Top-down perspective
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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Space Crusade
DOS19924.2/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Space Federation
DOS19944.1/5 Interplay Productions
Space Rogue
DOS19894/5 Origin Systems
Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.
Spacewar
DOS19854/5
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer games and is often considered the first interactive video game. It was created in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen at the MIT. The game was developed on the PDP-1 minicomputer; this is a DOS port, released in 1985.Spacewar! features two spaceships, controlled by players, that ...
Speedball
DOS19884.2/5 Bitmap Brothers
Speedball 2
DOS19924.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
Spirit of Excalibur
DOS19903.8/5 Synergistic Software
Spiritual Warfare
DOS1993protected3.8/5 Wisdom Tree
Spy Hunter
DOS19843.7/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
SSN-21 Seawolf
DOS19943.7/5 Electronic Arts
Star Command
DOS1988protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Star Control
DOS1990protected4/5 Toys for Bob
Star Control 2
DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob
Star Control 3
DOS1996protected4/5 Legend Entertainment
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.1/5 Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
Star Goose!
DOS19884/5 Logotron
Star Goose is a classic video game developed by Logotron and released in 1988 for various home computer systems of that era, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. It is a top-down, vertically scrolling shooter that combines elements of shoot 'em up gameplay with exploration and power-up mechanics.
Star Trek Combat Arena
DOS19893.7/5
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Windows XP/98/9519993.8/5 MicroProse Software
Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...
Star Wars 2
DOS19894.1/5
Star Wars: Yoda Stories
Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 LucasArts
Starflight
DOS19864.1/5 Binary Systems
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...
Starflight 2: Trade routes of the Cloud Nebula
DOS19894.2/5 Binary Systems
Steel Panthers
DOS19954.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical wargame experience that would be further developed in subsequent titles. The game focused on armored warfare and featur...
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Stone Age
DOS19924.1/5
Storm
DOS19872.5/5 Mastertronic
Stratego
DOS19903.8/5 Accolade
Styx
DOS19843.9/5 Windmill Software
Subtrade: Return to Irata
DOS19933.9/5 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clone of the classic M.U.L.E., set underwater on an oceanic world.
Super Battleship
DOS19883.3/5