Top-down perspective sorted by year, newest first
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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Sensible World of Soccer 96/97
DOS1996protected Sensible Software
Star Control 3
DOS1996protected Legend Entertainment
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where play...
Super Stardust
DOS1996 Housemarque
Tempest 2000
DOS1996remake 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 rel...
Wembley Rugby League
DOS1996 Denton Designs
Z
DOS1996protected Bitmap Brothers
Welcome to Z, the real-time strategy game where psychotic robots with British accents duke it out over territory in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Think Command & Conquer if the developers had a few too many pints and a twisted...
4Play
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995NSFW
4Play was a risqué trivia and multi-player board-style game released in the mid-1990s. Designed as a party game, it combined trivia questions, mini-games, and challenges that often leaned toward suggestive or adult the...
Advanced Civilization
DOS1995 Avalon Hill
Think you’re good at making tough decisions under pressure? Advanced Civilization dares you to prove it by turning diplomacy into passive-aggressive warfare. Based on the classic board game, this DOS gem lets you take your a...
Albion
DOSWindows XP/98/951995 Blue Byte Software
Albion is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by German studio Blue Byte Software. It was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for Amiga. Albion is notable for its blend of traditional RPG eleme...
AlphaMan
DOS1995
Ever wondered what would happen if a roguelike and a B-movie had a radioactive baby? AlphaMan is the answer. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where mutant banana slugs might be your best friend—or your worst enemy—you p...
Command & Conquer
DOS1995freeware Westwood Studios
Command Adventures: Starship
DOS1995 Future Vision
Empire II: The Art of War
DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Exile: Escape from the Pit
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware Spiderweb Software
Exile: Escape from the Pit is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Spiderweb Software. It is part of the Exile series, originally released in the mid-1990s. This game was later remade and re-released as Avernum: Escap...
Extreme Pinball
DOS1995 Epic MegaGames
Football Glory
DOS1995freeware Croteam
Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected New World Computing
Highway Fighter
DOS1995 Safari Software
Hole in One
DOS1995 Really Interesting Software Company
Indenture
DOS1995remake
Lords of Midnight: The Citadel
DOS1995 Maelstrom Games
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected Holistic Design
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
DOS1995 Supersonic Software
Mirror Magic
Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol
Windows 3.x1995protected
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is fantasy RPG game released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, but it runs flawlessy even Windows XP (see this faq if you want to play Mordor in a virtual machine). Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is a mix ...
Mortal Pong
DOS1995freeware
Ms Pac PC
DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
Nectaris
DOS1995 Hudson soft