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).

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DOS19894/5 Atari

Army Men 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 The 3DO Company

Azalta: Cult of the Raven

DOS19964/5

Bass Tour

DOS19924/5

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19854/5 Muse Software

Bravo Romeo Delta

DOS19934/5

Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected4/5 id software

Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine

DOS1991protected4/5 id software

Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a science fiction action oriented platform game designed by Tom Hall, developed by id Software and released by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS only. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is part of the Commander Keen game series, specifically it's the second episode of Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy.

Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 Silicon Knights

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS19884/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank

Feud

DOS19884/5 Binary Design

Fooblitzsky

DOS19864/5 Infocom

Gapper

DOS19864/5

Gemfire

DOS19924/5 KOEI

Global Conquest

DOS19924/5 Ozark Softscape

Grand Monster Slam

DOS19894/5 Golden Goblins

Hill Street Blues

DOS19914/5 Krisalis

Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based on a TV series.

Incursion

WindowsLinuxMac OS2007freeware4/5

Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 Chip

Kaiser

DOS19924/5

Legend of the Sword

DOS19884/5 Silicon Software

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...

Motor City

DOS19944/5 Max Design

Navy Seal

DOS19894/5 Cosmi Corporation

Pango

DOS1983remake4/5

Pirates! Gold

DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protectedremakedemo4/5 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, created by Sid Meier in 1987. Pirates! Gold gameplay is a unique mix of action, strategy, pirate life simulation, ...