Top-down perspective

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).

Most popular top down games

Dune 2000

strategyWindows XP/98/95

PC-Man

actionDOS

Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate

rpgDOS

Top down games

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Psion Chess

DOSMac19854.1/5 Psion Software
Psycho Pinball

DOS19954.2/5 Codemasters
Puzznic

DOS19904.2/5 Taito
Pyramids of Egypt

DOS19894.2/5 Ideas From the Deep
Qix

DOS19894/5 Taito
Questron 2

DOS1988protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
Rack 'em

DOS19883.3/5 Artech Studios
Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Gray Design Associates
Raiden

DOS19944.2/5 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
Railroad Tycoon

DOSMac1990freeware4/5 MicroProse Software
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS19934.2/5 MicroProse Software
Rambo 3

DOS19883.5/5 Ocean Software
Rampart

DOS19924/5 Atari

Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...
Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.1/5 Mountain King Studios
Reaping The Dungeon

DOS19934.2/5 Frontline Software
Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected4.3/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Rescue at Rigel

DOS19833.3/5 Epyx
Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected3.8/5 id software
Rescue Rover 2

DOS1991protected3/5 id software
Return to Kroz

DOS1990freeware3.1/5 Apogee Software
Rings of Medusa

DOS19903.8/5 Starbyte Software
Risk

Windows 3.x19913.6/5 Azeroth
Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS19893.8/5 Mastertronic
Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Robbo

DOS1993freeware3.6/5 xLand Games
Robot Odissey

DOS19853.9/5 The Learning Company
Robot Rascals

DOS19873.8/5 Ozark Softscape
Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment
Rockford: The Arcade Game

DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems