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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NFL Football
DOS19924.1/5 Distinctive Software
NHL Hockey
DOS19934.1/5 Electronic Arts
Othello
DOS19864.1/5
Soviet
DOS19904.1/5 Opera Soft
The Grandest Fleet
DOS19944.1/5 Quantum quality productions
Total Annihilation
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
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...
V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
Windows 3.xMac OS1996demo4.1/5 LucasArts
Settlers of Catan
DOS19984.1/5
High Command: Europe 1939-45
DOS19924.1/5 Colorado Computer Creations
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
WinRisk
Windows 3.x19924.1/5
SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony
DOS19914.1/5 Maxis
Soko-Ban
DOS19844.1/5 ASCII Corporation
Frogger
DOS19834.1/5 Konami
Beneath Apple Manor
DOS1983freeware4.1/5
Empire II: The Art of War
DOSWindows XP/98/9519954.1/5 White Wolf Productions
Epidemic!
DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fountain of Dreams
DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts
M.U.D.S. - Mean Ugly Dirty Sport
DOS19904.1/5 Golden Goblins
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Pac PC
DOS1995freewareremake4.1/5
Slash'Em
Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.1/5 Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware4.1/5 MicroProse Software
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...
Command & Conquer
DOS1995freeware4.1/5 Westwood Studios
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo4.1/5 Cygnus Studios
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Raptor, players control a fighter jet through various levels filled with enemy aircraft, ground targets, power-ups and boss...
Star Wars 2
DOS19894.1/5