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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Moraff's World

DOS19913.5/5 Moraffware

Stone Age

DOS19924.1/5

Donkey BAS

DOS19813.9/5 Microsoft

Superhero League of Hoboken

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment

Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.2/5 Dalali Software

Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (also known as Cluedo). Clue can be played in single player, but the best gaming experience come from the multi-player mode.

Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS19833.6/5 Windmill Software

Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS19893.8/5 Wesson International

Capture the Flag

DOS19933/5

Aspetra

DOS19963/5

Star Control 3

DOS1996protected4/5 Legend Entertainment

Lords of Conquest

DOS19873.6/5 Eon Software

Grand Slam Bridge

DOS19863.4/5 Cybron corporation

Azalta: Cult of the Raven

DOS19963.9/5

Motor City

DOS19944/5 Max Design

Power Drive

DOS19944.3/5 Rage Games

Bombuzal

DOS19893.5/5 Image Works

Conflict: Europe

DOS19894.2/5 Personal Software Services

Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

Allan Border's Cricket

DOS19934.2/5 Audiogenic

Speedball

DOS19884.2/5 Bitmap Brothers

Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts

Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 Apogee Software

Hannibal

DOS19933.5/5 Starbyte Software

Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Questron 2

DOS1988protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios

Moebius

DOS19873.4/5 Origin Systems

Austerlitz 1805

DOS19894/5 Cornerstone Software

Star General

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.1/5 Catware, Inc.

Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...