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Top-down view

One of the types of camera in video games is top-down view. It is very similar to isometric view but differs slightly. In top-down view, developers do not strive to make the world three-dimensional and deep. Everything is depicted either in two-dimensional space or they create a pseudo "volume" from several rows of two-dimensional spaces. For example, a character can go behind a "flat" house. Sometimes the camera is completely vertical, and the player looks at the flat world from above, as in the first game of the GTA series. Scaling in such games is used very rarely. This method can be used in quests, role-playing games, hack and slash, beat 'em up, strategy games, and many others.

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Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 1997

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Command & Conquer

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

August 31, 1995

Players: 7.2/10

Command & Conquer is a legendary top-down real-time strategy game set in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about the beginning of a large armed conflict between...

Grand Theft Auto

Action, Top-down view

December 14, 1997

Players: 7.8/10

Grand Theft Auto is a legendary top-down racing action game set in an open world. In the game you will try on the role of a criminal who will perform various tasks...

Final Fantasy IV

Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

July 19, 1991

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...

Grandia

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

December 18, 1997

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Grandia is a Japanese role-playing game about Justin, a young boy who dreams of becoming a great adventurer and sets out to uncover the mystery of a long-lost...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Role-playing game

November 22, 1996

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a legendary top-down real-time strategy game set in a sci-fi...

Professional Underground League of Pain

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Sandbox

1997

Professional Underground League of Pain is a third-person action game with elements of a sports game and sandbox from developers from the Beyond Reality studio. The...

Panzer General 2

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

June 22, 2010

Players: 9.7/10

Panzer General 2 — historical turn-based strategy. The game focuses on World War II (excluding the Pacific and Southeast Asian theaters), and also includes...

Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons

Simulation, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Top-down view, Role-playing game

April 30, 1993

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons is a third-person simulator with a mixture of strategy and warship simulator from the developers of the studio KOEI Co., Ltd.. The...

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Action, Horror, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

November 15, 1996

Players: 8.8/10

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain — Before the reign of Lord Khaine, Nosgoth was not a welcoming world for vampires. The pillars of this world were the Columns of...

Magic: The Gathering

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game

March 6, 1997

Players: 7/10

A card-based strategy game inspired by Magic: The Gathering, it combines card duels with a campaign set in the fantasy world of Shandalar. The player travels...

WarCraft: Orcs & Humans

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

December 2, 1995

Players: 8.1/10

WarCraft: Orcs & Humans — the plot includes the beginning of the history of the Warcraft Universe, in which a portal opens between the worlds of people and...

Mass Destruction

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Tanks

September 30, 1997

Steam: 50/100

This top-down action game puts the player in control of a tank on missions to destroy specific targets while fighting enemy forces. Each mission has a primary...

Total Annihilation

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Online

September 27, 1997

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Set in a science-fiction future, this real-time strategy game centers on a war between the galactic government Core and the resistance movement known as the Arm...

netWAR

Action, Shooter, Top-down view

November 30, 1997

netWAR is a top-down action game with a touch of shooter from developers from the studio Semi Logic Entertainments, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Headland...

Twinkle Star Sprites

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Anime / Manga

January 31, 1997

Steam: 73/100

Twinkle Star Sprites is a classic Japanese-style top-down arcade shooter. By choosing one of the available characters, you will have to fight an AI opponent or...

Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidōretsuden

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga

June 27, 1997

Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidōretsuden is a third-person role-playing game with elements of action, fighting and anime/manga games from the developers of...

Wanderer

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

October 22, 1997

Steam: 88/100

Wanderer is a top-down action game with a dash of strategy and puzzle. Wanderer may be in development for PC, but that version has not yet been...

Grant - Lee - Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Sandbox

1997

Grant — Lee — Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals is a top-down strategy game with historical and sandbox elements from the masters at Impressions Games. The...

Langrisser 4 (Limited Edition)

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

August 1, 1997

Langrisser 4 (Limited Edition) is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of strategy, anime/manga and fantasy games from developers Masaya. The game is...

Money Puzzle Exchanger

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

August 29, 1997

Money Puzzle Exchanger is a top-down action game with a mixture of strategy, puzzle and anime/manga game from the FACE studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Space Empires 3

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Exploration

October 13, 1997

Steam: 82/100

A turn-based strategy game about expanding a space empire and exploring new star systems. The player leads a race through a hostile, ever-changing galaxy, extending...

Farland Story

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

February 24, 1995

Farland Story is a top-down role-playing game with strategy, anime/manga and fantasy elements from developers at Technical Group Laboratory, Inc.. The game is...

Heisei Shin OniOni Shima: Kōhen

Adventure, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 1, 1997

Heisei Shin OniOni Shima: Kōhen is a third-person adventure with fantasy game elements from developers from Nintendo Co., Ltd. studios. and Pax Softnica. The...

Freeciv

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

January 5, 1996

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...

SaGa Frontier

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

July 11, 1997

SaGa Frontier is a third-person role-playing game with anime or manga game elements from the masters of Square Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Square Co., Ltd...

Sid Meier's CivNet

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Sandbox

November 1997

Sid Meier's CivNet is a top-down strategy game with a sandbox twist from MicroProse Software, Inc.. The game's primary publisher is MicroProse Ltd.. In some...

New Beetle Tracks and Gaps

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

September 24, 1997

New Beetle Tracks and Gaps is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from the developers at BBDO Interactive GmbH. The main publisher of the game is...

Monopoly (1991)

Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Board / Group Game

November 1, 1991

Monopoly (1991) is an isometric strategy game from SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The game is published by SEGA of America...

Ignition

Arcade, Action, Racing, Top-down view, Sports game

January 1, 1997

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

This arcade racing game features overhead-view competitions across seven tracks and a roster of 11 unusual vehicles, from monster trucks to jungle jeeps. Races...

Kakyūsei

Adventure, First-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Adult game

June 7, 1996

Kakyūsei is a first-person adventure with an admixture of an anime or manga game and an adult game from developers from the Elf Co., Ltd. studio. The game is...

DoDonPachi

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

September 18, 1997

DoDonPachi is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter and flight simulator from the studio CAVE Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...

Gun Frontier

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

September 25, 1997

Gun Frontier is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, shooter, flight simulator and game in the anime or manga genre from the Taito Corporation...

Tibia

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

January 7, 1997

Tibia is a multiplayer role-playing game set in a fantasy world that has been evolving since 1997. Players explore, complete quests and develop their characters...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 5

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

December 15, 1995

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...

Kyodai

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Sandbox

March 24, 1997

Kyodai is a top-down strategy game with a mix of puzzle, anime/manga, and sandbox. Sometimes the game is also called Lunatic Shanghai and Kyôdai Mah...

Dark Law: The Meaning of Death

Role-playing game, First-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

March 28, 1997

Dark Law: The Meaning of Death is a first-person role-playing game with fantasy game elements from developers from the ASCII Corporation studio. The game is...

Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition)

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

September 4, 2007

Players: 10/10

Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition) is a top-down strategy game from the developers of Westwood Studios, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Virgin...

Sokoban Basic

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

August 7, 1997

Sokoban Basic is a top-down strategy with a mixture of puzzle and sandbox from developers from Outback Pty. Ltd. and Thinking Rabbit. The game is published by...

TerraFire

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

October 1, 1997

TerraFire is a top-down arcade game with a touch of action and shooter from the masters from the ORT Software studio. The game is published by ORT...

Super Bomberman 5

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga

February 28, 1997

Super Bomberman 5 is a third-person arcade game with action, puzzle and anime/manga elements from the studio Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.. The game is published by...

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