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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Backgammon

DOS19843.1/5 IBM

Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Champion of the Raj

DOS19914.1/5 Personal Software Services

Navy Seal

DOS19894/5 Cosmi Corporation

Toobin

DOS19894.1/5 Domark Software

Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).

The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS19923.7/5 Evryware

No Greater Glory

DOSMac OS1991protected4.1/5

Zoom!

DOS19884.2/5

Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

DOS19914/5 Origin Systems

Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.

Future Classics Collection

DOS19902.8/5

Super Pinball by Russco

DOS19874.5/5 Russco

Thunderblade

DOS19893.4/5 Sega

Battleship

DOS19833.3/5 Mirror Images Software

Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown

DOS19883.3/5 Mindscape

Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown is an abandoned simulation game with role-playing elements developed by Mindscape and released in 1988 exclusively for DOS. Visions of the Aftermath is one of the few early examples of games involving survival in a post-apocalyptic environment.