Abandonware DOS title

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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Strategy games

  • 5th-fleet-07
    DOS19944.3/5
  • dogs-of-war-01
    Windows XP/98/9519964.3/5 Software Engineering
  • axis-allies-iron-blitz-07
    Windows XP/98/9519994.3/5 Wargaming West
  • homm2-10
    DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.3/5 New World Computing
  • army-men-1-01
    Windows XP/98/9519984.3/5 The 3DO Company
  • warheads-04
    Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5
  • age_of_empires-7
    Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Ensemble Studios

    Age of Empires, published by Microsoft and developed by Ensemble Studios, is one of the most popular historical RTS and started a successful series. The player must guide a civilization from prehistory to the iron age, battling other civilizations, building and gathering resources.

  • commandos-behind-enemy-lines-09
    Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Pyro Studios
  • conquestnewworld-1
    DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software

    Conquest of the new world is a turn-based strategy game that lets you control one of 6 different nations in their attempt to colonize the new continent. The gameworld is represented in an isometric point of view. Combat is a mini-game taking place on a battlefield where victory can be achieved by killing enemy troops or capturing the enemy's flag.

  • age-of-wonders-09
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Triumph Studios
  • castles2-3
    DOSMac1992protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
  • grandest-fleet-03
    DOS19944.2/5 Quantum quality productions
  • battlechess-1
    DOS1988protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions

    Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.

  • civ1-7
    DOSWindows 3.x19914.2/5 MicroProse Software

    Civilization is the critically acclaimed strategy game designed by Sid Meier and Bruce Campbell Shelley that became a staple in 4X turn-based strategy. Civilization was developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1991 for DOS, Windows 3.x, Amiga, Atari ST, Mac, etc. Civilization was followed by sequels, the last one being published recently. T...

  • dune2000-splash
    Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Westwood Studios

    Dune 2000 is an abandoned science fiction classic real-time strategy game based on the popular Dune franchise. The Dune "universe" took form in the books of science fiction writer Frank Herbert and went on to include movies, TV series, comics, and of course video games. Dune 2000 is one of the finest RTS of its era; it was developed by We...

  • hooligans-01
    Windows XP/98/9520024.2/5 DarXabre
  • deadlock-08
    Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.2/5 Accolade
  • stripdeluxe-2
    DOS1994NSFW4.2/5
  • magic-the-gathering-8
    Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 MicroProse Software

    Magic: The Gathering (sometimes also referred as Shandalar) is an abandoned strategy game based on the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, developed and released by MicroProse Software for Windows in 1997. MTG is set on the fictional plane of Shandalar. You can play a single-player campaign or simply play duels against computer oppo...

  • grisby-pacific-war-03
    DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • jagged-alliance-1-10
    DOS1994protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
  • populous-beginning-03
    Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Bullfrog
  • starcontrol2-11
    DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob
  • heroesmightmagic1-6
    DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing
  • fantasygeneral-1
    DOS1996protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

    Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil, each with unique and colorful units.

  • warlords-1-3
    DOS19904.2/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
  • steelpanthers-1
    DOS1995protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • jagged-alliance-deadly-games-09
    DOS1996protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
  • lempereur-02
    DOS19914.2/5 KOEI
  • xcom2-7
    DOS1995protected4.2/5 MicroProse Software

    X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a DOS science fiction tactical strategy game, the sequel of one of the most popular DOS games in history X-COM Ufo Defense. Terror from the Deep was designed by Stephen Gross (the X-COM original being designed by Julian Gollop) and was published by MicroProse Software back in 1995. Terror from the deep doesn't change ...