Abandonware strategy games sorted by year, newest first

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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Warlords

DOS19904.2/5 4x

9 Poker

DOS19893.8/5 cards

Acquire

DOS19893.9/5 board game

Action in the North Atlantic

DOS19894/5 naval simulation

Austerlitz

DOS1989protected3.4/5 wargame

Austerlitz 1805

DOS19893.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS19893.9/5 kingdom simulation

Caesars Palace

DOS19893.7/5 cards

Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.3/5 board game

Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (also known as Cluedo). Clue can be played in single player, but the best gaming experience come from the multi-player mode.

Conflict: Europe

DOS19894.2/5 turn-based tactics

Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

Day of the Pharaoh

DOS19893/5

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19893.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 chess

Final Frontier

DOS19892.8/5 real-time strategy

Gengis Khan

DOS19893.7/5 kingdom simulation

Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS19893.8/5 board game

House of Cards

DOS19893.3/5 cards

Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 turn-based tactics

MinerVGA

DOS1989freeware4/5 business simulation

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.9/5

Nuclear War

DOS19894/5 board game

Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...

Omega

DOS19894/5 real-time tactics

Omega is an abandoned science fiction themed strategy game developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Omega is a rare example of a programming game about robots.

Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw

DOS19893/5 board game

Populous

DOS19893.9/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy

Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...