The best 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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Bad Blood
DOS19904.2/5 Origin Systems
Airborne Ranger
DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS19904.2/5 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
Bicycle Bridge
DOS19924.2/5
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS19914.2/5 Pc globe
Space Crusade
DOS19924.2/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Tempest 2000
DOS1996remake4.2/5 Atari
Tempest 2000 is a video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation. It was released in 1994 for DOS, Mac, the Atari Jaguar console, etc. Tempest 2000 is an enhanced remake of the original Tempest, which was released in arcades in 1981.In Tempest 2000, players control a claw-shaped ship that moves around the edges of geometric sh...
V for victory: Market-Garden
DOS1993protected4.2/5 Atomic Games
Zoom!
DOS19884.2/5
Axis and Allies
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Wargaming West
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
DOS1994protecteddemo4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. Two separate story lines (Orcs and Humans) evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for the Kingdom of Azeroth. Players must mine gold and chop wood in order to construct buildings and create units. Each side tries to destro...
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
DOS1990protected4.2/5 id software
Dogs of War
Windows XP/98/951996demo4.2/5 Software Engineering
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Slicks 'n' Slide
DOS19934.2/5
TV Sports: Basketball
DOS1990freeware4.2/5 Cinemaware
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 Wargaming West
Tyrian 2000
DOS1999freeware4.2/5 Eclipse Software
Tyrian 2000 is an old DOS science fiction classic shoot'em up, developed by Eclipse Software and designed by Alexander Brandon, Jason Emery, Daniel Cook. Tyrian 2000 is one of the most popular shoot'em ups ever published for DOS and it's still remembered by retro gaming fans to this day.
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
DOS1995protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 New World Computing
Extreme Pinball
DOS19954.2/5 Epic MegaGames
Sensible Soccer
DOS19924.2/5 Sensible Software
Warlords
DOS19904.2/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
A-Maze
DOS19894.2/5 New Era Software
Psycho Pinball
DOS19954.2/5 Codemasters
Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons
DOS19954.1/5 KOEI
Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons is an abandoned simulation game, sequel of Uncharted Waters, developed and released by KOEI in 1995. The Uncharted Waters series is set in the Age of Discovery and gives the player the freedom to set sail with their ship and go wherever you want exploring, fighting, trading, privateering, etc.
Xenon 2: Megablast
DOS19904.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
Xenon 2: Megablast is a classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released by Image Works in 1990 for DOS and for a plethora of other systems. Xenon was good, Xenon 2 was far better. Compared to today standards Xenon 2 is perhaps a mediocre shoot 'em up, but at the time every shooter fan loved it. Plus, it was developed by Bitmap Brother...
Black Moon Chronicles
DOS1999protected4.1/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment
The Perfect General
DOS19914.1/5 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...