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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Alex Higgins World Snooker

DOS19863.7/5 Lindensoft

Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 ORT Software

Rings of Medusa

DOS19903.9/5 Starbyte Software

Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Gray Design Associates

People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS19954.1/5 Supersonic Software

Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected4.2/5 Holistic Design

Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights

Avalon

DOS1998freeware3.8/5 MiG Outpost

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI

A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS19893.9/5 Westwood Studios

Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS19913.8/5 Activision

Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 Silicon Knights

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.

Infiltrator 2

DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises

The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software

Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software

God of Thunder

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 Adept Software

God of Thunder is a classic computer game developed by Adept Software and released in 1993. It's a puzzle platformer with a fantasy theme. In the game, you control Thor, the Norse god of thunder, on a quest to save Midgard (Earth) from the evil god Loki and his minions.The gameplay involves navigating through various levels filled with obstacles, e...

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...

Sleuth: A Murder Mystery

DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software

TomeNET

Windows XP/98/95Linux2003freeware4.4/5

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...