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 360XboxPS VitaPSPNintendo 3DSNintendo DSWindows PhoneGame Boy Advance
Statuses
Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2016 (Game released)
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, which is a...
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 to find a...
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 after performing a...
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 survivor of an...
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 version of World...
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. Having taken...
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 will find exciting...
Game released: Atari 7800, MSX, NES, Palm OS, Wii, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 1987
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
66/100
This arcade space shooter and sequel to GALAXIAN pits a fighter craft against waves of invading aliens. The player moves the ship left and right, shoots down...
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 meet funny and...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Strategy
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, PlayStation 4 → 6 September 2016
Players:
1/10
Steam:
63/100
Dungeon Rushers is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat where you go on a dungeon exploration. All levels are generated randomly and are fraught with...
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 Auriga, the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android → 29 July 2015
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Absolute Drift is a racing arcade game that will make you a true drifting master. On each track, you must get the maximum score by smashing various objects, doing...
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, whose task is to...
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. Stages feature...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PS Vita → 28 April 2016
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Neon Chrome is a top-down cyberpunk roguelike shooter where you have to conquer the Neon Chrome Corporation by hacking your brain. Sleeping bodies have different...
Board / Group Game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Online, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Free game, Card game
Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 18 November 2017
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
81/100
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is a free-to-play card game in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series, in which you need to wisely build a deck, calculate every step in advance and confront...
