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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 (Game released)

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Command & Conquer

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

Game released: DOS, Mac, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, Windows 3.x → September 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

Game released: DOS, Game Boy Color, PlayStation, PC → 2003

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...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

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

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 22 November 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...

Final Fantasy IV

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: 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...

Twinkle Star Sprites

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

Game released: Dreamcast, Neo Geo, SEGA Saturn, PC, Wii, Neo Geo CD → 23 March 2000

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...

Panzer General 2

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

Game released: PC → 22 June 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...

Grandia

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

Game released: Android, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 12 April 2012

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...

WarCraft: Orcs & Humans

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

Game released: DOS, Mac, PC-98 → 22 March 2002

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...

Magic: The Gathering

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 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...

Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons

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

Game released: DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, PC-98, PlayStation, Sharp X68000, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, PC → 1995

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...

Total Annihilation: Commander Pack

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Collection, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 17 August 2010

Players: 9.7/10

Total Annihilation: Commander Pack is a complete edition of a science fiction large-scale real-time strategy game with a top-down view, where thousands of units can...

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

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

Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 30 May 1997

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...

Mass Destruction

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

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PC → 30 September 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

Game released: PC → 18 December 2015

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...

Tibia

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

Game released: Linux, PC → 13 October 2006

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...

Wakusei Kōgekitai: Little Cats

Simulation, Strategy, First-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots

Game released: PC-FX, PlayStation → 4 July 1997

Wakusei Kōgekitai: Little Cats is a first-person simulation game with strategy, anime/manga and robot simulator elements from Family Soft Co., Ltd. The game...

Gun Frontier

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

Game released: SEGA Saturn → 25 September 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...

Professional Underground League of Pain

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

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, PC → 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...

Motteke Tamago

Action, Top-down view

Game released: TurboGrafx CD → 16 April 1997

Motteke Tamago is a top-down action game from the masters of the Naxat Soft studio. The game is published by Tokuma Shoten Intermedia Inc.. There has been no...

Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidōretsuden

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

Game released: Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 27 June 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...

Freeciv

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

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Linux, Mac, PC → June 2003

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...

Farland Story

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

Game released: PC-FX, PC-98, PlayStation, SNES → 8 November 1996

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...

Sid Meier's CivNet

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

Game released: Windows 3.x → 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...

Langrisser 4 (Limited Edition)

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

Game released: SEGA Saturn → 1 August 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...

Grant - Lee - Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Windows 3.x → October 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...

netWAR

Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 30 November 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...

Mr. Bones

Action, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view

Game released: SEGA Saturn → 27 June 1997

Mr. Bones is a top-down action game with a dash of horror and platforming from the developers at Zono, Inc.. The game is published by SegaSoft, Inc.. Perhaps Mr...

Power Drive

Action, Racing, Top-down view

Game released: Amiga CD32, Amiga, DOS, Game Gear, Genesis, SNES → 1994

Power Drive is a top-down action game with racing elements from developers from the Rage Software Ltd. studio. The game is published by U.S. Gold Ltd.. For some...

Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition)

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

Game released: PC → October 1998

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...

Money Puzzle Exchanger

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

Game released: Game Boy, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 29 August 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

Game released: PC → 15 March 2007

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...

Monopoly (1991)

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

Game released: Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Genesis, Mac, NES, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Master System, SNES, PC, Windows 3.x → December 1991

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

Suikoden

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

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn → April 1997

Suikoden is a top-down RPG with a fantasy twist from the developers of Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Konami Co...

DoDonPachi

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

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 10 September 1998

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...

Wanderer

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Browser, DOS, Linux → 22 May 2000

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...

Heisei Shin OniOni Shima: Zenpen

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

Game released: SNES → 1 December 1997

Heisei Shin OniOni Shima: Zenpen is a third-person adventure with a fantasy twist from Nintendo Co., Ltd. studios. and Pax Softnica. The game is published by...

Solitaire City

Strategy, Top-down view, Card game

Game released: Palm OS, PC, Windows Mobile → 1 December 2003

Solitaire City is a top-down strategy game with a hint of card...

Ignition

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

Game released: DOS, PC, Mac, Linux → 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...

Angelique Special 2

Strategy, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC-FX, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 20 December 1996

Angelique Special 2 is a top-down strategy game with elements of adventure, anime/manga and fantasy games from the developers of KOEI Co., Ltd.. The game is...

Kakyūsei

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

Game released: Mac, PC-98, SEGA Saturn, PC → 23 June 2000

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...

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