The most popular 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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Burntime

DOS19933.9/5 Max Design

Xenon 2: Megablast

DOS19904.2/5 Bitmap Brothers

Xenon 2: Megablast is a classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released by Image Works in 1990 for DOS and for a plethora of other systems. Xenon was good, Xenon 2 was far better. Compared to today standards Xenon 2 is perhaps a mediocre shoot 'em up, but at the time every shooter fan loved it. Plus, it was developed by Bitmap Brother...

Conflict in Vietnam

DOS19864.2/5 MicroProse Software

Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

DOS1993protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Minesweeper

Windows 3.x19924/5 Microsoft

Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them. The player clicks on a square to reveal what's underneath, and numbers are displayed to indicate how many mines...

The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software

Bass Tour

DOS19924/5

Wizard's Crown

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Crazy Nick's Software Picks: King Graham's Board Game Challenge

DOS19922.8/5 Sierra On-Line

Starflight 2: Trade routes of the Cloud Nebula

DOS19894.2/5 Binary Systems

Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software

Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts

Temple of Apshai Trilogy

DOS19853.5/5 Epyx

The Temple of Apshai Trilogy is a series of classic role-playing games developed by Automated Simulations (later known as Epyx) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These games were among the earliest examples of computer-based RPGs and were influential in shaping the genre.The "Temple of Apshai Trilogy" was notable for its depth of gameplay and intr...

Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW3.8/5 Eleven Software

18th Airborne

DOS19933.9/5

Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software

2400 A.D.

DOS19884/5 Origin Systems

Monopoly (Adam Stevens)

DOS19983.9/5

Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS19903.9/5 Hitech Productions

Cloud Kingdoms

DOS19903.6/5 Logotron

Kasparov's Gambit

DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software

Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 White Wolf Productions

Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.3/5 Dalali Software

Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (also known as Cluedo). Clue can be played in single player, but the best gaming experience come from the multi-player mode.

Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse

DOS1994protected3.8/5 Cyberlore studios

Free Enterprise

Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Tsunami Media

Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.