Abandonware strategy games sorted by release date

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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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985 board game

221B Baker Street

DOS1986 board game

221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.

Backgammon

DOS1986 board game

Conflict in Vietnam

DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics

Desert Rats

DOS1986 turn-based tactics, wargame

Fooblitzsky

DOS1986 board game

Grand Slam Bridge

DOS1986 cards

Gulf Strike

DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game

Ogre

DOS1986 wargame, board game

Othello

DOS1986 board game

Shawl

DOS1986 cards

The Chessmaster 2000

DOS1986 chess

Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware 4x

Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.

Dragonriders of Pern

DOS1987 board game

Empire: Wargame of the Century

DOS1987 wargame

Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected turn-based tactics, wargame

Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 board game

Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected wargame, turn-based tactics

Oligopoly

DOS1987 board game

Oligopoly is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by James Kerwin, developed by PC Design Associates and released by XOR Corporation in 1987 for DOS.