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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Platforms
PlayStation 2PlayStationXboxGame Boy AdvanceCommodore 64ZX SpectrumBREWMSXGameCubeWonderSwan ColorN-GageJ2MEGame Boy ColorSymbianDOSApple IIPalm OSWindows MobileAcorn 32-bitAtari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2003
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 17, 1988
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
68/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world where an emperor summons monsters from a demonic realm to seize control. After the attacks leave them...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
April 16, 2003
Players:
8.7/10
Metacritic:
66/100
Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with RPG elements, pitting the player against aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and other enemies. The goal is to survive the...
Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, Hack and slash, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game
July 9, 2003
Players:
10/10
DotA is a team tactical and strategic game with role-playing game elements, which is a popular modification for Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos. In the game, each...
Strategy, Horror, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Tactics
October 3, 2003
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
67/100
This tactical strategy game with RPG elements follows an alien invasion in which a spacecraft releases spores into the atmosphere, wiping out macroscopic life on...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots
December 18, 2003
Players:
9.8/10
Metacritic:
75/100
A turn-based tactical role-playing game about mech warfare in 2096. After an unidentified group of wanzers attacks an E.C. base in Germany, the story follows two...
Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Role-playing game
September 12, 2003
Players:
9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A fantasy role-playing strategy game with turn-based tactical combat and collectible cards, Etherlords II returns to the world of Ether. Its five campaigns follow a...
Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Adult game, Combat robots, Visual novel, Cyberpunk
January 24, 2003
Baldr Force EXE is a top-down action game with elements of a shooter, an anime or manga game, a game for adults, a robot simulator and a visual novel from the...
Simulation, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)
March 31, 2003
Battlecruiser Millennium (Gold Edition) is a first-person simulator with a mixture of flight simulator and business simulator from the studio 3000AD, Inc.. The main...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical
November 12, 2001
Players:
8.5/10
Metacritic:
87/100
This historical strategy spans four centuries, beginning in 1419 during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England and ending in the era of Napoleon. The...
Simulation, Strategy, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view
April 1, 2003
Airport Tycoon 3 — players will be able to participate in the direct operation of all terminals, as well as place more than thirty different objects, such as...
