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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Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS19913.8/5 Activision

Wild West World

DOS19914/5 Software 2000

Wizard's Crown

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Burntime

DOS19934/5 Max Design

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.

D-Zone

DOS19923.9/5

Logo

DOS1990NSFW3.8/5 Starbyte Software

Day of the Pharaoh

DOS19893.1/5 Chip

Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design

No Greater Glory

DOSMac OS1991protected4.1/5

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Kick off 2

DOS19904.1/5 Anco Software

Oxyd

DOS19923.9/5 Dongleware

Night Mission Pinball

DOS19823.6/5 subLOGIC

Merchant Prince

DOS19934/5 Holistic Design

Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected3.9/5 id software

The Grandest Fleet

DOS19944.1/5 Quantum quality productions

Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software

ALF: The First Adventure

DOS19873/5 Box Office

Alex Higgins World Snooker

DOS19863.7/5 Lindensoft

Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter

DOS19914.1/5 Pc globe

Rings of Medusa

DOS19904/5 Starbyte Software

Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of a hero tasked with defeating the evil sorceress Medusa who has taken control of the city of Olympus. The game world is ...