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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Risk
Windows 3.x19913.8/5 Azeroth
Zoom!
DOS19884.2/5
Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation
DOS19893.4/5
Football Glory
DOS1995freeware3.8/5 Croteam
DarkSpyre
DOS19903.8/5 Event Horizon
Bass Duel
DOS19933.7/5
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Keys to Maramon
DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software
Hillsfar
DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS19943.9/5 KOEI
Cave Wars
DOS19964.2/5
Reunion
DOS19943.7/5 Dinamic Multimedia
Acquire
DOS19893.9/5 IBM
Kasparov's Gambit
DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x19974.1/5
Grand Monster Slam
DOS19894/5 Golden Goblins
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2
DOS19894/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Full Metal Planete
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
Uncover It
DOS1994NSFW4/5
Over the Reich
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 Big Time Software
Gnome Alone
DOS19913.9/5
La Colmena
DOS1992NSFW3.8/5 Opera Soft
Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012
DOS19893.5/5 Capcom
Rock 'n Roll
DOS19893.3/5 Rainbow Arts
Dungeon Explorer
DOS19903.5/5
Highway Fighter
DOS19954/5 Safari Software
Legend of the Sword
DOS19884/5 Silicon Software
IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf
DOS19833/5 SoftSide Magazine
Boxer Rebellion
DOS19823.1/5