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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Grand Slam Bridge
DOS1986 cards
Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics
DOS1988
Bridge 7.0
DOS1992 cards
Finally, a game for people who think solitaire is just too wild. Bridge 7.0 is the digital equivalent of sipping tea with your grandparents while arguing about trumps and bidding strategies. Released in 1992, it simulates the clas...
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...
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 ...
Othello
DOS1986 board game
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3
DOS1992 wargame, turn-based tactics
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Reach for the Stars
DOS1988 4x
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS1987 board game
Red sky at morning
DOS1993
Accordion
DOS1990 cards
It’s 1990, and you’re sitting at your DOS PC playing Accordion, a game that somehow turns solitaire into something slower and more passive-aggressive. It’s not flashy — unless you count blinking cards as fl...
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS1994
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Computer Diplomacy
DOS1984 board game
Settlers of Catan
DOS1998 board game
Syndicate
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protecteddemo real-time tactics
Syndicate is a cyberpunk-themed tactical action game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. The game is set in a dystopian future where corporations, called syndicates, have replaced government...
Austerlitz 1805
DOS1989 wargame, turn-based tactics
Combat Chess
Windows XP/98/951997protected chess
Betrayal
DOS1990protected kingdom simulation
Ah, Betrayal—a game with a name that really sets the tone. Is it about backstabbing? Politics? Lost love? Not really. It’s actually a hybrid of strategy and role-playing where you move pieces around a map like a fantas...
Heirs to the Throne
DOS1992 kingdom simulation
Waterloo
DOS1989protected turn-based tactics, wargame
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2
DOS1989 wargame, turn-based tactics
Gnome Alone
DOS1991
Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander
DOS1989 space exploration, space simulation
Laser Squad
DOS1992 turn-based tactics
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS a...
Robot Rascals
DOS1987 board game
Global Conquest
DOS1992 board game
Battle for Normandy
DOS1983protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
Video Casino
DOS1987 cards