Games Game Genres Top-down view

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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Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2016 (Game released)

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Hearts of Iron 4

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tactics, Grand strategy

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 6 June 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Hearts of Iron 4 is a historical top-down real-time tactical strategy game. The player is given the opportunity to fully manage an individual state...

Enter the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 5 April 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down arcade shooter from the developers at Dodge Roll. The roguelike takes place in the ever-changing fortress of Gungeon...

Hyper Light Drifter

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 31 March 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries...

slither.io

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Online, Arkanoid

Game released: iOS, Android → 25 March 2016

Players: 7.8/10

slither.io is an online arcade action game with a side view. In this game you have to become a snake that eats colorful dots and becomes longer. Your...

Prison Architect

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 → 6 October 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Prison Architect is a top-down real-time management strategy game. Players will have to build and develop a real prison. Moreover, it will be...

Clash Royale

Online, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Tactics

Game released: iOS, Android → 2 March 2016

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Clash Royale is a top-down tactical strategy game with card game elements. The game will appeal to everyone who loves the MOBA genre and the Clash of...

Kingdom Rush Frontiers

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC, Mac, Browser, Amazon Fire TV, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Linux → 25 July 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Kingdom Rush Frontiers is a top-down tower defense strategy game set in a fantasy setting. In the sequel you will visit new picturesque places and...

Crudelis

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 20 January 2016

Steam: 87/100

A short pixel game set in a steampunk world. The main character has only a few trials left to realize his dream of resurrecting the dead. But his...

Savage Resurrection

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Online, Slasher, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 18 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

Savage Resurrection is a multiplayer action game with real-time strategy elements and multiple camera angles in a futuristic setting. Set in the...

Dungeon of the Endless

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Mac, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android → 11 June 2020

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...

Subterrain

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Futurism (Future), Indie, Survival, Top-down view, Crafting

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 21 January 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...

Pac-Man

Arcade, Action, Top-down view

Game released: Android, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BlackBerry, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Intellivision, iPhone, MSX, Neo Geo Pocket Color, NES, PC-88, PC-98, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, Wii, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 27 October 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Pac-Man is a top-down arcade action game. You have to guide Pac-Man through the maze and eat all the dots without being caught by the ghosts. You...

Heroes of Loot 2

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Dungeons, Shooter

Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Mac, Linux → 7 June 2016

Players: 1.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Heroes of Loot 2 is a top-down action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The second part has retained all the characteristic qualities of the...

Sky Force Anniversary

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Android, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 30 April 2015

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sky Force Anniversary is an arcade scrolling shooter set in futuristic aerial battles against waves of enemies and powerful bosses. Missions...

Power & Revolution: Geopolitical Simulator 4

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 26 May 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Power & Revolution: Geopolitical Simulator 4 is a top-down geopolitical simulator. You will be able to become the head of state of your choice and...

Death Road to Canada

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Zombies, Survival

Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac, Linux → 14 December 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone...

Corpse Party

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: PSP, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Linux → 12 August 2010

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This horror adventure with visual-novel elements follows a group of students trapped in an otherworldly version of an abandoned elementary school...

Super Toy Cars

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Top-down view, Indie, Online

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Wii U, Mac, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Super Toy Cars is a fun racing arcade game with a third-person view, where miniature cars fight on tracks located on ordinary objects — tables...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Replayability

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content...

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Turn-based

Game released: Wii U, Nintendo DS → 11 February 2016

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team is a turn-based RPG with an isometric camera view and roguelike elements set in the Pokemon universe. The main...

Five Nights at Freddy's World

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: PC → 12 February 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Five Nights at Freddy's World is an animatronic RPG where gamers won't have to fear the little characters. The gameplay is done in a turn-based mode...

Sky Force Reloaded

Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Arcade, Action

Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 2 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Sky Force Reloaded is an arcade scrolling shooter in which players pilot a combat aircraft through futuristic environments and battle enemy forces...

Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Roguelike, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC → 13 September 2016

Steam: 60/100

Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics is a Japanese-style top-down RPG. The main feature of the project is providing the player with a whole randomly...

Furi

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 5 July 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Furi is an action-slasher game with a third-person view from the French studio The Game Bakers. The main character, armed with a samurai blade, will...

Grand Prix Rock 'N Racing

Arcade, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Sports game

Game released: Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 13 May 2016

Grand Prix Rock 'N Racing is an arcade racing game with an isometric camera view. The game will give you tracks filled with drive and sharp turns...

NeuroVoider

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 85/100

NeuroVoider is a top-down cooperative arcade shooter with procedurally generated levels. Players will take on the role of preserved human brains...

Plants vs. Zombies Heroes

Online, Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Card game, Free game, Tactics

Game released: iOS, Android → 10 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Plants vs. Zombies Heroes — shareware tactical strategy with elements of a card game in the popular Plants vs. universe. Zombies. You have to...

The Mims Beginning

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, God Simulator, City Building, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 18 May 2016

Steam: 76/100

The Mims Beginning is a vibrant god simulator where you control your own race of alien creatures. The plot takes place in an unknown space and time...

Livelock

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Science fiction, Combat robots

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 30 August 2016

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Livelock is a co-op action game about mechs in which players will control iron monsters and fight together against entire armies. The plot of the...

Ninja Turtles: Legends

Fighting, Turn-based, Top-down view, Action

Game released: iOS, Android → 12 May 2016

Players: 7.5/10

The player explores the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe with a completely new original story. There are a total of 7 chapters available...

bit Dungeon

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Action

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One, Android → 12 August 2019

Steam: 89/100

bit Dungeon is a top-down arcade action roguelike with role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. A dynamic pixel game awaits you about a hero...

Filthy Lucre

Arcade, Shooter, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 12 December 2016

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Filthy Lucre is a top-down arcade shooter with stealth elements that supports PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. The game takes place in...

Hearts of Iron 4: Together for Victory

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Historical

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 15 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Hearts of Iron 4: Together for Victory is an addition to the historical top-down real-time strategy Hearts of Iron 4. Events take place around the...

Valkyria Chronicles

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 4 November 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...

OneShot

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 8 December 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This surreal top-down puzzle adventure follows a child travelling through a mysterious world in an attempt to restore its long-dead sun. In OneShot...

Mushroom Wars

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS → 7 April 2016

Steam: 77/100

Mushroom Wars is an original real-time strategy game with a top-down view. You will take on the role of a brave commander and lead your numerous army...