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 2018 (Game released)
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival, Sandbox
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 17 October 2018
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
87/100
RimWorld is a sci-fi survival simulator on an alien planet with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. Under your control is a small group...
Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting, Role-playing game
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 15 August 2018
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true manager of a medieval cemetery. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Linux → 15 September 2015
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
92/100
An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Adult game, Farm Simulator, Casual game, Crafting
Game released: Browser, Android, PC → 17 December 2018
Players:
6.3/10
Steam:
67/100
Booty Farm is a management strategy game with dating simulator elements for adults. You’re a playboy who has just inherited a farm from your uncle...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 21 August 2017
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
75/100
The Escapists 2 is a continuation of the top-down prisoner management simulator. The game is a direct continuation of the original. You will be able...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Survival, Zombies
Game released: PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2019
Players:
6.5/10
Steam:
79/100
An action role-playing game with survival elements and a top-down perspective, set during a zombie apocalypse. A research institute working on a cure...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: iOS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SNES, Wii, PC → 8 December 2011
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
92/100
This role-playing game follows Crono, a young hero who sets out to save the planet’s future after his companion Marle vanishes through a rift in...
Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Business / Management, Historical, Grand strategy, Sandbox
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 22 November 2018
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
86/100
Age of History 2 is the continuation of a large turn-based tactical strategy game with a top-down view Age of Civilizations Americas. Your main...
Shooter, Online, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Construction, Zombies, Strategy
Game released: PC, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 26 August 2017
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
45/100
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD is a top-down cooperative zombie shooter for multiple players. Every night you have to defend yourself from hordes of...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 20 November 2014
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
94/100
Kingdom Rush Origins is a great continuation of the tower defense game with beautiful hand-drawn graphics, which tells the story of the war of one...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 31 May 2018
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Cultist Simulator is a board game about the difficult and worry-filled life of an ordinary fanatic who firmly believes in a not-so-holy higher power...
Online, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Collectible card game (CCG), Strategy
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 28 November 2018
Players:
2.4/10
Steam:
57/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Artifact: The Dota Card Game is a card tabletop game set in the fantasy universe of Dota 2. The game features three lanes, characters, minions, and...
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...
Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Logic, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation, Board / Group Game
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 3 October 2013
Steam:
61/100
Four deadly diseases are rapidly spreading across the planet, and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Only the coordinated work of a small group...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 20 September 2018
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
CrossCode is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy style. This game combines SNES-style 16-bit graphics with smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system...
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Dungeons
Game released: PC, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2018
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying...
