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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Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Robot Rascals
DOS1987 Ozark Softscape
Rockford: The Arcade Game
DOS1987protected Arcadia Systems
Shard of Spring
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Sid Meier's Pirates!
DOS1987protected MicroProse Software
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Storm
DOS1987 Mastertronic
Super Pinball by Russco
DOS1987 Russco
The Ancient Art of War at Sea
DOS1987 Evryware
The Civil War
DOS1987 Avalon Hill
The Hunt for Red October
DOSMac OS1987 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Wizard's Crown
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
X-Fighter
DOS1987 Wordworks Software
2400 A.D.
DOS1988 Origin Systems
Ah, 2400 A.D. A game where you can rebel against a robot police state… by slowly walking around in beige. Released in 1988, it’s what happens when you mix Orwellian dystopia with MS Paint aesthetics. You’ll snea...
Airborne Ranger
DOS1988 MicroProse Software
Strap in and crawl through the mud - Airborne Ranger (1988) is here to chew bubblegum and infiltrate enemy lines. And it's all out of bubblegum. This tactical action game lets you drop behind enemy territory, blow things up, and l...
Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation
DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII battle where everything went spectacularly sidewa...
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
DOS1988 Westwood Studios
Released in 1988, BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is part RPG, part strategy, part “did I just die in the tutorial again?” You’re a young MechWarrior on the run, assembling allies and blowing stuff up w...
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1
DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Dolphin Boating Simulator
DOS1988 Dolphine marine systems
Dungeon of Shalan
DOS1988
Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles
DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Evets
DOS1988freeware SAck Enterprizes
Feud
DOS1988 Binary Design
Fire Power
DOS1988 Silent Software
Firezone
DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
First Expedition
DOS1988 Interstel Corporation
Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue
DOS1988 GameTek
Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road
DOS1988 SNK Corporation
Infiltrator 2
DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware Apogee Software