Top-down
Description
These games use a top-down view, also called an overhead view or a helicopter view. A top-down view is strict and cannot have any angle at all. Game Title |
 Commodore 64 (1986) The planet Erebus has been developed by Earth into a giant refinery to turn it's waste into useful gases and... |
 ZX Spectrum (1984), MSX (1984), PC-88 (1983), Sharp X1 (1983), FM-7 (1983), PC-6001 (1983) and Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500 (1983) The first title in the Bomberman series, released as Eric and the Floaters in the UK, introduces the gameplay concept... |
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Macintosh (2005) Eric's Ultimate Solitaire X is a collection of 25 solitaire card games. This is a sequel to Eric's Ultimate Solitaire... |
 NES (1988) Two children, the girl Erika and the boy Satoru, live together in a small house somewhere in modern Japan. One... |
Game Gear (1994) Ernie Els Golf is a handheld golf game for up to four players. The game is similar to other golf... |
J2ME (2007) In this time management game, the player takes the role of a junior doctor tasked with saving lives in the... |
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 NES (1987) Erunaaku No Zaihou is a simplistic arcade game played from an overhead view. The player controls a man who wants... |
ZX Spectrum (1983) Escalador Loco is, as its title indicates (literally, a Spanish translation of Crazy Climber), an unofficial version of the classic... |
Atari ST (1992) In the reign of King Louis VI, in the second medieval age, many thousands of years from now the king... |
Atari ST (1988) Escape is a RPG-like labyrinth game for medium resolution coded in assembler. Your mission is to find the exit of... |
PC-98 (1996) In Escape, the player assumes the role of an ordinary teenager named Root. He is returning from a long journey,... |
 Commodore 64 (1984) and ZX Spectrum (1982) Inside a distant valley was a maze cut off from civilisation where many explorer as entered but never returned to... |
 Apple II (1978) One of the first games by Silas Warner which, along with his Maze Game, provides an early demonstration of first-person... |
Windows (1997) There has been a radiation leak at a top secret research facility and people are being transformed into monsters. As... |
 iPhone (2010) and Nintendo DSi (2010) Awakening in a cell with no memory of who you are save for your name, Claire, you hear a voice... |
 DOS (1990) For an inexplicable reason, an ordinary guy named Richard was thrown into Hell. Apparently, there has been some mistake, but... |
ZX81 (1983) Escape From Manhattan is a game inspired by the movie Escape From New York. The year is 1999 and Manhattan... |
 Commodore 64 (1983), ZX Spectrum (1983) and VIC-20 (1983) In this game you play the role of a man who has been deatomized by a rogue 6502 processor and... |
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 Macintosh (1996) Escape Velocity is an open-ended, role-playing arcade game set in a future where interstellar space travel has allowed mankind to... |
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Macintosh (1998) This space trading simulation sequel uses extended features of the original game engine. It has a new story in a... |
Critic Score
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 96 Gauntlet
- 96 Chrono Trigger
- 95 Radiant Silvergun
- 94 Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon
- 94 Metal Gear Solid
- 94 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- 94 Chrono Trigger
- 93 Tecmo Super Bowl
- 93 Sid Meier's Civilization II
- 93 Shadowfire
Games must have at least a Critic Score of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games as rated by our users:
- 4.78 Napalm: The Crimson Crisis (1998)
- 4.69 Summer Carnival '92: Recca (1992)
- 4.67 Arc the Lad Collection (2002)
- 4.66 Crystal Defenders (2008)
- 4.66 Pac-Man: Championship Edition (2007)
- 4.61 Aleste 2 (1989)
- 4.60 Ultima: The Second Trilogy (1992)
- 4.59 SD Snatcher (1990)
- 4.55 Digidrive (2006)
- 4.51 Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (2008)
Games must have at least 5 votes and a User Score of 4.0 to be considered.
Perspective
Top-down is part of Perspective. This group of genres contain:
