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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Alex Higgins World Snooker
DOS1986 Lindensoft
Return to Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
Seek and Destroy
DOS1996 Safari Software
Seek and Destroy was a shoot'em up published by the well known Epic Megagames in 1996 that tried to change the usual shoot'em up gameplay for the better. Instead of wave after wave of enemies to shoot down, you are given short missions to accomplish with your helicopter or your tank (yes, you can choose). At first, missions could seem a bit repetit...
Demon's Winter
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Legacy of the Ancients
DOS1989 Quest Software
The Hunt for Red October
DOSMac OS1987 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Beast
DOS1984
Othello
DOS1986
Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Legend of the Sword
DOS1988 Silicon Software
Knights of Legend
DOS1989 Origin Systems
Knights of Legend is a tactical role-playing game (RPG) released by Origin Systems in 1989 for MS-DOS, the Apple II, and the Commodore 64. Known for its complex gameplay and strategic depth, the game provides a turn-based combat experience that requires players to manage characters carefully and strategize battles with attention to detail. Set...
Sword of Aragon
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Super Stardust
DOS1996 Housemarque
Kingdoms of Germany
DOS1994 Realism Entertainment
Gapper
DOS1986
Ishido: The Way of the Stones
DOSMac OS1990 Publishing International
Feud
DOS1988 Binary Design
Sensible World of Soccer 96/97
DOS1996protected Sensible Software
Ascii Sector
Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware
TomeNET
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware
TomeNET (Troubles of Middle Earth, Net) is an online, multiplayer rogue-like game set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. It’s a persistent-world game inspired by Angband, a single-player dungeon-crawler based on Tolkien lore. You can play as familiar fantasy races like Elves, Dwarves, Humans, or Hobbits, as well as more obscu...
Exile: Escape from the Pit
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware Spiderweb Software
Exile: Escape from the Pit is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Spiderweb Software. It is part of the Exile series, originally released in the mid-1990s. This game was later remade and re-released as Avernum: Escape from the Pit. The game is set in a massive underground world called Exile, where the Empire banishes criminals, p...
Joan of Arc
DOS1989 Chip
SSN-21 Seawolf
DOS1994 Electronic Arts
Empire II: The Art of War
DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
Heavy Barrel
DOS1989 Data East
Stratego
DOS1990 Accolade
The Punisher
DOS1990 Paragon Software
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS1994 Mindscape
Rally Championships
DOS1994 Flair Software