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).

Most popular top down games

Dune 2000

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Civilization 2

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Grand Theft Auto 2

action-adventureWindows XP/98/95

Top down games

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Cavequest

DOS19853.3/5
Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
Cyrus

DOS19853/5
Decision in the Desert

DOS19853.8/5 MicroProse Software
Monopoly

DOS19854/5
Monopoly

DOS19854.1/5
Psion Chess

DOSMac19854.1/5 Psion Software
Robot Odissey

DOS19853.9/5 The Learning Company
Silly Master Blaster

DOS19853.6/5
Spacewar

DOS19854.1/5
Telengard

DOS1985freeware3.4/5 Avalon Hill
Temple of Apshai Trilogy

DOS19853.3/5 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.
Turbo Gomoku

DOS19853/5
Ultima 3: Exodus

DOS19854.1/5 Origin Systems
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

DOS1985freeware4.2/5 Origin Systems

Ultima IV is remembered as one of the best Ultima games ever released, designed as usual by Richard Garriott. Garriott took the Ultima series to a whole new level by introducing the eight virtues: honesty, compassion, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, spirituality, humility. Ultima IV started the trilogy known as "Age of Enlightenment".
World tour golf

DOS19853.7/5 Electronic Arts
Alex Higgins World Snooker

DOS19863.9/5 Lindensoft
Backgammon

DOS19862.7/5
Batalia

DOS19862.8/5 The Right Brothers
Conflict in Vietnam

DOS19864.1/5 MicroProse Software
Dragonfly

DOS19863.2/5
EGA-Roids

DOS1986freewareremake3.7/5 Designer Software
Fooblitzsky

DOS19864/5 Infocom
Gapper

DOS19864/5
Gauntlet

DOS19864.1/5 Mindscape
Gulf Strike

DOS19864.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Knightmare

DOS19863.5/5 Konami
Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 Origin Systems
Othello

DOS19864.1/5
Shawl

DOS19863.4/5 AcademySoft