The most popular top down games

Top down games were very popular in the 80s and the 90s, when graphic cards were not capable of supporting 3D, and even when 3D started to become popular, 2D games continued to be easier to develop, at least in the infancy of 3D gaming. 2D game offered the player a viewpoint that helped keeping things easily under control (think about top down party-based RPGs or hex-based strategy games).

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M.U.D.S. - Mean Ugly Dirty Sport

DOS19904/5 Golden Goblins

Settlers of Catan

DOS19984.1/5

Alex Higgins World Snooker

DOS19863.7/5 Lindensoft

Gengis Khan

DOS19893.7/5 KOEI

Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software

Warp Rogue

WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5

DarkSpyre

DOS19903.8/5 Event Horizon

Hexxagon

DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games

Sarakon

DOS19913.8/5 Starbyte Software

Gremlins

DOS19842.8/5 Atari

Carnage

DOS19934.1/5 Warped Minds

Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS19893.8/5 Wesson International

Uncover It

DOS1994NSFW4/5

Rockford: The Arcade Game

DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems

7 colors

DOS19913.5/5 Gamos

Return to Kroz

DOS1990freeware3.1/5 Apogee Software

Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software

Billy The Kid

DOS19903.8/5 Level 9 Computing

Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf

DOS19923.7/5 KOEI

Ski or Die

DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts

Ski or Die is a winter sports-themed video game that was originally released in 1990 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The game was developed by Electronic Arts and was a follow-up to their earlier title, "California Games". Ski or Die features a collection of winter sports events: downhill blitz, acro aerials, s...