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.
Years
Platforms
PlayStationSNESGame BoyCommodore 64PC-FXWindows 3.xNintendo 64TurboGrafx CDSEGA SaturnGenesisPC-98DOSNeo Geo CDNeo Geo
Statuses
Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 1997 (Game released)
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: SNES, PlayStation, WonderSwan Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS, Android, PSP, PC → 23 November 1991
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
83/100
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...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tanks
Game released: PC → 24 July 1998
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
This futuristic action-strategy game follows an uprising against the Imperium, which controls all known space. The player takes command of the Wraith...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, PC → 16 October 1997
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is a role-playing adventure set in a world of characters with unusual personalities and distinctive ways of communicating...
