The Best Top-down Games - Page 3

Update : FALL added at rank #44.
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UnMetal (2021)

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vita Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

UnMetal is an all-new parody of Metal Gear, the first game in Hideo Kojima's famous franchise. It recreates the experience of playing the original game while adding unique puzzles, fresh mechanics, and thrilling boss fights. The narrative ties into the gameplay in an innovative way and there are plenty of running gags and surprises along the way.


What we like:
  • Cleaned-up visuals
  • Faithful recreation of original gameplay
  • Complex puzzles
  • Innovative narrative tie-in to gameplay
  • Plenty of running gags and surprises
  • Hilarious comedy
What could be improved:
  • Humor may not be everyone's cup of tea
  • May not make sense to those who haven't played Metal Gear on NES

  • stealth
  • parody
  • military
  • top-down
  • comedy
  • espionage
  • retro
  • crime
  • funny
  • inventory
  • old-school
  • boss-fight
  • pixel
  • 1980s
  • 2d

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Zombie Soup (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Android

Zombie Soup is a top-down shooter combined with hack and slash action that follows Ricky, a backpacker who is thrown into an unexpected adventure in an unfamiliar town as he shoots and dodges his way through hordes of bizarre creatures and challenging bosses to save a kidnapped girl!


  • top-down
  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • zombies
  • rogue-like
  • psychedelic
  • 1980s
  • bullet-hell
  • dungeon-crawler
  • surreal
  • boss-fight
  • post-apocalyptic

23

Tesla Force (2020)

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Android Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!


  • top-down
  • lovecraftian
  • mech
  • procedural
  • rogue-like
  • science
  • destruction
  • shooter
  • local
  • twin-stick
  • replay-value
  • cooperative
  • horror
  • gauntlet
  • sci-fi

24

Endoparasitic (2022)

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Linux Mac OS Android PC Windows

Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.


  • survival-horror
  • top-down
  • lovecraftian
  • minimalist
  • zombies
  • stylized
  • space
  • horror
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • noir
  • 2d
  • stealth
  • abstract
  • exploration

25

Rustler Grand Theft Horse (2021)

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PC Windows

Become a medieval thug in a crazy open-world action game, full of pop-culture references. Complete insane quests, kill heroes, steal horses, fight guards, rob peasants, listen to some bard music, and much more! All packed in old-school gameplay style!


  • top-down
  • horses
  • medieval
  • soundtrack
  • open-world
  • crime
  • swordplay
  • sandbox
  • funny
  • shooter
  • mature
  • racing
  • parody
  • atmospheric
  • story

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Tap Wizard 2 (2024)

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Xbox Series X PC Windows Mac OS Android Xbox One Linux Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone

Choose your Spells, Perks, and Traits, then let the Wizard do all of the work in this unique Idle RPG! Tap Wizard 2 is a fusion of the Idle, Incremental, ARPG, and Twin-Stick Shooter genres, resulting in a game like no other!


  • fantasy
  • idler
  • top-down
  • clicker
  • rpg
  • hack-and-slash
  • dark
  • pixel
  • action
  • shooter
  • pve
  • inventory
  • character
  • management
  • combat

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Twelve Minutes (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Android PC Windows IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Twelve Minutes is a highly-anticipated, unique narrative adventure game. You play as the male protagonist who lives with his wife and control the cursor with the analogue stick to interact with the environment or other characters. Every bit of dialogue is voiced by stars like Daisy Ridley, James McAvoy and Willem Dafoe and you have a limited window of time to figure out how to get out of the time loop.


What we like:
  • Unique narrative adventure game
  • Fantastic voice acting
  • Graphically beautiful
  • Enjoyable point-and-click gameplay
  • Opportunity to complete multiple play-throughs for achievements
What could be improved:
  • Some graphical fuzziness when zooming in on objects
  • Tough final act that may leave players feeling angry

  • point-and-click
  • top-down
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • romantic
  • inventory
  • interactive
  • time
  • drama
  • detective

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12 is Better Than 6 (2015)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS

12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down hardcore shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The action takes place in 1873, the noon of lawless and cruelty all over North America.


  • top-down
  • stealth
  • first-and-third-person
  • western
  • shooter
  • non-interactive
  • cover
  • trial-and-error
  • horses
  • action

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Toodee and Topdee (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X

A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.

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  • platform
  • puzzle
  • top-down
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • campaign

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Breakpoint (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Breakpoint is an arcade-style space shooter with neon explosions, unique enemies, and a variety of melee weapons that you can use to dispatch your adversaries. You can level up your weapons and build up a "breakpoint" meter to unleash powerful attacks that clear the screen efficiently. Compete in high score challenges and aim to best your own personal record.


What we like:
  • Unique spin on classic arcade trope
  • Variety of melee weapons with unique light/heavy attacks
  • Fast restarts and pick-up-and-play addictiveness
  • Catchy electronica dance track intensifies with each passing enemy
  • High score leaderboards both local and global
What could be improved:
  • Single game mode - no set level mode
  • More game modes would be nice

  • top-down
  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • space
  • attack
  • score
  • shoot-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • fast-paced
  • arcade
  • futuristic
  • colourful
  • retro
  • sci-fi
  • 2d

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