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 2000 (Game released)

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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 26 June 2008

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A real-time strategy game about the Soviet Empire’s invasion of America. Armed with new technologies and seeking revenge, Soviet forces launch a surprise attack...

Planescape: Torment

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 29 September 2010

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 91/100

An isometric role-playing game set in the fantasy universe of Planescape, the story follows the Nameless One, a scarred figure who wakes in the city of Sigil with...

Baldur's Gate

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac, PC → 31 July 2000

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Baldur's Gate — the action of Baldur's Gate takes place in the fictional universe of Forgotten Realms, and a modified system from the tabletop role-playing game...

Diablo 2

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

Game released: Mac, PC → 8 April 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Diablo 2 is a continuation of the legendary action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in the fantasy world of Diablo. At the end of the first part, the...

Heroes of Might and Magic 3: The Restoration of Erathia

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 1999

Players: 9.1/10

This turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements takes place in a fantasy world where heroes lead armies of creatures on expeditions. They fight enemy...

Railroad Tycoon 2

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Trains

Game released: Dreamcast, Linux, Mac, PlayStation, PC → 3 November 2000

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Railroad Tycoon 2 — Much of the game consists of laying tracks, building stations, and purchasing trains used to transport passengers and cargo from one...

Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac, PC → 6 November 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 95/100

Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn — character movement, combat and actions in Baldur's Gate II occur in real time. The game uses a controlled pause mechanism...

Cossacks: European Wars

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 12 April 2001

Players: 8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Cossacks: European Wars is a historical real-time strategy game based on the European wars of the 16th-18th centuries. The game features more than 16 countries...

Icewind Dale

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: Mac, PC, Linux → 18 April 2002

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Icewind Dale is a fantasy RPG with an isometric view. The game takes place in Icewind Dale — the northern region of Faerun beyond the Spine of the World, in...

Warlords: Battlecry

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 9 July 2000

Metacritic: 82/100

Warlords: Battlecry is a fantasy real-time strategy game with role-playing elements. You will go to a dangerous world where there is an eternal struggle for power...

Sims

Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: GameCube, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 4 April 2003

Players: 4.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Sims is a legendary life simulation game with an isometric camera view. You can create your own virtual people—“Sims.” Move them into a ready-made or custom-built...

Zeus: Master of Olympus

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

Game released: PC → 14 November 2000

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Zeus: Master of Olympus — as in any other game of this genre, the player can build a city on an empty plot of land and with a certain set of available...

Legend of the North: Konung

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 2001

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Isometric role-playing game, where the atmosphere of ancient Russian land comes to the forefront. Wooden buildings, huts, warriors, and wandering merchants create a...

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (2008)

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo DS, PlayStation → 26 March 2009

Metacritic: 67/100

A fantasy role-playing adventure that combines music and action. Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is a remake of the original game, featuring 2D sprite graphics and...

Breath of Fire 4

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

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 3 August 2001

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Breath of Fire 4 is a Japanese role-playing game that creates its own interesting world around you, rich and vibrant. The authors should be praised for the...

Cannon Fodder

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view

Game released: 3DO, Acorn 32-bit, Amiga CD32, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Game Boy Color, Genesis, J2ME, Jaguar, SNES, Symbian, PC → 1994

Cannon Fodder is an isometric action game with a dash of strategy from the developers at Sensible Software. The game is published by Virgin Interactive...

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

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

Game released: Mac, PC → 10 March 2000

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a fun turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. After the 20th century, humanity completely turned...

NBA 2K

Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

Game released: Dreamcast → 23 March 2000

NBA 2K — like the series as a whole, it strives to emulate basketball, specifically the National Basketball Association. It features current players and teams...

LEGO Land

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 18 April 2000

LEGO Land is a first-person simulator with a mixture of action, strategy, educational game, puzzle and sandbox from developers from the studio Krisalis Software...

Total Annihilation: Kingdoms

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

Game released: PC → 24 February 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This real-time fantasy strategy game is set in the mythical world of Darien, where four peoples aligned with Earth, Air, Fire, and Water vie for control. The player...

Digimon Adventure: Cathode Tamer

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: WonderSwan → 20 January 2000

Players: 4/10

Digimon Adventure: Cathode Tamer is an isometric role-playing game with an anime/manga twist from SIMS Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Bandai Co., Ltd.. Digimon...

Imperium Galactica 2: Alliances

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Space

Game released: iPad, PC → 30 March 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Imperium Galactica 2: Alliances — in the spirit of global strategies, the game provides full control over the empire from the very beginning. All actions take place...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC → 25 June 2002

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based strategy game set during the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7 lets players take the role of any character and...

Sudden Strike

Strategy, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 23 January 2001

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A real-time strategy game set during World War II, in which the player commands Soviet, German, French, American and British forces. Battles take place across large...

Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Metacritic: 64/100

Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business — the smoke clears, the whistle of bullets cannot be heard. Arulco is free of enemies, but you still have work to do...

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 11 May 2001

Players: 10/10

This farm simulation with role-playing elements follows a return to the grandfather’s ranch, which the protagonist visited as a child. The player restores its...

Gauntlet: Legends

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation → 6 June 2000

Players: 9/10

Gauntlet: Legends is an arcade game with an isometric view mixed with action, puzzle and fantasy games from developers from the studio Midway Games West, Inc.. The...

Digimon Adventure 02: D1 Tamers

Role-playing game, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: WonderSwan Color → 8 December 2000

Digimon Adventure 02: D1 Tamers is an isometric role-playing game with an anime/manga twist from SIMS Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Bandai Co., Ltd. .The game...

Nox (2000)

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 6 September 2011

Players: 8.9/10

Nox is a fantasy action role-playing game about Jack Mauer, a man from Earth who is drawn through a portal into the world of Nox and becomes caught up in a conflict...

NFL Blitz 2001

Sports game, Isometric, American Football

Game released: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation → 14 September 2000

Metacritic: 78/100

NFL Blitz 2001 is a sports game with an isometric view with elements of an American football simulator from developers from the studio Midway Games, Inc.. The game...

Metal Fatigue

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: PC → 31 July 2000

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This real-time strategy game centers on futuristic warfare between combat robots, with battles taking place across three levels: in orbit, on the surface, and...

Vanguard Bandits

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 29 April 2000

Players: 9.7/10

Vanguard Bandits is an isometric role-playing game with elements of strategy, anime or manga games and robot simulator from the developers of Human Entertainment...

Tales of Eternia (Premium Box)

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation → 30 November 2000

Tales of Eternia (Premium Box) is an isometric role-playing game with elements of action, fighting, anime/manga and fantasy games from the developers of Wolf Team...

Panzer General 3: Scorched Earth

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

Game released: PC → 2000

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Panzer General 3: Scorched Earth is a top-down historical strategy game. The campaigns are dedicated to the careers of 4 generals: Zhukov, Konev, Manstein and...

Civilization: Call to Power

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

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → June 1999

Players: 8.5/10

Civilization: Call to Power — in general, the game is a “spiritual successor” to Civilization 2, significantly expanding the gameplay with various mechanics...

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 12 February 2010

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun — Firestorm — The expansion tells the story of the rise of the sentient computer CABAL, developed by NOD scientists. His...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 6: Awakening of the Dragon

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

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation → 25 March 1999

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 6: Awakening of the Dragon is a third-person strategy game with a historical twist from the developers of KOEI Co., Ltd.. The game's...

Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 2000

Metacritic: 77/100

An expansion for Pharaoh featuring four new campaigns and a separate storyline that begins in the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The campaigns also span the era of...

Digimon Adventure 02: Tag Tamers

Role-playing game, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: WonderSwan → 3 August 2000

Digimon Adventure 02: Tag Tamers is an isometric role-playing game with anime or manga elements from SIMS Co., Ltd.. The game's main publisher is Bandai Co., Ltd...

FIFA 2001

Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PC → 14 November 2000

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 85/100

FIFA 2001 — in this game life is in full swing not only on the field, but also around it. Spectators, coaches and substitutes react violently to what is...

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