The best 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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Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny

DOS19884.1/5 Origin Systems

Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny is a role-playing video game developed and published by Origin Systems in 1988. It is the fifth installment in the highly influential Ultima series, created by Richard Garriott. Initially released for the Apple II and Commodore 64, it was later ported to DOS, Atari ST, Amiga, and other platforms. The story pi...

Action in the North Atlantic

DOS19894.1/5 General Quarters Software

Indenture

DOS1995remake4.1/5

Infiltrator 2

DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises

Jackal

DOS19894.1/5 Konami

Joan of Arc

DOS19894.1/5 Chip

Joyous Rebel

DOS1996freeware4.1/5

Monopoly

DOS19854.1/5

No Greater Glory

DOSMac OS1991protected4.1/5

Xenon 2000: Project PCF

Windows XP/98/952000remake4.1/5 Bitmap Brothers

Xenon 2000: Project PCF is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up video game and originally released in 2000. It is a sequel to the earlier game "Xenon 2: Megablast," which was developed by The Bitmap Brothers and released in 1989.In Xenon 2000, players control a spaceship and engage in fast-paced shooting action as they face off against waves of enemy ...

PC-Man

DOS1982remake4.1/5 Orion Software

PC-Man is an abandoned top-down Pac-Man clone in every regard: from the shape of the protagonist, to the cute ghosts. PC-Man was designed by Greg Kuperberg, developed by Orion Software and released in 1982 for DOS. As PC-Man, you have to move through a one screen maze to collect dots (pills? wafers?) and avoid being touched by one of the usual Pac-...

Panzer General

DOS1994protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.

Carnage

DOS19934.1/5 Warped Minds

Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 Bullfrog

Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons

DOS19954.1/5 KOEI

Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons is an abandoned simulation game, sequel of Uncharted Waters, developed and released by KOEI in 1995. The Uncharted Waters series is set in the Age of Discovery and gives the player the freedom to set sail with their ship and go wherever you want exploring, fighting, trading, privateering, etc.

TV Sports: Basketball

DOS1990freeware4.1/5 Cinemaware

Block O Mania

DOS19894.1/5 Crystal Shard

Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software

Tyrian 2000

DOS1999freeware4.1/5 Eclipse Software

Tyrian 2000 is an old DOS science fiction classic shoot'em up, developed by Eclipse Software and designed by Alexander Brandon, Jason Emery, Daniel Cook. Tyrian 2000 is one of the most popular shoot'em ups ever published for DOS and it's still remembered by retro gaming fans to this day.

Gauntlet 2

DOS19894.1/5 Atari

Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Intelligent Games

Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Stone Age

DOS19924.1/5

Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Digital Illusions

Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

DOS1985freeware4.1/5 Origin Systems

Ultima IV is remembered as one of the best Ultima games ever released, designed as usual by Richard Garriott. Garriott took the Ultima series to a whole new level by introducing the eight virtues: honesty, compassion, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, spirituality, humility. Ultima IV started the trilogy known as "Age of Enlightenment".