Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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

DOS1992 kingdom simulation
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Dominus

DOS1994 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 wargame, turn-based tactics
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War of the Lance

DOS1990protected wargame
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Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected wargame, turn-based tactics
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Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
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8088 Othello

DOS1985 board game
There’s something oddly poetic about 8088 Othello, a 1985 take on the classic board game that feels like it was programmed by someone who had a personal vendetta against flashy graphics. The visuals are almost nonexistent, t...
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Settlers of Catan

DOS1998 board game
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Cossacks: The Art of War

Windows XP/98/952001protected real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected turn-based tactics, wargame
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The Chessmaster 2000

DOS1986 chess
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Socrates

DOS1993 chess
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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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Frontline

DOS1990 turn-based tactics, wargame
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Dragonriders of Pern

DOS1987 board game
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics
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Global Domination

DOS1993 kingdom simulation
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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
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Scrabble

DOS1992 board game
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Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld

Windows 10/112000canceled sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Dungeon Keeper 3 was a cancelled dungeon management strategy game being developed by Bullfrog that was never released. Dungeon Keeper 3 was cancelled in 2000 and the Dungeon Keeper franchise ended without a third chapter.
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Battleship

DOS1983 board game
Released in 1983, this is your grandpa’s Battleship—minus the plastic pegs, but with all the tension of blind naval warfare. There are no fancy graphics, no Hollywood explosions, just good old-fashioned "Is it a hit?" ...
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Battle Master

DOS1991 real-time tactics
In Battle Master (1991), you play as a heavily armored murder-hobo leading an army across a fantasy world that really doesn’t want you there. It’s part action-RPG, part tactical slog, with clunky pathfinding and surpri...
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Mech War

DOS1992 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Global Conquest

DOS1992 board game
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Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected chess
Set in the far-off future of 1992, Battle Chess 4000 brings space-age flair to intergalactic checkmate. Now your queen is a laser-wielding dominatrix and your pawns might be robots with trust issues. It’s chess... with ray g...
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Caesars Palace

DOS1989 cards
More smoke-filled backrooms than a noir film and enough slot machines to trigger déjà vu—Caesars Palace is your low-res Vegas getaway. You're given a pile of chips and left to your vices: blackjack, poker, roul...
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The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS1992 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up
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Chess88

DOS1984 chess