The best 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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ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom

Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware3.6/5

Scrabble

DOS19893.6/5

When Two Worlds War

DOS19933.6/5 Impressions Games

Mines of Titan

DOS19893.6/5 Westwood Studios

Mines of Titan (also known as Mars Saga for other platforms) is an abandoned single-player RPG with a sci-fi setting (you're going to Mars!). Mines of Titan was developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989 for DOS, Apple II and Commodore 64.

Rambo 3

DOS19883.6/5 Ocean Software

Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed and published by various companies for different platforms, including Sega for its consoles and Ocean Software for home computers. The game follows the plot of the ...

Night Mission Pinball

DOS19823.6/5 subLOGIC

World tour golf

DOS19853.6/5 Electronic Arts

8088 Othello

DOS19853.6/5

Meteors

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software

Battle Master

DOS19913.5/5 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.

Kingdoms of Germany

DOS19943.5/5 Realism Entertainment

Dungeon Explorer

DOS19903.5/5

Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.5/5 Avalon Hill

Gengis Khan

DOS19893.5/5 KOEI

Bolo Ball

DOS19923.5/5 Soleau Software

Bolo Ball is a DOS game from the mid-1990s. It features a physics-based gameplay where the objective is to knock opponent balls out of an arena. When you start the game, you find yourself in a 2D arena set against a starry, space-like background. You control a colorful ball, which, despite being a 2D sprite, appears somewhat three-dimensional due t...