Category
Retro Strategy Games
Choose the scale of your next decision: capture islands, position a mech or spend a small party's movement and action points. These strategy games use different phases and resource rules. Read the turn-ending commands before committing an order; a transfer or confirmation can finish your move.
Browse all 23 games ↓A few places to start
- Banyon Wars
Conquer eight islands with city reinforcements; the final troop-transfer command ends your turn.
- MechWar
Plan separate movement and firing phases on a hex map while managing each mech's heat.
- Dungeon Tactics Advance
Spend movement and action points in GBA dungeon battles, then select equipment between encounters.
Archive entries
↑↓ Select · Enter Open| Game | Platform | Year | Genre | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021Rebuild an interstellar empire in Anacreon, assigning worlds and fleets while watching production, fuel and the turn cycle. | DOS | 1987 | Strategy | PLAY |
Banyon WarsLead the blue Cronon army across 35 cities and eight islands, balancing reinforcements, attacks and a final troop transfer each turn. | DOS | 1990 | Strategy | PLAY |
Battle for AtlantisLead the Olympians across eight islands, placing reinforcements and choosing when to attack three computer-controlled armies. | DOS | 1990 | Strategy | PLAY |
Crazy CowsCommand grey or brown cow squads in turn-based battles, spending movement units on travel and attacks while watching each unit’s energy. | DOS | 1996 | Strategy | PLAY |
Doomdark's Revenge PCTravel through Icemark, direct companions and manage the day-night cycle in Chris Wild’s PC conversion of Doomdark’s Revenge. | DOS | 1991 | Strategy | PLAY |
DrugwarsManage a fictional one-month trading run in Drug Wars, balancing travel, inventory, debt and unpredictable events through text prompts. | DOS | 1984 | Strategy | PLAY |
Dungeon Tactics AdvancePlan each move and spell in a turn-based dungeon crawl, then choose equipment between battles to shape your next run. | Game Boy Advance | 2024 | Strategy | PLAY |
Galactic QuestExplore a turn-based space-strategy prototype where a ship’s momentum carries forward into its next turn. | Game Boy Advance | 2025 | Strategy | GUIDE |
GB BASIC - Starter Kit - ReversiPlay Reversi against the computer, choose black or white, and use the marked legal moves to turn opposing discs to your colour. | Game Boy | 2025 | Strategy | PLAY |
HighMoonTake turns aiming and charging shots in a space-artillery duel. Gravity bends every shot, and a wormhole can send a projectile across the arena. | PC | 2005 | Strategy | PLAY |
Island Conquest IIReunite island tribes by growing villages, gathering food and training warriors, while keeping enough people home to defend them. | DOS | 1996 | Strategy | PLAY |
MechWarCommand BattleTech-style mechs on a hex map, choosing movement modes and weapons while managing heat in MechWar. | DOS | 1992 | Strategy | PLAY |
MilCityBuild a city that can afford a war. Keep the power running, finance your defenses and use radar to find targets on the enemy grid. | PC | 2011 | Strategy | PLAY |
MULEBuild a peaceful colony in MULE 0.61, buying production units, claiming land and trading food, energy and minerals at auction. | DOS | 1999 | Strategy | PLAY |
RHDE: Furniture FightBuild, furnish and raid rival houses in RHDE: Furniture Fight, a local two-player strategy game for NES. | Homebrew | 2014 | Strategy | PLAY |
Save Maurice!Dig through a randomly generated mine to find Maurice, conserving pickaxe strokes and collecting lamp refills before the tunnels go dark. | Game Boy | 2025 | Strategy | PLAY |
Scorched EarthAim a tank across a changing landscape in Scorched Earth. Adjust angle and power, account for wind and take turns firing in the DOS 1.5 shareware release. | DOS | 1991 | Strategy | PLAY |
Tank WarsAim over hills and adjust your shot strength in Tank Wars, a turn-based DOS artillery game with computer opponents and a choice of weapons. | DOS | 1990 | Strategy | PLAY |
TerramancersRace to claim a grid in real time. Connect your territory in straight lines to take the tiles between them before the opponent does. | PC | 2012 | Strategy | PLAY |
The Battle for WesnothLead a fantasy army across hex maps, recruit units and carry your veterans through a turn-based campaign. | PC | 2003 | Strategy | PLAY |
Visual Star TrekNavigate by galactic map and sector scan in Visual Star Trek, using mouse commands to manage weapons, shields and ship resources. | DOS | 1990 | Strategy | PLAY |
War-8}!Command five tanks in War-8}!, a two-player DOS artillery game where timing a moving gauge sets each shot across randomly generated terrain. | DOS | 1990 | Strategy | PLAY |
World EmpireConquer a world of competing ideologies in World Empire, a turn-based DOS strategy game with army recruitment, territorial battles and a computer opponent. | DOS | 1991 | Strategy | PLAY |
