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, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie
October 27, 2014
Players:
7.7/10
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...
Roguelike, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Top-down view, Shooter
December 2, 2021
Players:
10/10
In the game, you can choose a destroyer hero and go to conquer the galaxy, destroying various monsters. As they progress, players will be able to profit from...
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...