Top-down perspective

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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Allan Border's Cricket

DOS1993 Audiogenic

AlphaMan

DOS1995

Amazing Maze

DOS1983

Amberstar

DOS1992 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...

Ambush at Sorinor

DOS1993 Mindcraft Software

Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware

Angband

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware

Ant Attack!

DOS1994freeware Dataware

Antix

DOS1985remake

APB

DOS1989 Atari

Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS1984 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...

Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations

Arrakis

DOS2000

Ascii Sector

Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware

Aspar GP Master

DOS1989 Dinamic Multimedia

Aspetra

DOS1996

Astro Dodge

DOS1982 Digital Marketing Corporation

Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake ORT Software

Atomic Bomberman

Windows XP/98/951997 Interplay Productions

Atomino

DOS1991 Play Byte

Atomix

DOS1990 Softtouch

Austerlitz 1805

DOS1989 Cornerstone Software

Autobots

DOS1989

Autoduel

DOS1985 Origin Systems

Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.