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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Pac PC
DOS1995freewareremake4.1/5
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Slash'Em
Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5
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
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
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
Speedball 2
DOS19924.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
Atomix
DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch
Cobra Mission
DOS1992NSFW4.1/5 MegaTech Software
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
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware4.1/5 MicroProse Software
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
Empire Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x19934.1/5 White Wolf Productions
Empire Deluxe is a classic turn-based strategy game that was originally released in the early 1990s. Developed by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky of White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing, it is a successor to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
DOS19954.1/5 Supersonic Software
Rockford: The Arcade Game
DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Mech War
DOS19924.1/5
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...
Hexxagon
DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games