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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Socrates

DOS1993 chess

Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 turn-based tactics

Space Crusade

DOS1992 turn-based tactics

Space Hulk

DOS1993 board game, real-time tactics

Space Hulk is an abandoned real-time tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40000 universe, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS and Amiga systems. In Space Hulk, the player is tasked with wiping out hordes of aliens by the means of a squad of Space Marines armored and armed to the teeth. Space Hulk is the adaptation...

Spaceward Ho!

Windows 3.xDOS1992 4x

Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor

DOS1992

Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics

DOS1988

Star Command

DOS1988protected space exploration, turn-based tactics

Star Control

DOS1990protected shoot 'em up

Star Control 2

DOS1992protected shoot 'em up

Star Control 3

DOS1996protected shoot 'em up

Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS1985 space exploration, space simulation

Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander

DOS1989 space exploration, space simulation

Star General

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected turn-based tactics, wargame

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 players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...

Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS1987 board game

Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace

DOS1989 board game

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

Windows XP/98/951999 4x

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...

Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x1993 chess

Star Wars Rebellion

Windows XP/98/951998protected real-time strategy

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected 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.

StarCraft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protecteddemo 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...

Steel Panthers

DOS1995 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...