Top-down perspective sorted by release date

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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Robot Rascals

DOS19873.8/5 Ozark Softscape

Rockford: The Arcade Game

DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems

Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Sid Meier's Pirates!

DOS1987protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software

Sorcerer Lord

DOS19874.3/5 Personal Software Services

Storm

DOS19872.5/5 Mastertronic

Super Pinball by Russco

DOS19874.5/5 Russco

The Ancient Art of War at Sea

DOS19874.1/5 Evryware

The Civil War

DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill

The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac OS19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Ultima 1: The First Age of Darkness

DOS19874.1/5 Origin Systems

Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness is a seminal role-playing video game developed by Richard Garriott and released by California Pacific Computer Company in 1981. It is the first game in the long-running and influential Ultima series. Initially released for the Apple II, it was later ported to various platforms including DOS, Commodore 64, At...