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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Sleuth: A Murder Mystery

DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software

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...

Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake4.2/5 Magicom Multimedia

Caves of Thor

DOS19893.4/5 Apogee Software

Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS19893.5/5 Capcom

Trivial Pursuit

DOS19893.4/5

Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS19883.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations

Battle Master

DOS19913.5/5 Personal Software Services

Battle Master is a fantasy themed abandoned action-strategy game hybrid (with real-time tactics elements) developed by Personal Software Services. Battle Master was released by Mirrorsoft in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST and Genesis.

Traders

DOS19924/5 Linel

Crossfire

DOS19823.7/5 Sierra On-Line

Sword Quest 1: The Search

DOS19923/5

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Slash'Em

Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5

Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow

DOS19923.4/5 Sierra On-Line

Khalaan

DOS19903.6/5 Chip

King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design

Pac-girl

DOS19823.7/5 Magicom Multimedia

Dragon Lord

DOS19904.2/5 Spotlight Software

Dungeons of Kroz 2

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software

Decker

Windows2002freeware3.5/5

Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software

If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS19893.3/5 Emerald Software

Lost Adventures of Kroz

DOS1990freeware3.3/5 Apogee Software

Turbo Gomoku

DOS19853/5

Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS19923.8/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 Big Time Software

ZAngband

WindowsMac OSDOSLinux1999freeware4.3/5

Zangband is a variant of the popular roguelike game Angband. Zangband, short for Zelazny Angband, was developed by Chris Weisiger and first released in 1994. The game features a fantasy world with diverse races, classes, and monsters. Players explore dungeons, caves, and other environments in a quest to reach the bottom level of the dungeon, d...