Top-down perspective sorted by release date
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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Atomix
DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch
Bad Blood
DOS19904.2/5 Origin Systems
Battle for Atlantis
DOS19903.9/5
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...
Beverly Hills Cop
DOS19903.2/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...
Billy The Kid
DOS19903.9/5 Level 9 Computing
Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes
DOS19903.5/5 Command Simulations
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS19904.2/5 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
Cloud Kingdoms
DOS19903.3/5 Logotron
Command HQ
DOS19904/5 Ozark Softscape
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars
DOS19904.2/5 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
DOS1990protected4/5 id software
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
DOS1990protected4.2/5 id software
Conflict
DOS19904/5 Mastertronic
DarkSpyre
DOS19903.8/5 Event Horizon
Dawn Raider
DOS19903.6/5 Softstar Entertainment
Death by Backgammon
DOS19903.3/5
Decision at Gettysburg
DOS19903.8/5 TigLon Software
Dragon Lord
DOS19904.3/5 Spotlight Software
Dungeon Explorer
DOS19903.5/5
Escape from Hell
DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts
Fountain of Dreams
DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts
Frontline
DOS19903.5/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Full Metal Planete
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
Future Classics Collection
DOS19903.2/5
Hard Nova
DOS19903.7/5 Malibu Interactive
Hard Nova is a sci-fi role-playing game (RPG) developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. Released in 1990, it is available on platforms such as the DOS, Amiga, Atari ST. Hard Nova is set in a distant future where players navigate through various star systems. The player takes on the role of a mercenary leader in charge of a s...
Ikari III: The Rescue
DOS19903.4/5 SNK Corporation
Iron Lord
DOS19903.5/5 UBI Soft
Ishido: The Way of the Stones
DOSMac OS19903.8/5 Publishing International