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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Statuses
Best Games in the Isometric genre of 2010 (Game released)
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...
Game released: iOS, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Android → 27 February 2025
Players:
6/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
81/100
A cooperative isometric action platformer set in the Tomb Raider universe. Players once again take on the role of legendary tomb raider Lara Croft, this time...
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...
Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game, Open world, Role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: iOS, iPhone, Mac, Wii, PC, Windows Phone, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP → 21 July 2011
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
94/100
An adventurous pirate game that combines elements of strategy, role-playing, and sea travel simulation. In the age of great discoveries, the player becomes the...
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...
Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Collection, City Building, Construction, Sandbox
Game released: Mac, PC → 22 September 2003
Players:
6/10
Steam:
81/100
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition is an expanded edition of the city-planning simulator SimCity 4 with previously released additions and updates. In the game you have to...
Game released: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Intellivision, MSX, PC Booter, SG-1000, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1982
An isometric scrolling shooter about piloting a spacecraft through fortified space fortresses and stretches of open space. The ship moves forward at a constant...
Game released: Android, BREW, iPad, iPhone, Nintendo DS, PC, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, iOS → 21 October 2011
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Puzzle Quest 2 is a strategy role-playing game with puzzle elements and an isometric view. Each character has five main attributes. Strength (red) increases a...
Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Free game, Science fiction, MMO
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 2 February 2010
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
66/100
This massively multiplayer role-playing game is set in the Star Trek universe of the 25th century, where players explore space as captains of their own starships...
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, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox
Game released: PC, Mac → 26 March 2010
Players:
9.2/10
Metacritic:
79/100
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom is a continuation of the real-time management strategy with an isometric camera view in a medieval setting. The game has...
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...
