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 2XboxPSPNintendo DSGame Boy AdvanceVideopac+ G7400Windows 3.xBREWGameCubeExEnAtari 8-bitWonderSwan ColorN-GageJ2MEAtari 5200ColecoVisionPalm OSWindows MobileAtari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2004
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, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based
November 26, 2004
Players:
8.5/10
Space Rangers 2: Dominators — real-time strategy with an isometric view. The main events of the second part of the game take place 250 years after the end of...
Arcade, Action, Football, Boxing, Golf, Music game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sports game, Olympics
December 30, 2004
Metacritic:
51/100
Ape Escape Academy is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, football simulator, boxing simulator, golf simulator, music game, puzzle game, sports game...
Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game
September 12, 2003
Players:
9/10
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga
January 7, 1986
Metacritic:
68/100
TwinBee is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, flight simulator and game in the anime or manga genre from the developers of the Konami...
Shooter, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Tanks
February 6, 2004
Players:
10/10
WWI: The Great War is a third-person shooter with elements of strategy, warship simulator, flight simulator, historical game and tank simulator from developers from...
