Top-down perspective sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Austerlitz 1805

DOS19893.9/5 Cornerstone Software

Atomix

DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch

Atomino

DOS19913.9/5 Play Byte

Atomic Bomberman

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 Interplay Productions

Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 ORT Software

Astro Dodge

DOS19823.6/5 Digital Marketing Corporation

Aspar GP Master

DOS19893.8/5 Dinamic Multimedia

Ascii Sector

WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.8/5

Arrakis

DOS20003.9/5

Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations

Army Men 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 The 3DO Company

Army Men

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 The 3DO Company

Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates

Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...

APB

DOS19894/5 Atari

Antix

DOS1985remake4.2/5

Ante-Up at The Friday Night Poker Club

DOS19903.9/5

Ant Attack!

DOS1994freeware3.7/5 Dataware

Annals of Rome

DOS19883.8/5 Personal Software Services

Angband

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5

Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5

Ambush at Sorinor

DOS19933.7/5 Mindcraft Software

Amberstar

DOS19924/5 Thalion

Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows. Amberstar was developed and published by Thalion for DO...