Top-down perspective sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Hexxagon 2

DOS19934/5 Argo Games

Hexxagon

DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games

Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 New World Computing

Heroes of Might and Magic II

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 New World Computing

Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing

Heirs to the Throne

DOS19923.8/5 German Design Group

Heavy Barrel

DOS19893.4/5 Data East

Hard Nova

DOS19903.7/5 Malibu Interactive

Hannibal

DOS19933.5/5 Starbyte Software

Hack

DOS1984freeware3.8/5

Gulf Strike

DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.

Guerrilla War

DOS19873.4/5 SNK Corporation

Ground Control

Windows XP/98/952000protected4/5 Massive Entertainment

Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.

Gremlins

DOS19842.8/5 Atari

Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS19913.8/5 Impressions Games

Grand Theft Auto 2

Windows XP/98/9519994.1/5 DMA Design

Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for various platforms, including PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, and Game Boy Color. GTA2 is set in a fictional city called "Any...

Grand Theft Auto

DOSWindows XP/98/9519974/5 DMA Design

In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the army. The freedom of gameplay and the "I'm the bad guy" appeal of the game made the Grand Theft Auto series very popular.

Grand Slam Bridge

DOS19863.4/5 Cybron corporation

Grand Monster Slam

DOS19894/5 Golden Goblins

Gone Fishing

DOS19893.7/5 Interstel Corporation

Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS19893.8/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

God of Thunder

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 Adept Software

God of Thunder is a classic computer game developed by Adept Software and released in 1993. It's a puzzle platformer with a fantasy theme. In the game, you control Thor, the Norse god of thunder, on a quest to save Midgard (Earth) from the evil god Loki and his minions.The gameplay involves navigating through various levels filled with obstacles, e...