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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5th Fleet

DOS19943.9/5

Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 Silicon Knights

Wizard's Crown

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

L'Empereur

DOS19914.2/5 KOEI

Xenon

DOS19883.9/5 Bitmap Brothers

Xenon, released in 1988, was a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers. Xenon was initially released for the Commodore 64, and later, it was ported to other platforms, including DOS, the ZX Spectrum and Amiga.In Xenon, players control a futuristic tank-like craft and navigate through levels filled with enemy ve...

Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Digital Illusions

Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations

Locomotion

DOS19924.2/5 Prestige Softwareentwicklung

Moria

DOS1992freeware3.9/5

Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 White Wolf Productions

Lords of Midnight: The Citadel

DOS19954.3/5 Maelstrom Games

The Perfect General

DOS19914.1/5 White Wolf Productions

The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...