Top-down perspective sorted by title, from Z to A
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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Dark Reign: The Future of War
Windows XP/98/951997protected Auran Games
Dark Reign 2
Windows XP/98/952000protected Pandemic Studios
Dark Legions
DOS1994protected Silicon Knights
Daffy Duck PI: The Case of the Missing Letters
DOS1991 Riedel Software Productions
Daemonsgate
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected Imagitec Design
D-Zone
DOS1992
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 Impressions Games
Cyrus
DOS1985
Crusade in Europe
DOS1985 MicroProse Software
Crossfire
DOS1982 Sierra On-Line
Crazy Nick's Software Picks: King Graham's Board Game Challenge
DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow
DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
Cosmic Crusader
DOS1982 Funatics Software
Conquest of Japan
DOS1992 Impressions Games
Conflict: Korea
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Conflict: Europe
DOS1989 Personal Software Services
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
Conflict in Vietnam
DOS1986 MicroProse Software
Conflict
DOS1990 Mastertronic
Conan: the Cimmerian
DOS1991 Synergistic Software
Computer Diplomacy
DOS1984 Avalon Hill
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
DOS1991protected id software
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a science fiction action oriented platform game designed by Tom Hall, developed by id Software and released by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS only. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Mach...
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
DOS1991protected id software
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
DOS1990protected id software
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
DOS1990protected id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars
DOS1990 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Bl...
Command HQ
DOSMac OS1990 Ozark Softscape
Command HQ was developed by Microplay Software. It was one of the early real-time strategy (RTS) games and focused on global warfare, allowing players to control armies, fleets, and economies in various historical and futuristic s...
Command Adventures: Starship
DOS1995 Future Vision
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor
Windows XP/98/951997 Westwood Studios
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
DOS1996freeware Westwood Studios
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1996. It is part of the Command & Conquer series and is set in an alternate history...
Command & Conquer
DOS1995freeware Westwood Studios