The best 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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Caves of Thor

DOS1989 Apogee Software

Decker

Windows 10/112002freeware

Fire Power

DOS1988 Silent Software

Gone Fishing

DOS1989 Interstel Corporation

Kingdom of Kroz

DOS1988freeware Apogee Software

La Colmena

DOS1992NSFW Opera Soft

Moraff's Morejongg

Windows XP/98/951992 Moraffware

Nanotank

Windows 3.x1993

Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Shamus

DOS1984 Synapse Software

Shamus is a maze action game developed by William Mataga and published by Synapse Software in 1982. The game became popular on various home computer platforms of the early 1980s. In Shamus, players control a detective navigating through a labyrinth filled with enemies and traps, aiming to defeat the villain, The Shadow. The gameplay involves explor...

Super Bomber Blast Beta

DOS1997remake

Super Pac-Man

DOS1982 Namco

The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS1992 Evryware

Visual Star Trek

DOS1990

Waterworld

DOS1997 Intelligent Games

Mines of Titan

DOS1989 Westwood Studios

Mines of Titan (also known as Mars Saga for other platforms) is an abandoned single-player RPG with a sci-fi setting (you're going to Mars!). Mines of Titan was developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989 for DOS, Apple II and Commodore 64.

Pac-girl

DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia

Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 Eon Software

Sky Shark

DOS1989 Toaplan

Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS1983 Windmill Software

Dungeons of Kroz 2

DOS1989 Apogee Software

Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware Apogee Software

Khalaan

DOS1990 Chip

Space 1889

DOS1990 Paragon Software

Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.

Knightmare

DOS1986 Konami

Rambo 3

DOS1988 Ocean Software

Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed and published by various companies for different platforms, including Sega for its consoles and Ocean Software for home computers. The game follows the plot of the ...