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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Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
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).
Princess Maker 2
DOS19934.1/5 Gainax
Princess Maker 2 is a life simulation anime-style game developed by Gainax in 1993. In Princess Maker 2, the player is the father of a young princess and must tutor and raise her to the age of 18 by scheduling jobs, school classes and programming other activities. The princess is defined by attributes (strength, cooking, etc.) that will change depe...
Toobin
DOS19894.1/5 Domark Software
Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).
Bomberman
DOS19924.1/5 Hudson soft
Blades of Exile
Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware4.1/5 Spiderweb Software
Blades of Exile is a classic role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It's the third installment in the "Exile" series. The game was released in 1997 for Mac OS, and later for Windows in 1998.In Blades of Exile, players control a party of adventurers who explore the underground world of Exile/Avernum, a vast network of caves and dun...
Flying Tigers
DOS19944.1/5 Ticsoft
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
Mine Shaft
DOS19834.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Monday Night Football
DOS19894.1/5 Park Place Productions
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS19904.1/5 New World Computing
UnReal World v. 3.20
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware4.1/5
Knights of Xentar
DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 MegaTech Software
Ragnarok
DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Gray Design Associates
Cobra Mission
DOS1992NSFW4.1/5 MegaTech Software
Castle Wolfenstein
DOS19844.1/5 Muse Software
Death Rally
DOS1996freeware4.1/5 Remedy Entertainment Ltd.
Kick off 2
DOS19904.1/5 Anco Software
Speedball 2
DOS19924.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS19914.1/5 Pc globe
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
DOS19974.1/5 Papyrus Design Group
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design
Warriors of Legend
DOS19934.1/5 Synergistic Software
Galaxy
DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
DOS19954.1/5 Supersonic Software
Rockford: The Arcade Game
DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems
Mech War
DOS19924.1/5
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
DOS19934.1/5 MicroProse Software
Gal Pani X
Windows XP/98/952000freewareNSFW4.1/5
Gal Pani X is an action-puzzle game reminiscent of the classic arcade Qix, developed by D2 and released in 2000 for Windows. Gal Pani X is an adult-themed Doujin game: it was made by fans and wasn't for profit.
Raiden
DOS19944.1/5 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...
Dreamweb
DOS1994freeware4.1/5 Creative reality
Dreamweb is a top-down point and click adventure set in a dark, cyberpunk city. You play as Ryan who has strange, violent, dreams. A top down perspective and the sheer number of items your character can pick up are just two of the peculiarities of this game. Dreamweb was developed by Creative Reality and published by Empire Interactive for DOS in 1...