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.![]() |
ZX Spectrum (2013) Elixir Vitae is a Puyo Puyo variant. The player's task is creating a chain of alchemical symbols, with a goal... |
Windows (2005) Ellas Jättememory is an educational memory game that teaches sign language. It differs from a traditional memory game in that... |
Windows (2007) Elven Mists is a puzzle game. Thick fog covers the elven country and the elves are trapped in buds. These... |
Windows (2008) A young elf must wake his elves friends that are trapped inside flowers.Elven Mists 2 is a puzzle game where... |
PC-98 (1992) Long time ago, the elves were living peacefully in their homeland. But endless wars between different races - humans, dwarves,... |
Commodore PET/CBM (1981) Emaze, short for electronic maze puts the player in a rapidly changing electronic maze. The goal is to find the... |
Windows (2003) Emazing Mazes is a collection of 2D and 3D mazes for one playerThe install process loads a version of eGames'... |
Windows (2002) The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is a vertical-scrolling shooter, the sixth official game in the Tōhō series, and the first... |
SNES (1995) This version of Emerald Dragon differs in several significant aspects from the earlier releases. The most notable changes include: World... |
TurboGrafx CD (1994), MSX (1990), PC-88 (1989), PC-98 (1989), FM Towns (1992) and Sharp X68000 (1990) In Emerald Dragon the player takes control of Atrushan, a blue dragon who lives in the Dragon World. One day,... |
Windows (2007) Emerald Tale is a color-matching game where the player must clear a path and guide a blue furry creature to... |
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Amiga (1987) In Emetic Skimmer, set in 5354, the first AI has gone rogue and needs to be stopped. It is the... |
Windows (1999) [email protected] Games: Battleship is the classic game of Battleship, but allows for play-by-email multiplayer modes. The rules are the same... |
Windows (2000) [email protected] Games: Clue is a play-by-email version of the classic board game Clue. The game plays just as the board... |
Windows (1999) [email protected] Games: Grand Master Chess - Checkers & Backgammon features three separate games, namely Chess, Checkers and Backgammon. Each of... |
Windows (1999) [email protected] Games: NFL Football is a play-by-email American Football game with an official NFL license. Both players can select their... |
Windows (1999) [email protected] Games: Scrabble is a play-by-email version of the classic board game Scrabble. The game plays just like the board... |
Windows (2000) [email protected] Games: Soccer is a play-by-email game that lets you challenge a friend to a game of soccer. The game... |
Windows (1999) [email protected] Games: Upwords is a play-by-email version of the classic board game Upwords. Upwords is similar to Scrabble in that... |
Windows (1999) [email protected] Games: X-COM is a turn-based game played over email (optional one computer hot seat) loosely based on the original... |
DOS (1987), Commodore 64 (1988), ZX Spectrum (1987), MSX (1988) and Amstrad CPC (1987) Emilio Butragueño Fútbol is a game branded with the moniker of the Spanish striker Butragueño, who was discovered for 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: