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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Black Moon Chronicles

DOS1999protected4.1/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment

The Perfect General

DOS19914.1/5 White Wolf Productions

The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...

V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games

Gauntlet 2

DOS19894.1/5 Atari

SimCity

DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951989protected4.1/5 Maxis

SimCity (or SimCity Classic) is a popular city building simulation in which you, the mayor of a city, have to build a metropolis from the ground up. You can build police and fire departments, assign industrial, residential or commercial areas, manage power distribution, build ports and airports. Grow your city from village to metropolis and try to ...

Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 LucasArts

Action in the North Atlantic

DOS19894.1/5 General Quarters Software

Indenture

DOS1995remake4.1/5

Infiltrator 2

DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises

Joan of Arc

DOS19894.1/5 Chip

Joyous Rebel

DOS1996freeware4.1/5

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

DOS19904.1/5 Golden Goblins

Master of Orion 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.1/5 Quicksilver Software

Monopoly

DOS19854.1/5

Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software

Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Intelligent Games

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...

Settlers of Catan

DOS19984.1/5

Carnage

DOS19934.1/5 Warped Minds

SimFarm

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS19934.1/5 Maxis

SimFarm is a simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. In SimFarm, players take on the role of a farmer and manage various aspects of running a farm, including planting crops, raising livestock, and dealing with natural disasters.Players start with a basic farm and a limited amount of resources, and they mus...

Block O Mania

DOS19894.1/5 Crystal Shard

No Greater Glory

DOSMac OS1991protected4.1/5

Populous: The Beginning

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

The Chessmaster 2000

DOS19864.1/5 The Software Toolworks

Starflight

DOS19864.1/5 Binary Systems

Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...

Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

DOS1985freeware4.1/5 Origin Systems

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is one of the most influential and innovative role-playing games (RPGs) in video game history. Released in 1985 by Richard Garriott under the Origin Systems banner, it is the fourth installment of the Ultima series and marked a significant shift in the genre of RPGs at the time. Unlike previous RPGs which revolve...

It Came from the Desert

DOS1990freeware4.1/5 Cinemaware

It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, in the USA, and it's based on those old monster movies like Them! (also involving killer ants).