The best 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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Populous: The Beginning
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 god game, sandbox strategy, real-time strategy
Warlords 2
DOS19934.1/5 4x
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 real-time tactics
Syndicate
DOS1993protected4.1/5 real-time tactics
Champion of the Raj
DOS19914.1/5 kingdom simulation
Conquest of Japan
DOS19924.1/5 wargame
Fooblitzsky
DOS19864.1/5 board game
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS19974.1/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
Othello
DOS19864.1/5 board game
The Grandest Fleet
DOS19944.1/5 wargame
Total Annihilation
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword
DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Seal Team
DOS19934.1/5 real-time tactics
Settlers of Catan
DOS19984.1/5 board game
High Command: Europe 1939-45
DOS19924.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
WinRisk
Windows 3.x19924.1/5 board game
UMS: The Universal Military Simulator
DOSMac OS19884.1/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simulation experience.The game allows players to engage in strategic and tactical warfare across various scenarios and battlef...
Empire II: The Art of War
DOSWindows XP/98/9519954.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS19934.1/5 wargame
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
Waterloo
DOS1989protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Master of Orion
DOS1993protected4.1/5 4x
Command & Conquer
DOS1995freeware4.1/5 real-time strategy
Dune
DOS19924.1/5 real-time strategy
Dune, released in 1992, is a game developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Virgin Games. It's based on the iconic science fiction novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. In Dune, players assume the role of Paul Atreides, the young scion of House Atreides, as he arrives on the desert planet Arrakis with his family to take control of spice pro...
Dungeon Keeper
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected4.1/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Yugi the Destiny
Windows XP/98/9520034.1/5 cards
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.
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS19914.1/5 board game