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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Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware3.8/5

Robbo

DOS1993freeware3.8/5 xLand Games

Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS19883.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations

Lawn Mower

DOS19873.8/5

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.8/5 KOEI

Avalon

DOS1998freeware3.8/5 MiG Outpost

Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Risk

Windows 3.x19913.8/5 Azeroth

Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS19913.8/5 Activision

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Aleshar World of Ice

DOS19973.8/5

Spirit of Excalibur

DOS19903.8/5 Synergistic Software

Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse

DOS1994protected3.8/5 Cyberlore studios

Ballistix

DOS19893.8/5 Reflections Interactive

Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.8/5 Enlight Software

Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group

Mini Putt

DOS19883.8/5 Artech Studios

Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Sarakon

DOS19913.8/5 Starbyte Software

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

Windows XP/98/9519993.8/5 MicroProse Software

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...