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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Mageslayer

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 Raven Software

Goal!

DOS19933.9/5 Dini & Dini Productions

Nectaris

DOS19954/5 Hudson soft

Patton vs. Rommel

DOS19874/5 Electronic Arts

Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Spy Hunter

DOS19843.7/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

Cap Man

Windows XP/98/9519993.9/5

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.

Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software

Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group

Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 Origin Systems

Crossfire

DOS19823.7/5 Sierra On-Line

John Madden Football

DOS19894/5 Electronic Arts

John Madden Football was the first of a series of american football sports games sponsored by the coach of the same name. The first John Madden Football is an abandoned game developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for Apple II and Commodore 64 and later released for DOS (in 1989). The Madden series became extremely popular and the sequels...

Minesweeper

Windows 3.x19924/5 Microsoft

Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them. The player clicks on a square to reveal what's underneath, and numbers are displayed to indicate how many mines...