The best 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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Kaiser

DOS19923.9/5

A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Adventure Construction Set

DOS19873.9/5 Electronic Arts

Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...

Laser Squad

DOS19923.9/5 Target Games Limited

Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.

18th Airborne

DOS19933.9/5

Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software

Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

Xenon

DOS19883.9/5 Bitmap Brothers

Xenon, released in 1988, was a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers. Xenon was initially released for the Commodore 64, and later, it was ported to other platforms, including DOS, the ZX Spectrum and Amiga.In Xenon, players control a futuristic tank-like craft and navigate through levels filled with enemy ve...

Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Inter-Active Arts

Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment

Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights

Atomino

DOS19913.9/5 Play Byte

Burntime

DOS19933.9/5 Max Design

D-Zone

DOS19923.9/5

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI

Superhero League of Hoboken

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment

Warp Rogue

Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware3.9/5

Acquire

DOS19893.9/5 IBM

Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected3.9/5 Imagitec Design

Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 Big Time Software

Pinball World

DOS19953.9/5 Spidersoft Limited

Blood & Magic

DOS19963.9/5 Tachyon Studios

Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected3.9/5 id software

Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19843.9/5 Atarisoft

Ms. Pac-Man is a classic arcade game released by Midway in 1982 (1984 for DOS) as a follow-up to the original Pac-Man (1980), developed by Namco. While its core gameplay is similar - navigating a maze, eating dots, and avoiding ghosts - there are key differences. Ms. Pac-Man features four distinct maze designs, moving bonus fruits, and mo...