Abandonware DOS title

Top-down perspective sorted by year, newest first

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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Volfied

DOS19914.3/5 Taito
Volfied is an abandoned action heavily inspired by the classic Qix (draw rectangles in a fixed screen to trap and destroy enemies). Volfied was designed by Fukio Mitsuji, developed by Taito and released by Empire Interactive in 1991 for DOS.
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Wild West World

DOS19914.1/5 Software 2000
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X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
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Xenopods

DOS19913.3/5 Softdisk Publishing
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ZZT

DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames
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Accordion

DOS19902.8/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Atomix

DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch
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Bad Blood

DOS19904.2/5 Origin Systems
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Battle for Atlantis

DOS19903.8/5
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...
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Beverly Hills Cop

DOS19903.1/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...
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Billy The Kid

DOS19903.8/5 Level 9 Computing
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Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS19903.5/5 Command Simulations
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Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS19904.1/5 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
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Cloud Kingdoms

DOS19903.6/5 Logotron
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Command HQ

DOS19904/5 Ozark Softscape
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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

DOS19904.2/5 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected4/5 id software
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Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.1/5 id software
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Conflict

DOS19904.1/5 Mastertronic
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DarkSpyre

DOS19903.8/5 Event Horizon
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Dawn Raider

DOS19904/5 Softstar Entertainment
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Death by Backgammon

DOS19903.3/5
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS19903.7/5 TigLon Software
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Dragon Lord

DOS19904.2/5 Spotlight Software
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Dungeon Explorer

DOS19903.5/5
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Escape from Hell

DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts
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Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts