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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Arrakis
DOS20003.8/5
Challenge of the Five Realms
DOS1992protected3.8/5 MicroProse Software
Merchant Prince
DOS19934/5 Holistic Design
Minesweeper
Windows 3.x19924.1/5 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...
M.U.D.S. - Mean Ugly Dirty Sport
DOS19904.1/5 Golden Goblins
Power Dolls
DOS19944/5 Kogado Software Products
Sexy Droids
DOS1992NSFW4/5 Eleven Software
Dungeon of Shalan
DOS19883.5/5
L'Empereur
DOS19914.2/5 KOEI
Astro Dodge
DOS19823.6/5 Digital Marketing Corporation
DND
DOS19844.1/5
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
Ys: The Vanished Omens
DOS19894.1/5 Nihon Falcom
Ys: The Vanished Omens (also known as The Ancient Land of Ys) is an abandoned top-down open-world action RPG designed by Masaya Hashimoto, developed by Nihon Falcom and released by Kyodai Software Marketing for DOS in 1989. Ys: The Vanished Omens was published (earlier) for quite a few other home computers and console.
Archon: the Light and the Dark
DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
Legacy of the Ancients
DOS19893.7/5 Quest Software
Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
18th Airborne
DOS19933.9/5
AlphaMan
DOS19953.6/5
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge
DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...
MicroProse Soccer
DOS1988protected4.2/5 Sensible Software
MicroProse Soccer is an abandoned action-oriented soccer game, developed by Sensible Software and released by MicroProse Software in 1988. The appeal of MicroProse Soccer was its simplicity and the smooth controls. In the United States it was known as Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer.
Aleshar World of Ice
DOS19973.8/5
Escape from Hell
DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts
Moraff's World
DOS19913.5/5 Moraffware
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS19883.7/5 KOEI
Bad Blood
DOS19904.2/5 Origin Systems
Gengis Khan
DOS19893.5/5 KOEI
Virtual Pool
DOS19954.2/5 Celeris
Sensible Golf
DOS19943.2/5 Sensible Software
Sensible Golf is a golf video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was released in 1994 for Amiga and MS-DOS.Unlike traditional golf simulations of its time, "Sensible Golf" featured a more arcade-style gameplay with simple controls and colorful graphics. Players could choose from a variety of fi...
Kick off 2
DOS19904/5 Anco Software
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.