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 2021
Simulation, Top-down view, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Roguelike
April 23, 2020
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
73/100
A continuation of the original 911 Operator idea, but on a larger scale - now the whole world is under control. As an emergency services dispatcher, you will have...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
April 16, 2003
Players:
8.7/10
Metacritic:
66/100
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Free game, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game
May 29, 2019
A minimalist strategy in the genre of "tower defense," where protecting the base from endless waves of enemies combines with technology development, resource...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie
December 14, 2021
Players:
5.5/10
Noble Fates is a management strategy with elements of a colony simulator with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In a land far, far away, mortals vie...
Strategy, Roguelike, Isometric, In real time, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Business / Management
March 18, 2021
Rogue State Revolution is a tactical global strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. An exciting geopolitical roguelike awaits you, designed for both...
Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Adventure, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Business / Management, Indie
May 27, 2021
Players:
9.7/10
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper is a continuation of the action-adventure sandbox with elements of a survival simulator and a top-down view. You will set out to...