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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Battle Master
DOS1991 Personal Software Services
Battle Master is a fantasy themed abandoned action-strategy game hybrid (with real-time tactics elements) developed by Personal Software Services. Battle Master was released by Mirrorsoft in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST and Genesis.
La Colmena
DOS1992NSFW Opera Soft
Stratego
DOS1990 Accolade
Empire II: The Art of War
DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS1990 New World Computing
Cosmic Crusader
DOS1982 Funatics Software
Autobots
DOS1989
Squarez Deluxe!
DOS1993freeware Adept Software
Decision at Gettysburg
DOS1990 TigLon Software
Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle
DOS1989protected Softdisk Publishing
Rock 'n Roll
DOS1989 Rainbow Arts
The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow
DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
Infiltrator 2
DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
Total Carnage
DOS1994 Midway Manufacturing Company
Fantasy Empires
DOS1993protected Silicon Knights
Ogre
DOS1986 Origin Systems
Mirror Magic
Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware
Global Conquest
DOS1992 Ozark Softscape
Unnecessary Roughness
DOS1993 Accolade
Subbuteo
DOS1990 Goliath Games
The Perfect General
DOS1991 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Super Speed
DOS1995
Psion Chess
DOSMac OS1985 Psion Software
Dungeon Explorer
DOS1990
SkiFree
Windows 3.x1991
Pinball Magic
DOS1990 Loriciels
Atomino
DOS1991 Play Byte
Trivial Pursuit
DOS1989
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.
Indenture
DOS1995remake