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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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS19923.5/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 board game

Global Domination

DOS19933.5/5 kingdom simulation

Hannibal

DOS19933.5/5 kingdom simulation

Iron Cross

DOS19943.5/5 wargame

Iron Lord

DOS19903.5/5

Power Struggle

DOS19883.5/5

Stratego

DOS19903.5/5 board game

The Civil War

DOS19953.5/5 real-time strategy

Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS19903.5/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

8088 Othello

DOS19853.5/5 board game

Crazy Nick's Leisure Suit Larry Casino

DOS19923.5/5 cards

Austerlitz

DOS1989protected3.4/5 wargame

Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow

DOS19923.4/5 board game

Shawl

DOS19863.4/5 cards

Grand Slam Bridge

DOS19863.4/5 cards

Trivial Pursuit

DOS19893.4/5 trivia / quiz, board game

Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.

Black & White

Windows XP/98/9520013.4/5 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...