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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Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw
DOS1989 board game
Heirs to the Throne
DOS1992 kingdom simulation
Dominus
DOS1994 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics
DOS1988
Patton vs. Rommel
DOS1987 wargame, turn-based tactics
War of the Lance
DOS1990protected wargame
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
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...
Settlers of Catan
DOS1998 board game
Cossacks: The Art of War
Windows XP/98/952001protected real-time strategy, real-time tactics
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected turn-based tactics, wargame
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS1986 chess
Socrates
DOS1993 chess
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...
Frontline
DOS1990 turn-based tactics, wargame
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS1987 board game
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Global Domination
DOS1993 kingdom simulation
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
Scrabble
DOS1992 board game
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.
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?" ...
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...
Mech War
DOS1992 wargame, turn-based tactics
Global Conquest
DOS1992 board game
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...
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...
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
DOS1992 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up
Chess88
DOS1984 chess