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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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics

Ultimate Domain

DOS1994 real-time strategy, real-time tactics

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware board game

Battleship

DOS1983 board game

Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS1989 board game

Reach for the Stars

DOS1988 4x

Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS1991 chess

Scrabble

DOS1989 board game

Strip Poker 2 plus

DOS1988NSFW cards

The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter

DOS1990

Vlad Tepes Dracula

Windows XP/98/951997 real-time strategy, business simulation

Warzone 2100

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999freeware real-time strategy

Battle Isle

DOS1991protected turn-based tactics

Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess

DOS1990protected chess

Imperium

DOS1990 4x

Nobunaga's Ambition

DOS1988

Monopoly

DOS1985 board game

Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 board game

Caesars Palace

DOS1989 cards

Trump Castle: The Ultimate Casino Gambling Simulation

DOS1988 cards

Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected board game

Star Wars Rebellion

Windows XP/98/951998protected real-time strategy

Decision in the Desert

DOS1985 wargame, turn-based tactics

Black & White

Windows XP/98/952001 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...