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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).

Most popular top down games

Dune 2000
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Civilization 2
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Grand Theft Auto 2
action-adventureWindows XP/98/95

Top down games

  • unreal-world-roguelike-09
    Windows XP/98/95Mac1992freeware4.1/5
  • steel-panthers-3-06
    DOS1997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • faceoff-3
    DOS19894.1/5 MindSpan

    Face Off! is an abandoned hockey sports game developed by MindSpan (known for their Hardball series) and released by Gamestar in 1989 for DOS and also for Commodore 64. Face Off supports multiplayer in competitive or cooperative modes.

  • battletechcrescent-8
    DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
  • bushbuck-04
    DOS19914.1/5 Pc globe
  • pizza-tycoon-5
    Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1994protected4.1/5 Software 2000
  • hunt-for-red-october-01
    DOSMac19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
  • spacerogue-2
    DOS19894/5 Origin Systems

    Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.

  • conflictmiddleeast-1
    DOS19904/5 Mastertronic
  • fastfooddizzy-2
    DOS19894/5 Codemasters
  • warriors-of-legend-07
    DOS19934/5 Synergistic Software
  • traintown-deluxe-04
    Windows XP/98/9520004/5 Dynamix
  • cobra-mission-1
    DOS1992NSFW4/5 MegaTech Software
  • command-hq-04
    DOS19904/5 Ozark Softscape
  • pyramidsegypt-4
    DOS19894/5 Ideas From the Deep
  • romancethree2-1
  • skiordie-1
    DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts
  • joensfastlane-1
    DOS19914/5 Sierra On-Line

    Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best ...

  • muds-6
    DOS19904/5 Golden Goblins
  • xonix-1
    DOS1984remake4/5
  • jamesbondlicence-3
    DOS19894/5 Quixel
  • pattonvsrommel-1
    DOS19874/5 Electronic Arts
  • emperor-fading-suns-04
    Windows XP/98/9519964/5 Holistic Design
  • ancient-art-of-war-at-sea-06
    DOS19874/5 Evryware
  • dreamweb-hotel1
    DOS1994freeware4/5 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...

  • darksun2-3
    DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • planetsedge-8
    DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
  • rampart-3
    DOS19924/5 Atari

    Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...

  • star-wars-2-04
    DOS19894/5
  • keen4-1
    DOS1991protected4/5 id software