Top-down perspective sorted by release date

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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Merchant Colony

DOS19914.2/5 Impressions Games

Moraff's World

DOS19913.5/5 Moraffware

No Greater Glory

DOSMac OS1991protected4.1/5

Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing

Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected3.8/5 id software

Rescue Rover 2

DOS1991protected3.1/5 id software

Risk

Windows 3.x19913.8/5 Azeroth

Rodent's Revenge

Windows 3.x19914.1/5 Microsoft

Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 Creative Materials

Sarakon

DOS19913.8/5 Starbyte Software

Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS19913.8/5 Activision

Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software

SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony

DOS19914.1/5 Maxis

SkiFree

Windows 3.x19913.9/5

Solidarnosc

DOS19913.4/5 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group

The Basket Manager

DOS19913.4/5 Simulmondo

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.

The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software

The Perfect General

DOS19914.1/5 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 ...

The Taking of Beverly Hills

DOS19914/5 Off The Wall Productions

Tristan Pinball

DOS19914/5 Littlewing

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.

V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games

Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19913.9/5 Synergistic Software

Volfied

DOS19914.3/5 Taito

Volfied is an arcade game developed and released by Taito Corporation in 1989. It's a puzzle game that gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The game is named after the fictional planet "Volfied", where the gameplay is set.In Volfied, players control a small spaceship called "Challenger" and must eliminate 80% or more of the playfiel...