The most popular 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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DOS1992 Linel

Gapper

DOS1986

The Lost Patrol

DOS1991 Astros Productions

The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Demon Stalkers

DOS1989 Micro Forté

Cloud Kingdoms

DOS1990 Logotron

Zoop

DOS1995 Hookstone

Fire Power

DOS1988 Silent Software

Frontline

DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations

Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 Impressions Games

Decker

Windows 10/112002freeware

Aspetra

DOS1996

Last Action Hero

DOS1993 Psygnosis

Bubble Trouble

Windows XP/98/951998

Omega

DOS1989 Origin Systems

Omega is an abandoned science fiction themed strategy game developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Omega is a rare example of a programming game about robots.