Top-down perspective sorted by release date

Top down games

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  No Greater Glory

  DOSMac1991protected4.1/5
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  Planet's Edge

  DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
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  Rescue Rover

  DOS1991protected3.8/5 id software
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  Rescue Rover 2

  DOS1991protected3.1/5 id software
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  Risk

  Windows 3.x19913.7/5 Azeroth
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  Rodent's Revenge

  Windows 3.x19914.1/5 Microsoft
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  Rotox

  DOS19914.2/5 Creative Materials
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  Sarakon

  DOS19913.8/5 Starbyte Software
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  Sargon V: World Class Chess

  DOS19913.9/5 Activision
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  Sherlock: The Game of Logic

  DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software
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  SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony

  DOS19914.1/5 Maxis
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  SkiFree

  Windows 3.x19914/5
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  Solidarnosc

  DOS19913.4/5 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group
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  The Basket Manager

  DOS19913.4/5 Simulmondo
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  The Lost Patrol

  DOS19913.7/5 Astros Productions

  The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

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  The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

  DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software
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  The Perfect General

  DOS19914.2/5 White Wolf Productions

  The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...

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  The Taking of Beverly Hills

  DOS19913.5/5 Off The Wall Productions
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  Tristan Pinball

  DOS19914.1/5 Littlewing
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  Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

  DOS19914/5 Origin Systems

  Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.

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  V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

  DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
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  Vengeance of Excalibur

  DOS19914.1/5 Synergistic Software
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  Volfied

  DOS19914.2/5 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

  DOS19914.3/5 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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  A Line in the Sand

  DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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  Amberstar

  DOS19923.9/5 Thalion

  Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows. Amberstar was developed and published by Thalion for DO...

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  Angband

  Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5