Top-down perspective sorted by release date
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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Knights of Xentar
DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 MegaTech Software
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS19944.3/5 Mindscape
Lord of Destruction
DOS19942.9/5 Rebelsoft
Lords of the Realm
DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4/5 Impressions Games
Lords of the Realm is top-down kingdom simulation game set in medieval Europe (England and Germany), designed by Christopher J. Foster and David Lester, developed by Impressions Games and released 1994 for DOS, Windows and Amiga.
Mad Paradox
DOS1994NSFW3.9/5 Queen Soft
Marble Cooking
DOS1994NSFW3.4/5 Negative
Master of Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.2/5 SimTex
Master of Magic is a turn based 4x strategy game developed by SimTex and published by the well know Microprose, very similar to Civilization, with a fantasy twist. You play as a wizard and your objective is to evolve your race from a small settlement to a bursting empire. To do so, you can produce military units to fight other computer controlled p...
Micro Machines
DOS19944.3/5 Codemasters
Micro Machines is an abandoned racing game developed and released by Codemasters in 1994 based on the Micro Machines toy line. Micro Machines was published for DOS, but also for Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System and SNES. Codemasters released a sequel called Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament.
Motor City
DOS19944/5 Max Design
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS19943.9/5 KOEI
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
DOS19942.8/5 KOEI
Operation: Inner Space
Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo3.8/5 Software Dynamics
Panzer General
DOS1994protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
Pinball Dreams 2
DOS1994protected3.2/5 21st Century Entertainment
Pinball Fantasies
DOS19944.2/5 Digital Illusions
Pizza Tycoon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected4/5 Software 2000
Pong Kombat
DOS1994freeware3/5
Power Dolls
DOS19943.9/5 Kogado Software Products
Power Drive
DOS19944.3/5 Rage Games
Raiden
DOS19944.1/5 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...
Rally Championships
DOS19943.5/5 Flair Software
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo4.1/5 Cygnus Studios
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Raptor, players control a fighter jet through various levels filled with enemy aircraft, ground targets, power-ups and boss...
Reunion
DOS19944/5 Dinamic Multimedia
Royal Flush Pinball
DOS19943.5/5 Amtex
Sensible Golf
DOS19943.2/5 Sensible Software
Sensible Golf is a golf video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was released in 1994 for Amiga and MS-DOS.Unlike traditional golf simulations of its time, "Sensible Golf" featured a more arcade-style gameplay with simple controls and colorful graphics. Players could choose from a variety of fi...
Space Federation
DOS19944.1/5 Interplay Productions
SSN-21 Seawolf
DOS19943.7/5 Electronic Arts
Superhero League of Hoboken
DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS19943.9/5
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
The Chaos Engine
DOS1994protected4.3/5 Bitmap Brothers