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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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2005protected Digital Eel
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. The game puts you in command of a sta...
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.
Flying Tigers
DOS1994 Ticsoft
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
Boxer Rebellion
DOS1982
Before realistic fighting games, there was Boxer Rebellion—a 1982 title so primitive, it makes Pong look flashy. It’s boxing with fewer rules and more pixels per punch. The controls are stiffer than a week-old baguette...
Blitz Draughts
DOS1992 PC Solutions
Don’t let the title fool you — Blitz Draughts isn’t a military simulation but rather a gloriously intense checkers game from 1992. This DOS brain-bender turns the classic board game into a high-speed duel of wits...
Battle for Atlantis
DOS1990
Fancy a war under the sea? Battle for Atlantis (1990) asks the age-old question: what if submarines had grudges? This top-down, action strategy title throws you into a deep-sea turf war with clunky controls and a soundtrack that f...
Othello
DOS1986
Pinball Magic
DOS1990 Loriciels
Super Pinball by Russco
DOS1987 Russco
NFL Pro League Football
DOS1989 Micro Sports
Infiltrator
DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
Mystical
DOS1990protected Infogrames
The Basket Manager
DOS1991 Simulmondo
Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World
DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw
DOS1989 Oxford Mobius
Swap
DOS1992 Microids
Titan
DOS1989 Titus Interactive
La Colmena
DOS1992NSFW Opera Soft
Redhook's Revenge
DOS1993 ImagiSoft
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
DOS1994 KOEI
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS1994 Mindscape
Decker
Windows 10/112002freeware
Quest for the Unicorn
DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware
O-Pong
DOS1996
D-Zone
DOS1992
Carnage
DOS1993 Warped Minds
The name Carnage says it all—this top-down racer is less about precision driving and more about smashing into your enemies until they resemble digital roadkill. It’s fast, chaotic, and honestly looks like a game a 14-y...
Scrabble
DOS1992 U.S. Gold
Spiritual Warfare
DOS1993protected Wisdom Tree
Indenture
DOS1995remake
Firezone
DOS1988 Arcadia Systems