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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Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.2/5 Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf
DOS19872.3/5 Gold Hill Software
Virtual Pool
DOS19954.2/5 Celeris
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software
Gruntz
Windows XP/98/9519993.8/5 Monolith Productions
When Two Worlds War
DOS19933.6/5 Impressions Games
Alien Syndrome
DOS19894.2/5 Sega
Free Enterprise
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Tsunami Media
Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
Arrakis
DOS20003.9/5
Aspetra
DOS19963/5
Merchant Colony
DOS19914.2/5 Impressions Games
Xenon 2000: Project PCF
Windows XP/98/952000remake4.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
Xenon 2000: Project PCF is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up video game and originally released in 2000. It is a sequel to the earlier game "Xenon 2: Megablast," which was developed by The Bitmap Brothers and released in 1989.In Xenon 2000, players control a spaceship and engage in fast-paced shooting action as they face off against waves of enemy ...
V for victory: Market-Garden
DOS1993protected4.2/5 Atomic Games
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
Moraff's World
DOS19913.5/5 Moraffware
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
DOS1990protected4.2/5 id software
Pyramids of Egypt
DOS19894/5 Ideas From the Deep
Traffic department 2192
DOS1994freeware3.7/5 P Squared
Ragnarok
DOS1993freeware4/5 Gray Design Associates
Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager
DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Ascii Sector
WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware4/5
Super Pac-Man
DOS19823.5/5 Namco
A Line in the Sand
DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Total Annihilation Kingdoms
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes
DOS19903.5/5 Command Simulations
The Punisher
DOS19903/5 Paragon Software
Hillsfar
DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
18th Airborne
DOS19933.9/5