Abandonware DOS title

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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Teenage Queen

DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 cards
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Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld

Windows2000canceled4/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Dungeon Keeper 3 was a cancelled dungeon management strategy game being developed by Bullfrog that was never released. Dungeon Keeper 3 was cancelled in 2000 and the Dungeon Keeper franchise ended without a third chapter.
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Empire: Wargame of the Century

DOS19874/5 wargame
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Master of Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.2/5 kingdom simulation, 4x
Master of Magic is a turn based 4x strategy game developed by SimTex and published by the well know Microprose, very similar to Civilization, with a fantasy twist. You play as a wizard and your objective is to evolve your race from a small settlement to a bursting empire. To do so, you can produce military units to fight other computer controlled p...
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics
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Rampart

DOS19924/5 artillery
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...
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Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

Windows XP/98/9519994/5 4x
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...
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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a science fiction real-time strategy game set in the Star Wars universe, focused both on the first and the second Star Wars trilogy. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds was developed by LucasArts Entertainment in 2001. SWGB was developed using the Genie engine, the same used for Age of Empires.
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Supremacy: Your Will Be Done

DOS19904.2/5 real-time strategy
Supremacy: You Will Be Done (also known simply as Overlord) is a rare example of mix between real-time strategy and science fiction themed 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploid, eXterminate). Supremacy was developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Mastertronic in 1990.
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Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected3.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Alien Legacy

DOS19944/5 4x
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The Chessmaster 2000

DOS19864.2/5 chess
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Power Dolls

DOS19943.9/5 real-time tactics
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Dungeon Keeper 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected4/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
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Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected4.2/5 real-time tactics
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Panzer General

DOS1994protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
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221B Baker Street

DOS19864/5 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.
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Cover Girl Strip Poker

DOS1991NSFW3.9/5 cards
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Queen of Tenshindo 95

Windows XP/98/951995NSFW3.9/5 cards
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Ambush at Sorinor

DOS19933.7/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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Colonization

DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected4.2/5 4x
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization...
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5th Fleet

DOS19943.9/5 turn-based tactics, wargame, board game
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Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

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

Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 4x
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Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 board game
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Realms

DOS19914/5 real-time strategy
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Populous: The Beginning

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

DOS19904.2/5 4x