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.![]() |
Atari 2600 (1980) You control a race car on a four lane track, and your goal is to collect all of the dots... |
Amiga (1993) This is a free remake of Dodge 'Em. The player controls a race car on a track made up of... |
Windows (2001) Dodgem is a variation on the sliding block puzzle game.The game is played on either a 3x3 board - where... |
Mainframe (1975) Dodgem is a two player sliding block game that can be played against the computer or another player. Each player... |
Windows 3.x (1994) Dodger is a game in the style of Pac-Man. In Pac-Man the player has to eat all the dots from... |
Atari 8-bit (1981) Dodge Racer is a Head On variant. The player races his car around a circuit consisting of six lanes and... |
Atari 8-bit (2014) Dodge Racer is a simple arcade game, created for the "NOMAM Basic Ten-Liners 2014" competition. The entire code, written in... |
Amiga (2010), Xbox 360 (2009), iPhone (2014), BlackBerry (2014), Android (2012), iPad (2014) and Windows Phone (2010) Dodge These Balls is a simple arcade action game. The player takes control of a red ball that is viewed... |
ZX Spectrum (1983) and Dragon 32/64 (1984) Do-Do is a rather slow-paced clone of Sega's Pengo. You're a man in the middle of a screen filled with... |
PlayStation (1998), SEGA Saturn (1997), PSP (2010), PlayStation 3 (2010), PS Vita (2012) and Arcade (1997) DoDonPachi is Cave's sequel to their 1995 arcade release DonPachi. Like its predecessor, DoDonPachi is a vertical-scrolling and military- and... |
PlayStation 2 (2003) and Arcade (2002) A PS2 port of the fourth installment of the Donpachi series, originally developed by Cave. It follows the same pattern... |
Windows (2016), PlayStation 4 (2016) and Xbox One (2016) |
Windows (2000) Dogs of War is a real-time tactical game set in a full 3D environment. Three factions are fighting each other... |
Windows (1996) Dogs of War is an unofficial electronic adaptation of the Axis & Allies tabletop game. It was initially released as... |
Arcade (1992) Dogyuun is a vertically scrolling science fiction themed shoot 'em up game where you take control of a brand new... |
Nintendo DS (2009) |
Dreamcast (2002) Idol Star Seeker Remix is the first independent release from developer G.rev Ltd., the game differs quite a bit from... |
PlayStation (2002) Dokonjō Gaeru: The Mahjong is a traditional Mahjong game based on the manga written by Yasumi Yoshizawa.The game can be... |
SEGA Saturn (1996), TurboGrafx CD (1995), PC-98 (1992), FM Towns (1993) and Sharp X68000 (1993) In Dōkyūsei, the player takes the role of a high-school student (default name Takurou) in a Japanese town; his parents... |
Windows (2013), Xbox 360 (2013) and PlayStation 3 (2013) Dollar Dash is a fast-paced action game about heists. It can be played in single-player with bots, but is meant... |
Windows (1998) You are one of the alien Mindlords, controlling your species in the battle for "Anima", the substance of all life... |
Amiga (1989), Atari ST (1989), Commodore 64 (1989), ZX Spectrum (1989) and Amstrad CPC (1989) Dominator is a classic shooter game. You're in control of a small spaceship and have once again to save the... |
Critic Score
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 96 Chrono Trigger
- 95 Radiant Silvergun
- 94 Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon
- 94 Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX
- 94 Ms. Pac-Man
- 94 Metal Gear Solid
- 94 Metal Gear Solid
- 94 Chrono Trigger
- 93 Tecmo Super Bowl
- 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)
- 4.61 Aleste 2 (1989)
- 4.60 Ultima: The Second Trilogy (1992)
- 4.55 Digidrive (2006)
- 4.51 Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (2008)
- 4.49 Xak: The Art of Visual Stage (1989)
- 4.47 Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon (1998)
- 4.46 Smart Games Puzzle Challenge 2 (1997)
- 4.45 SD Snatcher (1990)
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: