Abandonware strategy games sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Decision in the Desert

DOS19853.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Decision at Gettysburg

DOS19903.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Death by Backgammon

DOS19903.3/5 board game

Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.1/5 4x

Day of the Pharaoh

DOS19893/5

Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics

Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected3.9/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics

Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 board game

D-Zone

DOS19923.9/5

D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS19943.5/5 wargame

Cyrus

DOS19853/5 chess

Cultures

Windows XP/98/952000protected3.9/5 sandbox strategy, real-time strategy

Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Crazy Nick's Software Picks: King Graham's Board Game Challenge

DOS19922.8/5 board game

Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow

DOS19923.4/5 board game

Crazy Nick's Leisure Suit Larry Casino

DOS19923.5/5 cards

Cover Girl Strip Poker

DOS1991NSFW4/5 cards

Core War Plus

DOS19843.9/5 real-time tactics

Conquest of the New World (Deluxe Edition)

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 4x

Conquest of the new world is a turn-based strategy game that lets you control one of 6 different nations in their attempt to colonize the new continent. The gameworld is represented in an isometric point of view. Combat is a mini-game taking place on a battlefield where victory can be achieved by killing enemy troops or capturing the enemy's flag.

Conquest of Japan

DOS19924.1/5 wargame

Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Conflict: Europe

DOS19894.2/5 turn-based tactics

Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

Conflict in Vietnam

DOS19864.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.6/5 board game

Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 real-time tactics

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 real-time tactics

Command HQ

DOS19904/5 wargame, real-time strategy

Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

Windows XP/98/9519973.8/5 real-time strategy

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

DOS1996freeware4.1/5 real-time strategy

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1996. It is part of the Command & Conquer series and is set in an alternate history where World War II never occurred, leading to a different global conflict.The success of Red Alert led to several seque...