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
PlayStation 2PlayStationGame Boy AdvanceNintendo 64WonderSwan ColorGame Boy ColorOdyssey 2WonderSwanColecoVisionPalm OSNeo Geo Pocket ColorAcorn 32-bitAtari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2000
Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Tanks, Post-apocalyptic
June 1, 2000
Metacritic:
86/100
Ground Control — The main goal of the game is to destroy enemy troops and buildings using the terrain features and the strengths of your own army. Combat...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
July 12, 1990
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Final Fantasy is a Japanese-style top-down fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents were killed during the invasion...
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...
Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Helicopters, Futurism (Future), Tanks
June 26, 1998
Incoming: The Final Conflict is a first-person action game with elements of a shooter, flight simulator, helicopter simulator and tank simulator from the masters...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Third-person view
November 24, 2000
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
89/100
This fantasy real-time strategy game focuses on combat rather than resource gathering. Mana and souls are the two resources used to summon units; capturing enemy...
Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars
February 29, 2000
Players:
10/10
Star Wars: Force Commander — The game weaves an original story between the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and Return of the Jedi, occasionally intersecting...
