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 3PlayStation 2Xbox 360XboxPSPWiiNintendo DSGame Boy AdvanceBREWAtari 7800GameCubeJ2MEAtari 5200Odyssey 2SymbianDOSPalm OSWindows MobileTI-99/4AiPod ClassicAtari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2007
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, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 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...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Grand strategy
January 23, 2007
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
83/100
This global historical strategy game puts the player in control of a historical nation and lets them guide it across several centuries while expanding its influence...
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, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 27, 1990
Players:
8/10
Steam:
93/100
Final Fantasy III is a fantasy anime-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The four main characters were completely redesigned and new scenarios...
Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction
November 3, 2004
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This real-time tactical space simulator follows a conflict between megacorporations at the dawn of the 22nd century. A discovery on the edge of the Solar System...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game
March 16, 2007
Players:
7/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
81/100
This fantasy role-playing game combines turn-based battles with match-three puzzles in the Warlords universe, where a hero sets out to save Etheria from Lord Bane...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)
December 10, 2007
Cosmos Remake is a top-down arcade game with elements of action, shooter, strategy and business simulation from the studio Sinister Systems. The game is published...
