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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Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Bobby Fisher teaches chess

DOS19944/5 Mission Studios

Dungeons of Kroz

DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software

Grand Monster Slam

DOS19894/5 Golden Goblins

Grand Monster Slam is an action sports game developed by Golden Goblins and published by Rainbow Arts in 1989. The game was released for a variety of platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The game is set in a fantasy world where players compete in a sport called Monster Slam. The sport involves two opposing player...

The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group

TV Sports: Basketball

DOS1990freeware4.2/5 Cinemaware

Legend of the Sword

DOS19884/5 Silicon Software

Army Men 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 The 3DO Company

V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Atomic Games

Omega

DOS19894/5 Origin Systems

Omega is an abandoned science fiction themed strategy game developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Omega is a rare example of a programming game about robots.

Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates

Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...

The Ancient Art of War

DOS19843.9/5 Evryware

The Ancient Art of War is a classic video game that was released in the late 1980s. Developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund, it was available on various platforms, including Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The Ancient Art of War is a strategy game that takes place in various historical settings, such as ancient China, Greece, and t...

Master of Orion 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.1/5 Quicksilver Software

Kingdoms of Germany

DOS19943.5/5 Realism Entertainment

House of Cards

DOS19893.3/5

Dungeon Crawl

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware4/5

Dungeon Crawl (also known as Linley's Dungeon Crawl from the name of the original programmer: Linley Henzell) is a classic roguelike: an RPG with permadeath, procedural generation and high replayability. Dungeon Crawl was released on 1997 but it's not maintained anymore. The spiritual successr of Crawl is DCCS (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup).

Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected3.8/5 MicroProse Software

Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x19933.8/5 Wesson International

Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS19833.6/5 Windmill Software

Evets

DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes

B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected3.5/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software

Time Bandit

DOS19894.4/5 MichTron

Time Bandit is a classic top-down arcade-style video game that was released in 1982 for various home computer systems, such as the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others. It was developed by MichTron. In Time Bandit, players control a character who must navigate through a series of maze-like levels, battling various enemies and collecting treasure a...

Gauntlet

DOS19864.1/5 Mindscape

Master of Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.2/5 SimTex

Master of Magic is a turn based 4x strategy game developed by SimTex and published by the well know Microprose, very similar to Civilization, with a fantasy twist. You play as a wizard and your objective is to evolve your race from a small settlement to a bursting empire. To do so, you can produce military units to fight other computer controlled p...