Abandonware DOS title

The most popular turn-based tactics games

Turn-based tactical video games are a genre of strategy games where gameplay is divided into turns, during which players take sequential actions with their units or characters. In turn-based tactical games, players typically control a group of units, such as soldiers, heroes, or specialized characters, and navigate them across a grid-based map or environment. Each turn, players can move their units, attack enemies, use special abilities, or perform other actions within the game's mechanics and rules.

The turn-based nature of these games allows players to carefully consider their options and plan their moves strategically, taking into account factors like terrain, unit strengths and weaknesses, and the overall objectives of the game. Typically, the outcome of battles or encounters is determined by a combination of factors such as unit statistics, positioning, and sometimes random chance. Some well-known examples of turn-based tactical games include the XCOM series, Heroes of Might and Magic series, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Jagged Alliance. 

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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected Silicon Knights
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions
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Joan of Arc

DOS1989 Chip
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
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A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
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Austerlitz 1805

DOS1989 Cornerstone Software
carrier-strike-south-pacific-04

Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Conflict: Europe

DOS1989 Personal Software Services
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.
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Decker

Windows 10/112002freeware
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 Electronic Arts
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Frontline

DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations
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Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 Impressions Games
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Merchant Colony

DOS1991 Impressions Games
decisive-civil-war-2-08

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Sabre Team

DOS1994protected Krisalis
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Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 Blue Byte Software
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Waterloo

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Mech War

DOS1992
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Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS1990 TigLon Software
panzer-battles-05

Panzer Battles

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
decision_desert-05

Decision in the Desert

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
sorcerer-lord-01

Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 Personal Software Services
mcarthur-war-02

MacArthur's War

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.