Games Game Genres Isometric

Isometric

Isometry is the most popular way of viewing in the dawn of the gaming industry. Initially, such games used isometric projection to display the world. The camera is positioned at an angle above the game world. All projection axes maintain a single scale, which helps conserve system performance resources. Nowadays, games with this type of camera are still called isometric, even though they use full 3D with scaling of models, sprites, and textures. This view is most commonly used in strategy and role-playing games.

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Best Games in the Isometric genre of 1996 (Game released)

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Diablo

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PC → 28 April 1998

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Diablo is a legendary action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the gloomy city of Tristram, the capital...

Persona

Role-playing game, First-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation → 1 October 1997

Players: 10/10

This role-playing game follows a group of high school students caught up in supernatural incidents. After playing a fortune-telling game, they gain the ability to...

Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Succession Wars

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, DOS, Mac, PC → November 1998

Players: 10/10

Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Succession Wars is a continuation of the turn-based strategy with role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. The game takes place...

Pokemon Red and Blue

Role-playing game, Isometric, Collection, Anime / Manga

Game released: Game Boy → 5 September 1999

Players: 8.2/10

Pokemon Red and Blue — the player travels as a Pokémon trainer throughout the fictional region of Kanto, interacting with and battling other trainers. The...

Sid Meier's Civilization 2

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Turn-based

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PC, Windows 3.x → 1997

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Sid Meier's Civilization 2 — Compared to the first game, new units, civilizations, wonders of the world, technologies appeared, graphics took on an isometric...

Urban Strike

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Helicopters

Game released: Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, SNES → November 1996

Players: 8.1/10

An isometric scrolling shooter and the third entry in the Strike series, Urban Strike follows combat helicopter pilots on missions to counter a threat to global...

Time Gate: Knight's Chase

Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: DOS, PC, Windows 3.x → 1996

Steam: 78/100

Time Gate: Knight's Chase is an isometric action game with puzzle and fantasy elements from developers from the studio Infogrames Multimedia SA. The game is...

Ojōsama Sōsamō

Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: PC-FX → 31 May 1996

Ojōsama Sōsamō is an isometric adventure with a mixture of stealth, puzzle and anime/manga games from the developers of Fill Studios in Café...

A-Train

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Trains

Game released: Amiga, DOS, FM Towns, Mac, PC-98, PlayStation, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD → 1993

A-Train is a simulator with an isometric view with elements of strategy, business simulator and railway simulator from developers from the studio Artdink...

Freeciv

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Linux, Mac, PC → June 2003

Players: 9.6/10

A turn-based strategy game about guiding a civilization from a tribal settlement in 4000 BC through the centuries and toward space colonization. The player founds...

Conquest of the New World

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical

Game released: DOS, Mac, PC, Linux → 24 April 1996

Steam: 90/100

A turn-based historical strategy game about competing for control of the New World during the Age of Exploration. The player leads either a native civilization or...

Caesar 2

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: DOS, Mac, PC, Windows 3.x → 1995

Caesar 2 — When the game begins, the Roman Empire extends no further than Italy. Players have the opportunity to civilize neighboring barbarian provinces...

Tactics Ogre

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii → 1 May 1998

A tactical role-playing game set in the fantasy kingdom of Valeria, caught in a war. Denim Powell, a member of the local resistance against occupying forces...

Olympic Soccer

Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

Game released: 3DO, DOS, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 12 April 1996

A football game featuring 32 national teams, with players controlling their sides on the pitch. The controls include expanded player actions and special...

SimCity 2000

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, DOS, Game Boy Advance, Mac, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, SNES, PC, Windows 3.x → 1994

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This city-building simulator casts the player as a mayor responsible for creating and running a city. Attracting residents means developing housing, industry, mass...

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night

Action, Horror, Isometric, Pinball

Game released: Mac, PC, Windows 3.x → 16 August 1996

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night is an isometric action game with elements of horror and pinball simulator from the masters of the studio Dynamix, Inc.. The game is...

Horde

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: 3DO, DOS, FM Towns, PC-98, SEGA Saturn → April 1994

Horde is a third-person action game with a dash of strategy and fantasy from the masters at Toys for Bob. The game is published by Crystal Dynamics, Inc.. But Horde...

Revelations: Persona

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation, PC, PSP → November 1996

Players: 10/10

This role-playing game follows a group of high school students who encounter supernatural incidents and gain the ability to summon Personas after playing a...

Furcadia

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: iPad, iPhone, PC → 19 July 2010

Furcadia is an isometric role-playing game with a touch of fantasy and sandbox from the developers of Dragon's Eye Productions. The game is published by Dragon's...

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Mario Game

Game released: SNES, Wii → 9 March 1996

Players: 9.8/10

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is an isometric role-playing game with a mixture of action and anime or manga games from developers from Square Co...

Lucienne's Quest

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: 3DO, SEGA Saturn → 1995

Players: 10/10

Lucienne's Quest is a third-person role-playing game with an anime/manga/fantasy twist from the developers of Micro Cabin Corp.. The main publisher of the game is a...

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation, PC, Windows 3.x → December 1996

Steam: 60/100

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is a third-person role-playing game with strategy and fantasy elements from the developers of Mindscape, Inc.. The game is...

Captain Quazar

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: 3DO, PC → February 1996

Players: 8.9/10

Captain Quazar is an isometric action game with a dash of shooter from the developers at Cyclone Studios. The game is published by 3DO Company...

Breath of Fire 2

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Game Boy Advance, SNES, Wii → 18 December 2002

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This is an isometric, turn-based fantasy RPG about Ryu, a warrior who can transform into a dragon and sets out to find his missing father and younger sister. Eight...

Mutant Penguins

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: DOS, Jaguar → 14 June 1996

Steam: 83/100

Mutant Penguins is an isometric action game with a dash of strategy and puzzle from the masters at Sunrise Games Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Atari...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 4: Wall of Fire

Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PC-98, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA 32X, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, PC, Windows 3.x → 13 February 1994

A turn-based historical strategy game based on the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it follows rival Chinese rulers vying for power at the end of the Han...

Tactical Operations 2: Beyond Destruction

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: DOS, PC → 1 October 1996

Tactical Operations 2: Beyond Destruction is an isometric strategy game with elements of a fantasy game. The game is published by Kattmann Publishing and Mind...

Actua Soccer Club Edition

Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Sports game

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 1997

Actua Soccer Club Edition is a sports game with a third-person view from developers from the studio Gremlin Interactive Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...

True Pinball

Arcade, Simulation, Isometric, Top-down view, Pinball

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 31 May 1996

True Pinball is an isometric arcade game with a dash of simulation and pinball simulator from the developers at Digital Illusions CE AB. The main publisher of the...

Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Science fiction

Game released: Mac, PC, Windows 3.x → 1997

Steam: 54/100

A turn-based strategy game about establishing a space colony and competing for control of an unexplored planet. Players can choose humans or one of six alien races...

BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: Genesis, SNES → 1994

BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat is an isometric arcade game with elements of action, shooter and robot simulator from the masters from the Malibu Games studio...

Neo Drift Out: New Technology

Racing, Isometric

Game released: Neo Geo CD → 26 July 1996

Neo Drift Out: New Technology is an isometric racing game from the Visco Corporation studio. The game is published by Visco Corporation. But Neo Drift Out: New...

Panic Dolls

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Adult game

Game released: PC-98 → 27 July 1996

Panic Dolls is an isometric strategy game with elements of an anime or manga game and an adult game from developers from the Nihon Plantech studio. The game is...

Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: DOS, FM Towns, PC-98, PlayStation, PC → 1995

Steam: 90/100

This isometric action-adventure follows Twinsen, a young Quetch on the planet Twinsun, as he sets out to stop dictator Dr. FunFrock and save the planet. Imprisoned...

Dragon Force

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: SEGA Saturn → December 1996

Dragon Force is an isometric strategy game with an admixture of anime or manga and fantasy games from the masters of the studios J-Force and SEGA Enterprises Ltd...

Sonic 3D Blast

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Platformer

Game released: Genesis, SEGA Saturn, Wii, PC, Mac, Linux → 1996

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 88/100

An isometric platformer in which Sonic sets out to rescue the Flickies and stop Dr. Eggman from finding the Chaos Emeralds. Eggman turns the unusual birds into...

Re-Loaded

Action, Shooter, Isometric

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 1997

Steam: 85/100

Re-Loaded is a dynamic isometric shooter, which is a continuation of the game Loaded. You will travel through 12 different worlds, choosing one of the available...

Crusader: No Remorse

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 1997

Players: 10/10

Crusader: No Remorse is an isometric action game with shooter elements from developers from the studio ORIGIN Systems, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is...

Olympic Summer Games

First-person view, Isometric, Sports game

Game released: Game Boy, Genesis, SNES → 1996

Olympic Summer Games is a first-person sports game from Tiertex Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Black Pearl Software. But Olympic Summer Games has not yet...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 5

Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy

Game released: DOS, Genesis, PC-98, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 14 February 1997

Steam: 78/100

This turn-based historical grand strategy is set during the Three Kingdoms period, as rulers vie for influence. In the series’ fifth installment, a ruler’s success...

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