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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Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 Eon Software

Sky Shark

DOS1989 Toaplan

Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS1983 Windmill Software

Dungeons of Kroz 2

DOS1989 Apogee Software

Number Munchers

DOS1990 MECC

Monopoly

DOS1985

Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware Apogee Software

Khalaan

DOS1990 Chip

Space 1889

DOS1990 Paragon Software

Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.

Rambo 3

DOS1988 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 ...

Knightmare

DOS1986 Konami

Astro Dodge

DOS1982 Digital Marketing Corporation

Astro Dodge (1982) is basically Frogger — in space. You control a tiny spacecraft tasked with dodging endless waves of meteors, space debris, and possibly your own questionable life choices. There’s no shooting, no exploration, just pure, panicked evasion. The graphics are charmingly primitive, like a screensaver decided to become senti...

Command Adventures: Starship

DOS1995 Future Vision

Aspetra

DOS1996

Welcome to Aspetra, a 1996 DOS game that tried to cram an epic sci-fi RPG into your beige box PC — and mostly succeeded! Think “Star Trek meets budget constraints.” You explore strange new worlds, meet weirdly specific aliens, and solve puzzles that are either insultingly simple or brutally cryptic, no middle ground. The UI is... ...

Computer Diplomacy

DOS1984 Avalon Hill

Demon Stalkers

DOS1989 Micro Forté

Dragonflight

DOS1991 Thalion

Dungeons of Kroz

DOS1989freeware Apogee Software

Flightmare

DOS1984freeware

Fort Apache

DOS1992 Impressions Games

Gazza 2

DOS1991 Empire Interactive

Hannibal

DOS1993 Starbyte Software

Silly Master Blaster