Games featuring hotseat multiplayer mode sorted by year, newest first
Games supporting hotseat multiplayer mode can be played by more than one player (usually two) on the same PC taking turns playing the game. Many strategy games offer an hotseat multiplayer mode.
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Scorched 3D
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware
Scorched 3D is a free and open-source artillery game that serves as a modern adaptation of the classic MS-DOS game Scorched Earth. Developed by Gavin Camp, it was first released in 2001, and is available on multiple platforms, inc...
Patrician 2: Quest for Power
Windows XP/98/952000protected ASCARON Entertainment
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 you get to conquer the world with tactical brillian...
Alpha Centauri
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected Firaxis Games
Sid Meier took one look at Earth and said, “Let’s leave this dump.” Thus, Alpha Centauri (1999, Windows XP) was born - a 4X strategy game that takes Civilization to space, then adds philosophy, moral dilemmas, an...
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/951999 Wargaming West
Now with 27% more diplomacy and 300% more frustration! Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz (1999) takes everything from the original game and throws in extra scenarios, improved AI, and more ways to accidentally cause a Cold War. Want to ...
Civilization II: Test of Time
Windows XP/98/951999remake Atari
Civilization II: Test of Time is an abandoned turn-based strategy game developed by Atari and released by MicroProse Software in 1999 for Windows. Civilization II: Test of Time is a remake of the cult classic Civilization 2, witho...
DX-Ball 2
Windows XP/98/951998protected Longbow Digital Arts
DX-Ball 2 is a popular brick-breaking game that was first released in 1998 by Longbow Digital Arts. It serves as a sequel to the original DX-Ball, which was inspired by the classic arcade game Breakout and its successor Arkanoid.&...
CHAMP Galagon
DOS1997remake ChamProgramming corp.
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x1997
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Warheads
Windows XP/98/951997
CHAMP Pac-em
DOS1996remake ChamProgramming corp.
Championship Manager 2: The Italian Leagues Season 96/97
DOS1996 Eidos Interactive
Chaos Overlords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected Stick Man Games
Chaos Overlords is a cyberpunk-themed strategy game developed by Stick Man Games and published by New World Computing in 1996. Set in a dystopian future, the game focuses on controlling the underworld of a city dominated by corrup...
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Windows XP/98/951996 Holistic Design
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 are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil...
Grand Prix Wizard
DOS1996 Wizard Games
Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected SimTex
Master of Orion II is a 4X turn-based sci-fi strategy game set in space. Master of Orion 2 gives the player an empire to run by controlling food and production, managing economy and researching new technology. The player can wage ...
Over the Reich
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 Big Time Software
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 game is set in a science fiction universe where play...
TwinBlok
DOS1996 Webfoot Technologies
Ultimate Soccer Manager 2
DOSWindows 3.x1996 Impressions Games
Advanced Civilization
DOS1995 Avalon Hill
Think you’re good at making tough decisions under pressure? Advanced Civilization dares you to prove it by turning diplomacy into passive-aggressive warfare. Based on the classic board game, this DOS gem lets you take your a...
Destruction Derby
DOS1995 Reflections Interactive
Empire II: The Art of War
DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
Extreme Pinball
DOS1995 Epic MegaGames
Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf
DOS1995 Pixel Painters Corporation
Grand Prix 2
DOS1995 MicroProse Software
Grand Prix 2 is an abandoned Formula 1 racing game designed by Geoff Crammond and published by MicroProse Software in 1995 for DOS. Grand Prix 2 is the sequel to Formula One Grand Prix and was a one-man project (which was uncommon...
Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected New World Computing
Hole in One
DOS1995 Really Interesting Software Company