Abandonware strategy games sorted by release date
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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...
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Windows XP/98/95Mac19974.2/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected4/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Total Annihilation
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
Vlad Tepes Dracula
Windows XP/98/9519973.3/5 real-time strategy, business simulation
Warheads
Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 artillery
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes
Windows XP/98/9519974.3/5 4x, wargame
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is an abandoned turn-based fantasy strategy game designed by Steve Fawkner, developed by SSG Strategic Studies Group and released by Red Orb Entertainment in 1997 for Windows. Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is part of the Warlords game series and features quite a few multiplayer modes: from LAN to PBEM.
X-COM: Apocalypse
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics
X-COM: Apocalypse is the third installment of the very popular X-COM franchise. After X-COM: Ufo Defence and Terror From the Deep, fans expected another smash hit. Apocalypse is quite different under many aspects, from gameplay to aesthetics. X-COM Apocalypse was designed by Julian Gollop (the same designer that brought the original X-COM to l...
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 2: The Age of Kings
Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo4.3/5 real-time strategy
Age of Wonders
Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo4.2/5 turn-based tactics
Alpha Centauri
Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 4x
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 wargame, board game
Black Moon Chronicles
DOS1999protected4.2/5 real-time tactics
Civilization II: Test of Time
Windows XP/98/951999remake4.3/5 4x
Civilization II: Test of Time is an abandoned turn-based strategy game developed by Atari and released by MicroProse Software in 1999 for Windows. Civilization II: Test of Time is a remake of the cult classic Civilization 2, without the involvement of Sid Meier (the creator of the Civilization franchise). Test of Time includes fantasy and science f...