Top-down perspective sorted by release date

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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OverKill

DOS1992freeware3.9/5 Tech-Noir

Oxyd

DOS19923.9/5 Dongleware

Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue

DOS19923.5/5 Alternative Software

Prophecy of the Shadow

DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

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 ...

Scrabble

DOS19923.4/5 U.S. Gold

Sensible Soccer

DOS19924.1/5 Sensible Software

Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW3.8/5 Eleven Software

Siege

DOS19924/5 Mindcraft Software

SimLife

DOSMacWindows 3.x19924/5 Maxis

SimLife is an abandoned simulation game focused on managing a ecosystems and experimenting with genetics. SimLife was designed by Ken Karakotsios, developed and released by Maxis in 1992 for DOS and later also published for Macintosh, Amiga, Windows 3.x and Amiga.

Solar hockey league

DOS19923.5/5 Bethesda Softworks

Space Crusade

DOS19924.2/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

Speedball 2

DOS19924.1/5 Bitmap Brothers

Star Control 2

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob

Stone Age

DOS19924.1/5

Super ZZT

DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames

Swap

DOS19923.5/5 Microids

Sword Quest 1: The Search

DOS19923/5

The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS19923.7/5 Evryware

The Magic Candle 3

DOS19923.9/5 Mindcraft Software

Tiny Skweeks

DOS19923.5/5 Kalisto Entertainment

Traders

DOS19924/5 Linel

Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS19923.8/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate

DOS19924.3/5 Origin Systems

Ultima VII: The Black Gate is a top-down RPG where you, the Avatar, have to find out what's happening in Britannia by solving quests, meeting interesting NPCs and fight hordes of headleass monsters. The land of Britannia is shaken by mysterious earthquakes, a new religion (the Fellowship) is spreading and is replacing the old virtues, and who is th...