Abandonware DOS title

Games set in Europe sorted by release date

Old PC games set in Europe are mainly strategy games set in medieval times or during World War 1, World War 2 or the Cold War. Italy, Germany, Great Britain are perhaps the most represented nations in Europe-themed games.
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
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Castle Wolfenstein

DOS1984 Muse Software
Before Doom and Wolfenstein 3D turned PC gaming into a pixelated bloodbath, there was Castle Wolfenstein. A stealth game in 1984? Believe it. You sneak around a Nazi fortress, steal uniforms, and hope you don’t get caught wh...
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Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS1985 Muse Software
Before Doomguy started ripping and tearing, there was Beyond Castle Wolfenstein. A stealth game where sneaking is mandatory, disguises are fashionable, and stabbing Nazis is encouraged. It’s the sequel to Castle Wolfenstein,...
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Crusade in Europe

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS1985 Magicom Multimedia
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221B Baker Street

DOS1986 Datasoft
You are Sherlock Holmes, and someone has committed a crime, possibly because they couldn’t handle the game’s UI. 221B Baker Street is a detective board game where your mind is your only weapon. And also a notepad, beca...
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Bob Winner

DOS1986 Loriciels
Ah, Bob Winner (1986, DOS), the game that asks: what if Indiana Jones had a cousin who got lost in a side-scroller? You play as the titular Bob, an adventurer who walks like he’s late for a dinner date and punches wildlife l...
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B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Step aside, arcade action—B-24 Combat Simulator (1987) is here to test your patience, eyesight, and possibly your sanity. It’s all about realism, baby. You’ll take off, navigate, bomb targets, and hopefully land,...
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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The Three Musketeers

DOS1987 Greve Graphics
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Annals of Rome

DOS1988 Personal Software Services
In Annals of Rome, you don’t just play history — you command it, badly. This 1988 strategy title lets you take control of the Roman Empire and try to keep it from falling apart, which it will, probably because you let ...
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII battle where everything went spectacularly sidewa...
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Dracula in London

DOS1988 SDJ Enterprises
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Mystery of the Mummy

DOS1988 Time Warp Software
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS1988 Broderbund
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Austerlitz

DOS1989protected Tactical Design Group
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Berlin 1948

DOS1989 Time Warp Software
Berlin 1948 throws you into post-war Germany as a secret agent on a noir-flavored mission through a city drenched in trench coats and suspicion. It’s one part spy thriller, one part historical fiction, and three parts trying...
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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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Dive Bomber

DOS1989
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

DOS1989protecteddemo LucasArts
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games. The game was designed by Ron Gilbert, David Fox, and Noah Falstein. It is based on the 1989 film "I...
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Joan of Arc

DOS1989 Chip
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Sherman M4

DOS1989 Loriciels
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Steel Thunder

DOS1989protected Accolade
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Strike Fleet

DOS1989 LucasArts
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The Big Three

DOS1989 SDJ Enterprises
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS1989 Eldritch Games