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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Command & Conquer: Red Alert

DOS1996freeware real-time strategy

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1996. It is part of the Command & Conquer series and is set in an alternate history where World War II never occurred, leading to a different global conflict.The success of Red Alert led to several seque...

Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

Windows XP/98/951997 real-time strategy

Command HQ

DOSMac OS1990 wargame, real-time strategy

Command HQ was developed by Microplay Software. It was one of the early real-time strategy (RTS) games and focused on global warfare, allowing players to control armies, fleets, and economies in various historical and futuristic scenarios.

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Windows XP/98/951998protected real-time tactics

Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

Windows XP/98/951999protected real-time tactics

Computer Diplomacy

DOS1984 board game

Conflict in Vietnam

DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics

Conflict: Europe

DOS1989 turn-based tactics

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.

Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected wargame, turn-based tactics

Conquest of Japan

DOS1992 wargame

Conquest of the New World (Deluxe Edition)

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected 4x

Conquest of the new world is a turn-based strategy game that lets you control one of 6 different nations in their attempt to colonize the new continent. The gameworld is represented in an isometric point of view. Combat is a mini-game taking place on a battlefield where victory can be achieved by killing enemy troops or capturing the enemy's flag.

Core War Plus

DOS1984 real-time tactics

Cossacks: European Wars

Windows XP/98/952000protected real-time strategy, real-time tactics

Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy game developed by GSC Game World and released in 2001. The game is set in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period marked by significant military, political, and social changes in Europe. Players can choose from 16 different European nations, each with unique units and buildings. The gamep...