The most popular 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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Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected turn-based tactics, wargame
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS1989 kingdom simulation
Based on a classic Chinese novel, Bandit Kings of Ancient China combines strategy, RPG elements, and about 800 names you’ll never remember. You play one of 108 outlaws trying to overthrow a corrupt regime — think Roman...
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Full Metal Planete
DOSMac OS1990 turn-based tactics, board game
Genocide
DOS1996freeware artillery
Shawl
DOS1986 cards
Conflict: Korea
DOS1992protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Turbo Gomoku
DOS1985 board game
Siege
DOS1992 turn-based tactics
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
DOS1997 real-time tactics
Champion of the Raj
DOS1991 kingdom simulation
Battle for Normandy
DOS1983protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
DOS1992 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up
Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw
DOS1989 board game
Blitz Draughts
DOS1992 board game
Don’t let the title fool you — Blitz Draughts isn’t a military simulation but rather a gloriously intense checkers game from 1992. This DOS brain-bender turns the classic board game into a high-speed duel of wits...
Monopoly (Adam Stevens)
DOS1998 board game
Cyrus
DOS1985 chess
Global Domination
DOS1993 kingdom simulation
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS1987 board game
Gengis Khan
DOS1989 kingdom simulation
Socrates
DOS1993 chess
Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles
DOS1988 wargame
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
Fort Apache
DOS1992 real-time tactics
Decision at Gettysburg
DOS1990 wargame, turn-based tactics
Video Casino
DOS1987 cards
Power Struggle
DOS1988
Battle Master
DOS1991 real-time tactics
In Battle Master (1991), you play as a heavily armored murder-hobo leading an army across a fantasy world that really doesn’t want you there. It’s part action-RPG, part tactical slog, with clunky pathfinding and surpri...
Super Battleship
DOS1988 board game
Knights of the Desert
DOS1983protected wargame, turn-based tactics