Abandonware DOS title

Hex based games sorted by year, newest first

Many old turn-based wargames took place on a map represented with identical hexagons. These hex-based games are not common these days (Civilization V is a rare exception), but were well known to C64, DOS PC and Spectrum owners.

Hex based: most popular games

Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic
strategyDOS, Windows XP/98/95
Steel Panthers
Steel Panthers
strategyDOS
Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders
strategyWindows XP/98/95
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Titans of Steel: Warring Suns

Windows XP/98/952003 Vicious Byte
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Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne

Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo Triumph Studios
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to t...
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Age of Wonders

Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo Triumph Studios
Mix one part turn-based strategy, one part fantasy novel, add a dash of dragon, and you get Age of Wonders (1999). This is the game where wizards rule, elves sulk in forests, and y...
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Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

Windows XP/98/951999protected New World Computing
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People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protecteddemo SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Emperor of the Fading Suns

Windows XP/98/951996 Holistic Design
Emperor of the Fading Suns is a grand strategy game that looks at you and assumes you’ve cleared your schedule. Politics, religion, warfare, economics—it’s all he...
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Fantasy General

DOS1996protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There ...
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Heroes of Might and Magic II

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected New World Computing
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Star General

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected Catware, Inc.
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 ga...
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 New World Computing
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Nectaris

DOS1995 Hudson soft
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Steel Panthers

DOS1995 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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...
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5th Fleet

DOS1994
This 1994 naval strategy game for DOS is based on the board game of the same name, which means you’ll spend more time squinting at menus than blowing up ships. It’s cer...
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Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected Blue Byte Software
With Battle Isle 2200 (1994), the series goes full 3D cinematic—with cutscenes so dramatic you’d think they were auditioning for a soap opera in space. The gameplay is ...
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D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS1994 Impressions Games
D-Day: The Beginning of the End is not your average “storm the beach” simulator—it’s a grand strategy title that drops you into the nerve-wracking planning ...
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Front Lines

DOS1994 Impressions Games
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Panzer General

DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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 t...
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Power Dolls

DOS1994 Kogado Software Products
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Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 Blue Byte Software
A game with a name like Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos clearly means business. Released in 1993, it’s an expansion-slash-standalone with new missions, harder AI, and an ...
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
If Risk and Excel had a baby during WWII, it would be Clash of Steel. You command nations, move armies, manage production, and try to stop history from repeating itself—usual...
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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Hexxagon

DOS1993 Argo Games
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Hexxagon 2

DOS1993 Argo Games
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The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
A Line in the Sand (1992) is what happens when a board game about modern Middle Eastern warfare gets turned into a DOS strategy title with all the subtlety of a cold war memo. You ...