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).

Most popular top down games

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Minesweeper

Windows 3.x19924.2/5 Microsoft
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness

DOS1995protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS19934.2/5 MicroProse Software
Princess Maker 2

DOS19934.1/5 Gainax

Princess Maker 2 is a life simulation anime-style game developed by Gainax in 1993. In Princess Maker 2, the player is the father of a young princess and must tutor and raise her to the age of 18 by scheduling jobs, school classes and programming other activities. The princess is defined by attributes (strength, cooking, etc.) that will change depe...
Space Crusade

DOS19924.1/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS19904.1/5 Bits of magic

Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance

Windows XP/98/9519964.1/5 Synergistic Software
Alien Syndrome

DOS19894.1/5 Sega
Epidemic!

DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 New World Computing
Joyous Rebel

DOS1996freeware4.1/5
Knights of Legend

DOS19894.1/5 Origin Systems
Monopoly

DOS19854.1/5
The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19914.1/5 Synergistic Software
Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.1/5 Free Fall Associates

Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Intelligent Games
Psion Chess

DOSMac19854.1/5 Psion Software
SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony

DOS19914.1/5 Maxis
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Conflict in Vietnam

DOS19864.1/5 MicroProse Software
Bomberman

DOS19924.1/5 Hudson soft
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac19964.1/5 LucasArts
Gauntlet

DOS19864.1/5 Mindscape
Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
Antix

DOS1985remake4.1/5
Black Moon Chronicles

DOS1999protected4.1/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment
Champion of the Raj

DOS19914.1/5 Personal Software Services