Games

Thank you so much to everyone who commented with suggestions! Some really surprising ones in there too that I'm very much looking forwards to playing soon. So far thanks to this post I've grabbed Heat Signature as well as Shady Part of Me and I'm replaying Dysmantle. I've also wishlisted Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal and will nab that the minute it goes on sale.

Edit: Ooh and I'm also looking forward to the release of Outworld Station on Tuesday. That looks like a really interesting top down, space station factory automation game :)

RTS like AoE or Warcraft

Bullet Hells like Assault Android Cactus

Hotline Miami

every 4X game

V Rising, Diablo or Baldurs Gate

Kenshi. There is really not a single game out there that I can really compare it to and they have a very strong community, showing the game has a high replayability value

Does Dungeons 3 or 4 count? If so, these games are great.

Rimworld?

It’s such an overcrowded genre isn’t it?

Well it's not really a genre, just a mode of perspective.

Disco Elysium ditched combat for an everything-is-dialogue-approach and it is really really good.

Cocoon is very different, the worlds inside worlds puzzles are mind-breaking but really fun. Highly recommended!

What actual genre do you like to play? Might get some more relevant recommendations. Otherwise, top-down is just a POV and there are a ton of genres that have been made this way.

• Factorio - Factory Building
• Door Kickers - Tactical CQB
• Dwarf Fortress - Roguelite Town Management
• The Battle for Wesnoth - Turn-based RPG
• GTA1/2/London 1969 - The best GTAs
• FTL - Roguelite space adventure. Real-time with pause.

Factorio 🏭

Factorio is a game in which you build and maintain factories. You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies.

Minesweeper

Heat Signature - https://store.steampowered.com/app/268130/Heat_Signature/

Idk if it counts but "shady part of me" was an excellent game.

It's more up and to the side then top down it is a really fun platformer with interesting light mechanics and worth checking out.

"Can't live without electricity"

Basically routing a pcb with extra dopamine

Not sure how old you are, have you played the first and second GTA?

I forgot the name of it (Ex Machina? 🤔), but there is a top down diablo-like game with somewhat QWOPish controls and physics based combat. You control movement normally (assuming you're standing), but you have to actually swing your sword around with the mouse and because it's a top down view, this becomes a real challenge. It's also presented as a soul like, so the AI is generally actually good at combat, and it's also slow, and heavy feeling.

I don't think it ever got finished, though. It was semi-popular for about a week before I never really saw it anymore.

Voidigo is pretty unique I think. Chaotic roguelite with unique and sometimes asinine weaponry. Sure, it can sometimes feel a bit like Enter the Gungeon, but I feel the art style separates it a good bit from that and other top down shooters. Plus the guns and melee can be a bit crazy in their own right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkoiGRuiaw

20 minutes till dawn and disfigure are my go-to topdowns

Try Dismantle. You can dismantle buildings there(it isn't the goal, just a rather unique part of gameplay). It even has some plot. And looks nice.

Try Cogmind, Caves of Qud or Dwarf Fortress maybe?

Dreamweb.

90's cyberpunk point'n'click with a dark mature story and a rocking soundtrack.

Sunless Sea

Tormentor X Punisher is quite unique :)

Would Terra Invicta count for you? Or do you mean top down in a 2d sense?

Sorry for the source, but this list is gold: https://www.reddit.com/r/CRPG/wiki/recommendations/

Maybe this is not what you are looking for but I like Creeper World 3!