Abandonware strategy games sorted by year, newest first

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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Total Annihilation Kingdoms

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 real-time strategy

Warzone 2100

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999freeware3.7/5 real-time strategy

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

Army Men 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 real-time tactics

Axis and Allies

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 board game, wargame

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 real-time tactics

Dune 2000

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 real-time strategy

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...

Monopoly (Adam Stevens)

DOS19983.9/5 board game

People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 god game, sandbox strategy, real-time strategy

Robo Rumble

Windows XP/98/9519983.7/5 real-time strategy

Settlers of Catan

DOS19984.1/5 board game

Star Wars Rebellion

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

StarCraft

Windows XP/98/95Mac1998protecteddemo4.1/5 real-time strategy

StarCraft is a classic RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh. StarCraft takes the Warcraft experience to a sci-fi setting with an interesting story, three very different races (the militaristic Humans, the alien Zerg and the religious Protoss) and one of the best gameplay ex...

Age of Empires

Windows XP/98/951997protecteddemo4.2/5 real-time strategy

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.

Checkers for Windows

Windows 3.x19974.1/5 board game

Combat Chess

Windows XP/98/951997protected3.8/5 chess

Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

Windows XP/98/9519973.8/5 real-time strategy

Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics

Dungeon Keeper

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4.1/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy

Dungeon Keeper 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy

J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS19974.1/5 real-time tactics

Magic: The Gathering

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 cards

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...