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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Sarakon

DOS1991 Starbyte Software

Wild West World

DOS1991 Software 2000

Caesars Palace

DOS1989 Virgin Interactive

More smoke-filled backrooms than a noir film and enough slot machines to trigger déjà vu—Caesars Palace is your low-res Vegas getaway. You're given a pile of chips and left to your vices: blackjack, poker, roul...

B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Step aside, arcade action—B-24 Combat Simulator (1987) is here to test your patience, eyesight, and possibly your sanity. It’s all about realism, baby. You’ll take off, navigate, bomb targets, and hopefully land,...

Decision in the Desert

DOS1985 MicroProse Software

OverKill

DOS1992freeware Tech-Noir

Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 Wesson International

Super Pinball by Russco

DOS1987 Russco

Super Speed

DOS1995

Gengis Khan

DOS1989 KOEI

La Grande Armee

DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises

XQuest

DOS1994remake

Thunderblade

DOS1989 Sega

Llamatron 2112

DOS1992 Llamasoft

Champion of the Raj

DOS1991 Personal Software Services

Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected Imagitec Design

Infiltrator

DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises

King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected Imagitec Design

Highway Hunter

DOS1994 Safari Software

Burntime

DOS1993 Max Design

Post-apocalyptic survival meets real estate management in Burntime, where the world is ruined, but you still need to hire employees and secure water rights. It’s like Mad Max if Max decided to open a franchise of fortified r...

Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware

No, not that Battlestar. Battlestar (1996) is more obscure than a reboot that never happened. Set in deep space with a top-down view and UI only a Windows 3.x user could love, it mixes tactical combat and sci-fi storytelling like ...

Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware

Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-pla...

Azalta: Cult of the Raven

DOS1996

Azalta: Cult of the Raven is what happens when a lone developer says, “I can make an RPG better than Ultima!” and sort of does. Released in 1996, this DOS dungeon crawler features deep customization, open-ended quests,...