Abandonware strategy games sorted by year, newest first

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.

Sort by:

Empire II: The Art of War

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

Heroes of Might and Magic

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

Lords of Midnight: The Citadel

DOS19954.3/5 first-person party-based RPG

Mario's Game Gallery

DOSMac19953.8/5 cards, board game

Nectaris

DOS19954/5 turn-based tactics

Queen of Tenshindo 95

Windows XP/98/951995NSFW3.9/5 cards

Steel Panthers

DOS19954.2/5 wargame, turn-based tactics

Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical wargame experience that would be further developed in subsequent titles. The game focused on armored warfare and featur...

The Civil War

DOS19953.5/5 real-time strategy

Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness

DOS1995protected4.2/5 real-time strategy

Warlords 2 Deluxe

DOS19953.7/5 4x

Worms

DOS1995protecteddemo4.1/5 artillery

X-COM: Terror from the Deep

DOS1995protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics

X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a DOS science fiction tactical strategy game, the sequel of one of the most popular DOS games in history X-COM Ufo Defense. Terror from the Deep was designed by Stephen Gross (the X-COM original being designed by Julian Gollop) and was published by MicroProse Software back in 1995. Terror from the deep doesn't change ...

5th Fleet

DOS19943.9/5 turn-based tactics, wargame, board game

Alien Legacy

DOS19944/5 4x

Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected3.7/5 board game

Battle Bugs

DOS19944.2/5 real-time tactics

Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics

Bobby Fisher teaches chess

DOS19944/5 chess

Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected4.2/5 real-time tactics

Colonization

DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac1994protected4.2/5 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...

D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS19943.5/5 wargame

Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 board game

Dominus

DOS19943.9/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy

Iron Cross

DOS19943.5/5 wargame

Jagged Alliance

DOS1994protected4.2/5 turn-based tactics

King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table

DOS19943.3/5 kingdom simulation

Kingdoms of Germany

DOS19943.5/5 kingdom simulation

Laserwars

DOS19943.3/5 artillery

Legions

Windows 3.xMac19943.7/5

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...