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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Reach for the Stars
DOS1988 4x
Realms
DOS1991 real-time strategy
Red sky at morning
DOS1993
Redhook's Revenge
DOS1993 board game
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
Reunion
DOS1994 real-time strategy
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 ...
Risk
Windows 3.x1991 board game
Risk: the World Conquest Game
DOS1989 board game
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected turn-based tactics
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected turn-based tactics
Robo Rumble
Windows XP/98/951998 real-time strategy
Robot Odissey
DOS1985 real-time tactics
Robot Rascals
DOS1987 board game
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS1989
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2
DOS1990
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...
Rules of Engagement
DOS1991 real-time tactics
Rules of Engagement 2
DOS1993 real-time tactics
Sabre Team
DOS1994protected turn-based tactics
Sargon V: World Class Chess
DOS1991 chess
Scorched 3D
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware artillery
Scorched 3D is a free and open-source artillery game that serves as a modern adaptation of the classic MS-DOS game Scorched Earth. Developed by Gavin Camp, it was first released in 2001, and is available on multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and Unix-like systems. In Scorched 3D, players control tanks positioned on a 3D lands...
Scorched Earth
DOS1991protected artillery
Scrabble
DOS1989 board game
Scrabble
DOS1992 board game
Seal Team
DOS1993 real-time tactics
Settlers of Catan
DOS1998 board game
Shawl
DOS1986 cards
Sid Meier's CivNet
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995 4x
CivNet is a multiplayer adaptation of the original Sid Meier's Civilization game, released in 1995. It was developed and published by MicroProse for MS-DOS and Windows. This version of Civilization brought networked multiplayer gameplay to the series for the first time, alongside updated graphics and improved interface elements. CivNet retaine...
Siege
DOS1992 turn-based tactics