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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Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts

Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon

DOS19893.4/5 Activision

Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Enlight Software

Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.6/5 Avalon Hill

Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

Defender of the Crown

DOS1991protected3.8/5 Cinemaware

Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue damsels.

Atomino

DOS19913.9/5 Play Byte

Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

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...

Sleuth: A Murder Mystery

DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software

Hexxagon

DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games

Pac PC

DOS1995freewareremake4.1/5

Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Pyramids of Egypt

DOS19894/5 Ideas From the Deep

2400 A.D.

DOS19884/5 Origin Systems

Chess

DOS19813.9/5 International PC Owners

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 ...

Legacy of the Ancients

DOS19893.7/5 Quest Software

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19854/5 Muse Software

Space 1889

DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software

Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS19934/5 Blue Byte Software

Flying Tigers

DOS19944.1/5 Ticsoft

Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.

Disciples of Steel

DOS19943.9/5

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware3.7/5

Night Mission Pinball

DOS19823.5/5 subLOGIC

Ski or Die

DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts

Ski or Die is a winter sports-themed video game that was originally released in 1990 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The game was developed by Electronic Arts and was a follow-up to their earlier title, "California Games". Ski or Die features a collection of winter sports events: downhill blitz, acro aerials, s...