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The 10 best DOS war games

The 10 best DOS war games, as the players of dos.games rate them. Fallout leads the list, ahead of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Red Dawn.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 21DOS war games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.6Score of #1, out of 5

  1. 1. Fallout

    1997 · Interplay Productions · Role-playing (RPG)

    3.61 rating

    Leave Vault 13 with a leather jacket, 10mm pistol, and 150 days to replace a failed Water Chip before your home dies of thirst in Interplay's 1997 RPG Fallout.

    Play now: FalloutAbout the game
Ranks 11–20

More great DOS war games

  1. North & South — playable in the browserData East Corporation · Action · 1990Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open North & South
  2. Gettysburg (1993) — playable in the browserCharles Dollins · Strategy / tactics · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Gettysburg (1993)
  3. X-COM: Terror from the Deep — playable in the browserMicroProse Software, Inc. · Strategy / tactics · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open X-COM: Terror from the Deep
  4. Man of War — playable in the browserVirgin Interactive Entertainment · Strategy / tactics · 1997Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Man of War
  5. Operation Crusader — playable in the browserThe Avalon Hill Game Company · Strategy / tactics · 1994Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Operation Crusader
  6. Dune III — playable in the browserFreeware · Strategy / tactics · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Dune III
  7. Steel Panthers — playable in the browserStrategic Simulations · Strategy / tactics · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Steel Panthers
  8. Steel Panthers II - Modern Battles — playable in the browserSSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) / Mindscape · Strategy / tactics · 1996Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Steel Panthers II - Modern Battles
  9. SWIV 3D — playable in the browserSales Curve Interactive · Action · 1996Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open SWIV 3D
  10. The Great War 1914-1918 — playable in the browserStrategic Simulations, Inc. · Strategy / tactics · 1992Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open The Great War 1914-1918
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How Best DOS Games are ranked
What is the best DOS war game?

Fallout (1997, Interplay Productions) is the best DOS war game by our players' ratings, ahead of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Red Dawn. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS war games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS war games are there on dos.games?

21. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS war games?

1997. 4 of the games on this list came out that year: Fallout, Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Red Dawn, Flying Corps: Gold and Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command - 1939-1999.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.