Abandonware DOS title

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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Othello

DOS19864.1/5 board game
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Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.1/5 4x
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Warheads

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 artillery
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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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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Seal Team

DOS19934.1/5 real-time tactics
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High Command: Europe 1939-45

DOS19924.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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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...
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Tank Wars

DOS19904.1/5 artillery
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/9519954.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy
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Waterloo

DOS1989protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
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Master of Orion

DOS1993protected4.1/5 4x
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The Perfect General

DOS19914.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...
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Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware4.1/5 real-time strategy
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Settlers of Catan

DOS19984.1/5 board game
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Ground Control

Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 real-time tactics
Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.
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Strip Poker Professional

DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 cards
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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...
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Dungeon Keeper

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4.1/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
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Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter

DOS19914.1/5 board game
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J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS19974.1/5 real-time tactics
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.1/5 chess, board game
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UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac19884.1/5 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...
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WinRisk

Windows 3.x19924.1/5 board game
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Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 board game
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Mech War

DOS19924.1/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected4.1/5 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.