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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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Iron Cross

DOS19943.5/5 New World Computing

Kick off 2

DOS19904.1/5 Anco Software

Azalta: Cult of the Raven

DOS19964/5

Billy The Kid

DOS19903.8/5 Level 9 Computing

Dungeons of Kroz 2

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software

Speedball

DOS19884.2/5 Bitmap Brothers

Carnage

DOS19934.1/5 Warped Minds

Frontline

DOS19903/5 Cases Computer Simulations

Spiritual Warfare

DOS1993protected3.6/5 Wisdom Tree

Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.

Burntime

DOS19933.9/5 Max Design

Slash'Em

Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5

Motor City

DOS19944/5 Max Design

Warp Rogue

WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5

18th Airborne

DOS19933.9/5

MacArthur's War

DOS19903.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Power Drive

DOS19944.2/5 Rage Games

King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table

DOS19943.3/5 MVP Software

Cloud Kingdoms

DOS19903.6/5 Logotron

Rack 'em

DOS19883.5/5 Artech Studios

D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS19943.5/5 Impressions Games

Evets

DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes

Battle Master

DOS19913.5/5 Personal Software Services

Battle Master is a fantasy themed abandoned action-strategy game hybrid (with real-time tactics elements) developed by Personal Software Services. Battle Master was released by Mirrorsoft in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST and Genesis.