Top-down perspective sorted by title, from Z to A
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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Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
DOS1993 MicroProse Software
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software
Raiden
DOS1994 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 f...
Ragnarok
DOS1993freeware Gray Design Associates
Rack 'em
DOS1988 Artech Studios
Questron 2
DOS1988protected Westwood Studios
Questron II is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) in 1988. It serves as the sequel to the original Questron (1984) and builds upon its predecessor’s f...
Quest for the Unicorn
DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware
Qix
DOS1989 Taito
Pyramids of Egypt
DOS1989 Ideas From the Deep
Puzznic
DOS1990 Taito
Puzznic is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally developed and published by Taito in 1989 for arcade systems. The goal of Puzznic is to clear a series of levels by aligning matching tiles (blocks) to make them disappea...
Push-Push Penguin
Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/112004freewareremake
Push-Push Penguin is an expanded version of the classic Sega's 1982 arcade game Pengo, incorporating features like power-ups, a combo system, and a more diverse array of enemies, breathing new life into Sega's original concept. Ac...
Psycho Pinball
DOS1995 Codemasters
Psion Chess
DOSMac OS1985 Psion Software
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS1989 Activision
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Princess Maker 2
DOS1993 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...
Power Drive
DOS1994 Rage Games
Power Dolls
DOS1994 Kogado Software Products
Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue
DOS1992 Alternative Software
Postman Pat 3 is a retro video game based on the popular British children's television series Postman Pat. Released in 1992 by Alternative Software, it was available for platforms like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 6...
Populous: The Beginning
Windows XP/98/951998protected Bullfrog
Pong Kombat
DOS1994freeware
Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf
DOS1987 Gold Hill Software
Planet's Edge
DOS1991protected New World Computing
Pizza Tycoon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected Software 2000
Pirates! Gold
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protectedremakedemo MicroProse Software
Pirates! Gold is an open world game designed by Paul Murphy, developed and released by MicroProse Software in 1993 for DOS, Windows 3.x, Mac and also Sega Genesis and Amiga CD32. Pirates! Gold is a remake of the game Pirates,...
Pipe Dream
DOSWindows 3.x1989 The Assembly Line
Pipe Mania (also known as Pipe Dream is a tile-matching (sort of) puzzle game about flowing liquids developed by The Assembly Line in 1989. You must build a path made of pipe pieces to let a green liquid (sewer goo?) flow. It's si...
Pinball World
DOS1995 Spidersoft Limited
Pinball Magic
DOS1990 Loriciels
Pinball Illusions
DOS1995 Digital Illusions
Pinball Fantasies
DOS1994 Digital Illusions