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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Escape from Hell

DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts

Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS19913.8/5 Activision

Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS19903.5/5 Command Simulations

Action Soccer

DOS19954.3/5 UBI Soft

Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group

Blue Angel 69

DOS1989NSFW3.6/5

Pacific General

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

Disciples of Steel

DOS19943.9/5

Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI

8088 Othello

DOS19853.5/5

Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected3.7/5 MicroProse Software

Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS19893.8/5 Mastertronic

240 Racing

DOS19984/5

Dominium

DOS19924.1/5 Microids

Angband

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5

Black Moon Chronicles

DOS1999protected4.2/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment

Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.6/5 Avalon Hill

Kick off 2

DOS19904.1/5 Anco Software

Chess

DOS19813.9/5 International PC Owners

Annals of Rome

DOS19883.8/5 Personal Software Services

Blades of Exile

Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware4.1/5 Spiderweb Software

Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS19833.6/5 Windmill Software

MacArthur's War

DOS19903.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Billy The Kid

DOS19903.8/5 Level 9 Computing

MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients

DOS19913.6/5 Paragon Software

MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is the sequel to MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy. It is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1991, developed by Paragon Software. Like its predecessor, MegaTraveller 2 is set in the expansive Traveller universe.In MegaTraveller 2, players continue their journey in the Third Imperium, ...