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.
Years
Platforms
PlayStation 3PlayStation 2Xbox 360PS VitaPSPWiiNintendo DSWindows PhoneNintendo DSiiPod TouchiPhoneBREWMSXJ2MEWindows MobileBlackBerryZeebo
Statuses
Best Games in the Isometric genre of 2009 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PSP, Windows Phone → 3 December 2005
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
72/100
Sims 2 — a real life simulator in which the player controls little people (sims) and arranges their homes. Sims need to go to work, furnish their home...
Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox
Game released: PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS → 5 June 2009
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A life simulation set in an open world, where the player creates characters and guides their daily lives, relationships, and ambitions. Appearance and personality...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Sports game
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 17 February 2010
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a city inhabited by...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Android → 3 October 2013
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
69/100
This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based tactical battles is set in Agarest, a world created after a war between the forces of light and darkness. As darkness...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 17 April 2014
Steam:
72/100
A turn-based tactical role-playing game set in Agarest, a fantasy world ravaged by war between the gods of light and darkness. Sieghart, a young officer serving the...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, BBC Micro, BlackBerry, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, J2ME, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum → 1989
Players:
2.7/10
Metacritic:
71/100
This arcade game follows a paperboy riding a bicycle along an isometric suburban street to deliver newspapers. The goal is to reach subscribers while avoiding...
Game released: iOS, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Android, Mac, Linux → 1 October 2011
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
75/100
The Bard's Tale is a fun role-playing adventure with an isometric camera view in the fantasy universe of The Bard's Tale. In the game you will try on the role of an...
Game released: Android, BlackBerry, BREW, iPad, iPhone, J2ME, Mac, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, Wii U, Linux → 9 February 2010
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A retro-styled platformer with puzzle elements in which the player controls a cube and rolls through levels. Along the way, the cube collects prisms and searches...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, City Building, Construction
Game released: PC → 27 October 2009
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
81/100
A real-time strategy game about building castles, managing settlements and waging medieval siege warfare. Players gather resources, develop the economy, produce...
Game released: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, BlackBerry, Commodore 64, FM Towns, Game Boy, Game Gear, Game Boy Color, Genesis, NES, PC Booter, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000 → 1986
Players:
6.5/10
Marble Madness is an isometric arcade game with action elements from the developers at Atari Games Corporation. The main publisher of the game is Electronic Arts...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Mac, Linux, PSP → 17 November 2006
Players:
10/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories is a Japanese-style turn-based strategy RPG. More than 200 characters await you to create a squad, a new Dark Court system where good is...
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...
