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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Unnecessary Roughness
DOS19933.4/5 Accolade
V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
V for victory: Market-Garden
DOS1993protected4.2/5 Atomic Games
Warriors of Legend
DOS19934.1/5 Synergistic Software
When Two Worlds War
DOS19933.6/5 Impressions Games
5th Fleet
DOS19943.9/5
Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
DOS1994protected3.8/5 Cyberlore studios
Alien Breed: Tower Assault
DOS1994protected4.2/5 Team 17
Alien Olympics
DOS19942.7/5 Dark Technologies
Ant Attack!
DOS1994freeware3.7/5 Dataware
Astro Fire
DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 ORT Software
Battle Isle 2200
DOS1994protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software
Bobby Fisher teaches chess
DOS19944/5 Mission Studios
Cannon Fodder
DOS1994protected4.1/5 Sensible Software
Cannon Fodder, released by Sensible Software in 1993, is a military-themed action game that cleverly blends strategy with real-time tactics. Players control a small squad of soldiers through various missions, facing enemies and obstacles in a top-down perspective. The game's distinctive style is marked by its dark humor and satirical take on war, m...
CHAMP Ms. Pac-man
DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
Colonization
DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected4.2/5 MicroProse Software
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization...
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS19943.5/5 Impressions Games
Dark Legions
DOS1994protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights
Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager
DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Disciples of Steel
DOS19943.9/5
Dreamweb
DOS1994freeware4.1/5 Creative reality
Dreamweb is a top-down point and click adventure set in a dark, cyberpunk city. You play as Ryan who has strange, violent, dreams. A top down perspective and the sheer number of items your character can pick up are just two of the peculiarities of this game. Dreamweb was developed by Creative Reality and published by Empire Interactive for DOS in 1...
Empire Soccer 94
DOS19942.8/5 Graftgold
Flying Tigers
DOS19944.1/5 Ticsoft
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
Flying Tigers 2
DOS19943.3/5
Front Lines
DOS19944.3/5 Impressions Games
Highway Hunter
DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software
International Soccer
DOS19944/5 Zeppelin Games
Iron Cross
DOS19943.8/5 New World Computing
King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table
DOS19943.5/5 MVP Software
Kingdoms of Germany
DOS19943.5/5 Realism Entertainment