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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Heirs to the Throne

DOS19923.8/5 kingdom simulation

Midwinter 2: Flames of Freedom

DOS19913.8/5

Monopoly

DOS19853.8/5 board game

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS19883.8/5 turn-based tactics, wargame

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.8/5

Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics

DOS19883.8/5

Risk

Windows 3.x19913.8/5 board game

Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS19913.8/5 chess

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 chess

Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS19853.8/5 space exploration, space simulation

Dune Generations

Windows XP/98/952002canceled3.8/5 real-time strategy

Dune Generations was a canceled 3D MMO strategy game set in the Dune universe that was never published. Dune Generations was in development by Cryo Interactive Entertainment, but it was canceled in 2002 when the company filed for bankruptcy. As of 2002 the game was still in the alpha stage; what's left are some screenshots ...

Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Lords of Midnight

DOS1984remake3.8/5 first-person party-based RPG

Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 chess

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

Windows XP/98/9519993.8/5 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...