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 2020
Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Farm Simulator
July 28, 2020
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
88/100
Travelers Rest is a fun top-down, co-op innkeeper simulator from a fantasy world. He runs a run-down establishment and must turn it into a magical...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Sports game
December 4, 2009
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game
November 20, 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...
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...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
September 27, 2019
Players:
10/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
91/100
The expanded version of Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age tells the story of a young man who turns out to be the reincarnation of a...
Online, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game, Strategy, Card game
April 28, 2020
Players:
9/10
Metacritic:
87/100
Legends of Runeterra is a free-to-play strategy card game set in the world of League of Legends. Both familiar champions and completely new...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)
May 25, 2020
Steam:
70/100
A large-scale free strategy inspired by Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander. The game transports players to futuristic wars between massive...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Adventure, Side view, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
February 3, 2020
Players:
2.9/10
Steam:
71/100
Asdivine Saga is a fantasy adventure role-playing tactics game with anime elements and a top-down view. In a world facing sudden war, a mercenary...
Online, Card game, Top-down view, Free game, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Collectible card game (CCG)
April 12, 2019
Players:
5.9/10
Steam:
80/100
KARDS — The WWII Card Game is a collectible card game set in World War II. The game uses traditional CCG elements and mechanics inspired by...
