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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The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter

DOS19903.8/5

Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

Windows XP/98/9519973.7/5 real-time strategy

Ambush at Sorinor

DOS19933.7/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics

Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected3.7/5 chess

Nobunaga's Ambition

DOS19883.7/5

Blitz Draughts

DOS19923.7/5 board game

Caesars Palace

DOS19893.7/5 cards

Trump Castle: The Ultimate Casino Gambling Simulation

DOS19883.7/5 cards

Warzone 2100

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999freeware3.7/5 real-time strategy

Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected3.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Battle Isle

DOS1991protected3.7/5 turn-based tactics

Star Wars Rebellion

Windows XP/98/951998protected3.7/5 real-time strategy

Austerlitz

DOS1989protected3.7/5 wargame

EGA Bomb

DOS19883.7/5 artillery

Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf

DOS19923.7/5 kingdom simulation

Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected3.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Reunion

DOS19943.7/5 real-time strategy

The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS19923.7/5 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up

Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected3.7/5 board game

Rules of Engagement

DOS19913.6/5 real-time tactics

Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS19873.6/5 board game

Lords of Conquest

DOS19873.6/5 board game

Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected3.6/5 turn-based tactics, wargame

Khalaan

DOS19903.6/5 kingdom simulation

Black & White

Windows XP/98/9520013.6/5 god game

Black & White is a strategy god simulation video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts in 2001 for Microsoft Windows and later for other platforms. In Black & White players take on the role of a deity who must guide and nurture a civilization of worshippers on a series of islands. The central objective of the g...