7/5 board game

Battle Bugs

DOS19944.2/5 real-time tactics

Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics

Bobby Fisher teaches chess

DOS19944/5 chess

Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected4.1/5 real-time tactics

Cannon Fodder, released by Sensible Software in 1993, is a military-themed action game that cleverly blends strategy with real-time tactics. Players control a small squad of soldiers through various missions, facing enemies and obstacles in a top-down perspective. The game's distinctive style is marked by its dark humor and satirical take on war, m...

Colonization

DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected4.2/5 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 similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization...