Abandonware DOS title

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).
pirates-2

Sid Meier's Pirates!

DOS1987protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software
sorcerer-lord-01

Sorcerer Lord

DOS19874/5 Personal Software Services
storm-1

Storm

DOS19872.6/5 Mastertronic
super-pinball-01

Super Pinball by Russco

DOS19874.5/5 Russco
ancient-art-of-war-at-sea-06

The Ancient Art of War at Sea

DOS19874.1/5 Evryware
civilwar-1

The Civil War

DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill
hunt-for-red-october-01

The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
ultima1-3

Ultima 1: The First Age of Darkness

DOS19874/5 Origin Systems
This is the first of the very popular RPG saga Ultima. The setting is the land of Sosaria, the enemy to defeat is Mondain. It's a classic cRPG. The wilderness and cities are represented from a top down perspective, while dungeons can be explored in a first person 3d view.
wizcrown-6

Wizard's Crown

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
xfighter-1

X-Fighter

DOS19873.1/5 Wordworks Software
2400ad-4

2400 A.D.

DOS19884/5 Origin Systems
airborne-ranger-04

Airborne Ranger

DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software
annalsofrome-1

Annals of Rome

DOS19883.8/5 Personal Software Services
arnhem-01

Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
btechcrescent-1

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception

DOS19884/5 Westwood Studios
decisive-civil-war-1-03

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS19884/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
dolplhinboat-1

Dolphin Boating Simulator

DOS19883.1/5 Dolphine marine systems
dungshalan-2

Dungeon of Shalan

DOS19883.5/5
encyclopedia-war-ancient-battles-03

Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
evets-5

Evets

DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes
feud-03

Feud

DOS19884/5 Binary Design
firepower-pc-02

Fire Power

DOS19883.7/5 Silent Software
firezone-04

Firezone

DOS19883.1/5 Arcadia Systems
first-expedition-01

First Expedition

DOS19883/5 Interstel Corporation
firehouse-rescue-02

Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue

DOS19883/5 GameTek
ikari-warriors-2-03

Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation
infiltrator-2-01

Infiltrator 2

DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
kingdomkroz-1

Kingdom of Kroz

DOS1988freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software
knight-exchange-03

Knight Exchange

DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
legend-of-the-sword-03

Legend of the Sword

DOS19884.1/5 Silicon Software