The most popular abandonware strategy games
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Strip Poker Professional
DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 cards
Axis and Allies
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 board game, wargame
Teenage Queen
DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 cards
Power Dolls
DOS19943.9/5 real-time tactics
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5
Cover Girl Strip Poker
DOS1991NSFW4/5 cards
101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 turn-based tactics
Army Men
Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 real-time tactics
Colonization
DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac1994protected4.2/5 4x
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization...
WinRisk
Windows 3.x19924.1/5 board game
Battle Chess
DOS1988protected4.2/5 board game, chess
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.
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Windows XP/98/952001protecteddemo4/5 real-time tactics
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is a tactical role-playing game published by Interplay Entertainment in 2001. Unlike its predecessors, which were traditional RPGs with turn-based combat, Fallout Tactics took a different approach by focusing more on tactical combat rather than extensive role-playing elements.The game features squad-based comba...
Empire Earth
Windows XP/98/952001protected4.3/5 real-time strategy
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Windows XP/98/9519994/5 4x
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...
Laser Squad
DOS19923.9/5 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 and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
DOS1995protected4.2/5 real-time strategy
War in Middle Earth
DOS19893.9/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy world of Middle-earth, specifically focusing on the events depicted in "The Lor...
Total Annihilation
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
Blood & Magic
DOS19963.9/5 real-time strategy
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 real-time tactics
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.1/5 4x
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...
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...
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Windows XP/98/95Mac19974.1/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics
Ascendancy
DOS19954.2/5 4x
Ascendancy is a science fiction themed turn-based strategy game developed by The Logic Factory and released in 1995 for DOS. Ascendancy is a classic 4X game (eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, eXterminate), similar to Master of Orion, yet with a few differences such as a technology tree.
Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS19904.1/5 4x
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2
DOS19893.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Space Hulk
DOS19934.3/5 board game, real-time tactics
Space Hulk is an abandoned real-time tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40000 universe, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS and Amiga systems. In Space Hulk, the player is tasked with wiping out hordes of aliens by the means of a squad of Space Marines armored and armed to the teeth. Space Hulk is the adaptation...
Panzer General
DOS1994protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.