The best abandonware strategy games
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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...
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
DOS1994protecteddemo4.2/5 real-time strategy
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. Two separate story lines (Orcs and Humans) evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for the Kingdom of Azeroth. Players must mine gold and chop wood in order to construct buildings and create units. Each side tries to destro...
North and South
DOS19904.2/5 wargame
Cannon Fodder
DOS1994protected4.2/5 real-time tactics
Conflict in Vietnam
DOS19864.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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...
Mick's Strip Poker
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1999NSFW4.2/5 cards
Axis and Allies
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 board game, wargame
Bicycle Bridge
DOS19924.2/5 cards
Dragon Lord
DOS19904.2/5 real-time strategy
Operation Combat: Computer Battle Game
DOS19904.2/5 wargame
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 board game, kingdom simulation
Syndicate
DOS1993protected4.2/5 real-time tactics
Ascendancy
DOS19954.2/5 4x
Ascendancy is a science fiction themed turn-based strategy game developed by The Logic Factory and released in 1995 for DOS. Ascendancy is a classic 4X game (eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, eXterminate), similar to Master of Orion, yet with a few differences such as a technology tree.
Castles 2: Siege and Conquest
DOSMac OS1992protected4.2/5 real-time strategy
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.
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS19974.2/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected4.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
Warlords
DOS19904.2/5 4x
Space Crusade
DOS19924.2/5 turn-based tactics
Worms
DOS1995protecteddemo4.2/5 artillery
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
DOS1995protected4.2/5 real-time strategy
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS19864.2/5 chess
Black Moon Chronicles
DOS1999protected4.2/5 real-time tactics
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics
Conflict: Europe
DOS19894.2/5 turn-based tactics
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics
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.
Dark Reign: The Future of War
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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...