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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Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo 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 Rap...

Reunion

DOS1994 Dinamic Multimedia

Royal Flush Pinball

DOS1994 Amtex

Sensible Golf

DOS1994 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" fea...

Space Federation

DOS1994 Interplay Productions

SSN-21 Seawolf

DOS1994 Electronic Arts

The Aethra Chronicles

DOS1994

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, vol...

The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected Bitmap Brothers

The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions

Total Carnage

DOS1994 Midway Manufacturing Company

Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware P Squared

Tubular Worlds

DOS1994

Uncover It

DOS1994NSFW

Warcraft: Orcs and Humans

DOS1994protecteddemo Blizzard Entertainment

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. Two separate story lines (Orcs and Humans) evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for the Kingdom of A...

XQuest

DOS1994remake

4Play

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995NSFW

4Play was a risqué trivia and multi-player board-style game released in the mid-1990s. Designed as a party game, it combined trivia questions, mini-games, and challenges that often leaned toward suggestive or adult the...

Advanced Civilization

DOS1995 Avalon Hill

Think you’re good at making tough decisions under pressure? Advanced Civilization dares you to prove it by turning diplomacy into passive-aggressive warfare. Based on the classic board game, this DOS gem lets you take your a...

Albion

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 Blue Byte Software

Albion is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by German studio Blue Byte Software. It was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for Amiga. Albion is notable for its blend of traditional RPG eleme...

AlphaMan

DOS1995

Ever wondered what would happen if a roguelike and a B-movie had a radioactive baby? AlphaMan is the answer. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where mutant banana slugs might be your best friend—or your worst enemy—you p...

Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware Westwood Studios

Command Adventures: Starship

DOS1995 Future Vision

Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions

Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware Spiderweb Software

Exile: Escape from the Pit is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Spiderweb Software. It is part of the Exile series, originally released in the mid-1990s. This game was later remade and re-released as Avernum: Escap...