Abandonware DOS title

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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Legions

Windows 3.xMac OS1994
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Trivial Pursuit

DOS1989 trivia / quiz, board game
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces th...
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Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS1989 board game
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware 4x
Welcome to the future, where space empires are managed entirely via text and colored dots. Anacreon puts you in charge of an interstellar civilization and lets you conquer galaxies with the graphical intensity of an Excel spreadsh...
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS1989 kingdom simulation
Based on a classic Chinese novel, Bandit Kings of Ancient China combines strategy, RPG elements, and about 800 names you’ll never remember. You play one of 108 outlaws trying to overthrow a corrupt regime — think Roman...
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Defender of the Crown

DOS1991protected
Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue da...
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Queen of Tenshindo 95

Windows XP/98/951995NSFW cards
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Arrakis

DOS2000 real-time strategy
No relation to Dune (except for being a total rip-off), Arrakis is a homebrew strategy game that feels like a tribute to the sandiest planet in sci-fi. You mine spice, fight vaguely Harkonnen-looking enemies, and try not to crash ...
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Chess

DOS1981 chess
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS1990 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Iron Cross

DOS1994 wargame
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Lords of Midnight

DOS1984remake first-person party-based RPG
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MinerVGA

DOS1989freeware business simulation
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Stratego

DOS1990 board game
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The Civil War

DOS1995 real-time strategy
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Rampart

DOS1992 artillery
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a nu...
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Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne

Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo turn-based tactics
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to the original Age of Wonders. The game is set in a f...
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Mychess

DOS1984 chess
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Risk

Windows 3.x1991 board game
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Ultimate Domain

DOS1994 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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War in Middle Earth

DOS1989 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game i...
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Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS1985 space exploration, space simulation
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Global Domination

DOS1993 kingdom simulation
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected wargame, turn-based tactics
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected wargame, turn-based tactics