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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PlayStation 3PlayStation 2Xbox 360XboxPS VitaPSPNintendo 3DSNintendo DSWindows PhoneGame Boy Advance
Statuses
Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2016
Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Strategy, Card game
April 27, 2016
Steam:
68/100
Pathfinder Adventures — turn-based card game in a fantasy setting, based on the board Pathfinder Card Game. You have to deal with a squad of warriors, of...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
October 27, 2014
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie, Survival, Top-down view, Crafting
January 21, 2016
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
79/100
Subterrain is an action-horror adventure with RPG elements and a top-down view. In the game you will play as one Doctor West, apparently the only survivor of an...
Arcade, Online, Simulation, Shooter, MMO, Golf, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sports game, Indie, Casual game
April 9, 2016
Steam:
89/100
A multiplayer sandbox with an emphasis on online interaction and a variety of mini-games. At the core is a living world that develops together with the community of...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Grand strategy, Open world
August 19, 2016
Steam:
55/100
Hero Generations: ReGen is a cartoon strategy with role-playing game elements and turn-based battles in a fantasy setting. You will go explore a procedurally...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Dungeons, Exploration
March 10, 2016
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
62/100
Moon Hunters is a top-down cooperative RPG set in a fantasy setting. You have to team up with three friends and go to an ancient world that changes with each new...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based
April 24, 2008
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Valkyria Chronicles is a turn-based tactical strategy with role-playing elements. The game takes place in Europe in 1935, presenting an alternative version of World...
