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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Pac Gal

DOS19823/5

Sword Quest 1: The Search

DOS19923/5

Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Ikari III: The Rescue

DOS19903.5/5 SNK Corporation

Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS19923.8/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Blasteroids

DOS19893.8/5 Atari

Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected3.8/5 id software

Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1993protected3.8/5 Imagitec Design

Austerlitz 1805

DOS19893.9/5 Cornerstone Software

PHM Pegasus

DOS19873.3/5 LucasArts

O-Pong

DOS19963.1/5

ALF: The First Adventure

DOS19873/5 Box Office

Super Stardust

DOS19964.2/5 Housemarque

Heirs to the Throne

DOS19923.8/5 German Design Group

Solidarnosc

DOS19913.4/5 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group

Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Bass Tour

DOS19924/5

Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware4/5 Apogee Software

Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 Creative Materials

Future Classics Collection

DOS19902.8/5

King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design

Knight Exchange

DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing

Omega

DOS19894/5 Origin Systems

Omega is an abandoned science fiction themed strategy game developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Omega is a rare example of a programming game about robots.