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).

Most popular top down applications

Dune 2000

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

strategyDOS

Grand Theft Auto

action-adventureDOS, Windows XP/98/95

Top down applications

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Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow

DOS19923.4/5 Sierra On-Line
Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS19893.4/5 Capcom
Super Pac-Man

DOS19823.4/5 Namco
Dungeon Explorer

DOS19903.4/5
Shawl

DOS19863.4/5 AcademySoft
Kurtan

DOS19903.4/5 TbiliSoft
Moebius

DOS19873.4/5 Origin Systems
Caves of Thor

DOS19893.4/5 Apogee Software
Fire Power

DOS19883.4/5 Silent Software
Iron Lord

DOS19903.4/5 UBI Soft
Trivial Pursuit

DOS19893.4/5

Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.
Yacht Racing Simulator

DOS19863.4/5
Pack-Man

DOS1983remake3.4/5 Magicom Multimedia
Temple of Apshai Trilogy

DOS19853.4/5 Epyx

Temple of Apshai Trilogy is a compilation of three remade abandoned (very) old school RPGs. Temple of Apshai Trilogy was developed by Epyx and released in 1985 for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Atari 8-bit, C64. All the games included in Temple of Apshai Trilogy are part of the Dunjonquest game series.
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon

DOS19893.4/5 Activision
Telengard

DOS1985freeware3.4/5 Avalon Hill
The Basket Manager

DOS19913.4/5 Simulmondo
Ajax

DOS19893.4/5 Konami
Royal Flush Pinball

DOS19943.4/5 Amtex
Scrabble

DOS19923.4/5 U.S. Gold
Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation

DOS19893.4/5
Solidarnosc

DOS19913.4/5 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group
BitStorm

DOS19993.3/5
Bolo Ball

DOS19923.3/5 Soleau Software
Bridge 7.0

DOS19923.3/5 Artworx Software
Hannibal

DOS19933.3/5 Starbyte Software
House of Cards

DOS19893.3/5
La Colmena

DOS1992NSFW3.3/5 Opera Soft
Murder on the Zinderneuf

DOS19843.3/5 Free Fall Associates
Sarge

DOS19893.3/5