29 Best Top Down View Games for Mac OS

Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour focuses on Real-time Strategy gameplay and supports both Single and Multiplayer modes created by EA Lost Angeles and published by EA Games. The game includes new units, abilities, and modes of play known as Generals’ Challenge. There are different factions such as USA, China, GLA, etc. and you can select one of them to get access to the game world where you have to lead your army in the fictional world and fight against others to progress. Each faction has its strength and weakness and a set of units and weapons. Build your base, recruit army and equip them with advanced weapons. Defend your base and upgrade your units using your rewards and bonuses. Gather resources, and conquer another base by defeating them. It has different modes such as Reborn, Contra, and Rise of the Reds, Shockwave, Operation Firestorm and more. There are a series of missions with unique gameplay and quests. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

XCOM is a Series Multi-genre video games and offers a versatility throughout the series. Strategy, RTS, turn-based tactics, Real-time Tactics, Simulations, Construction and Management, Military and War gaming, Space Flight, FPS, Third-person Shooting, Action, RPG, etc. are all the genres in which XCom offers games. XCom series was originally started back in 1994 by a company known as MicroProse. MicroProse published in total six games with two of them cancelled. The series rocked the markets but soon it lost the business until the series was rebooted in 2005 by 2K Games. The Series once again started with a mega hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown and broke all the previous records. With critically acclaim and commercial success, the company launched an Expansion pack named as XCOM: Enemy Within, back in 2013 and another title XCOM 2 in 2016. From the very beginning to the latest release of the series, XCOM has maintained the standard and the quality of content and is one of the most favorite series of games throughout the world. Players who typically love playing games with Sci-Fi and Action elements, can play the games in the series and enjoy.

Zoo Tycoon (2001) combines the elements of Construction and Management and Business Simulation developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft. The game supports Single-player mode only and takes place in the exciting world. The player assumes the role of the manager and his primary task is to create a marvelous zoo by building rides, exhibits to accommodate exotic animals and struggling to keeps animals and visitors happy. The player starts off from an empty land and he must turn it into an amusement park. Different types of animals are available such as Lion, Elephant, and more to attract visitors. The player needs to compete against rival opponents and take down them by offering the best services. The happiness of the guests dependent on buildings, animal happiness and choices, scenery, and decorations. He can build different structure using material such as restaurant, shops, food stands, bathrooms, and more. The player has to earn as much money as possible to progress through the game and unlock further content in the game. With superb mechanics, addictive graphics, and smooth controls, Zoo Tycoon (2001) is the best game to play and enjoy.

Factorio mixes the elements of Action, Real-time Strategy, and Survival developed and published by Wube Software. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes and offers an exciting story revolves around a spaceman who landed on an alien planet due to crash. As the survival, your primary objective is to harvest resources by hand to build up different structures, and a rocket to escape back to home. The inhabitants of the planet are trying to defend their environment from the destruction and pollution by you. The game is about creating a colony, searching resources, and surviving as long as possible to progress in the match. In the beginning, you starts off from an empty land, and your initial task is to build a colony by collecting resources and expand it further and further to progress through the game. There are three vehicles available that you can use during gameplay such as train, car, and tank. Three types of enemies present to take you a tough time while you are completing your objectives such as splitters, worms, and bitters. Explore the world from a top-down perspective, accomplish randomly generated levels and build your spaceship to escape to home. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Caesar III is a City-building, and Single-player video game created by Impression Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is the third entry in the series of Caesar game and allows the player take on the role of the Roman governor. The ultimate task of the player is to build a massive Roman city, in which he has to make the city safe, gather resources to expand his city, craft weapons, and grow crops to fed his people and keep them happy for further progress. The player has to deals with disasters, foes, and angry gods. The player can explore the game world from isometric views, and there are a set of levels that the player has to complete at any cost. To level-up, the player must fulfill the requirements of each level and expand his village by defeating another castle using his military. It combines the compound of city-building, crafting, resource management, and strategy. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Project Zomboid is an Action, Horror-Survival, Role-playing, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by The Indie Stone. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic-themed world where you are challenged by the game to survive as long as possible before dying. It offers an open environment invaded by zombies and you must face different challenges, pain, thirst, hunger, and tiredness. The ultimate task is to explore the game world, gather resources, and find foods to live alive for another day. It has two modes such as Survival and Sandbox. Build a shelter using different items, go to sleep to recover your energy and complete each and every level to prove yourself as the best survivor. Craft different weapons to attack zombies and eliminate them to earn experience points. Other features, modes, and levels will be unlocked as you gain experience. With horror gameplay, superb mechanics, addictive visuals, and horrific story, Project Zomboid is the best game to play and enjoy.

Bloons TD 5 is an immersive, 2D, Strategy, Tower-Defense, Co-op, and Single-player Action video game created and published by Ninja Kiwi for multiple platforms. The game lets you chance to create your awesome towers, select your upgrades, hire special agents, and smash every last bloon in each level. The game introduces new special agents, HD graphics, original soundtracks, new towers, buildings and special missions. Research unique abilities to discover new technology and towers. There are over twenty-one towers, ten special agents, over two-hundred random missions, and new foes such as tougher Camos, etc. that you have seen experience before. Complete a series of levels by smashing blooms, make the strategy, use towers and place them in the right place, defend your unit and complete the level with highest points. Unlock further levels using points and unlock all features to become the master. Bloons TD 5 offers exciting features such as over 50 Achievements, 3 different Modes, 3 difficulty Settings, 10 Missions and more. Bloons TD 5 is the best game for those who love playing Tower-Defense games.

Do you want to forget your past? Or do you want to kill it? Well, this fantastic Roguelike Bullet Hell and Top-down Shooter is all about forgetting the past. Developed by Dodge Roll, Enter the Gungeon lets the players take on a journey filled with Hardcore Action and Thrill. The game offers a truly remarkable and an extremely fast-paced gameplay in which it Tasks the players to go head to head with deadly Robots, shoot them down with fire blazing guns and finally reach down to the treasure of Legendary Gungeon, a special Gun that can kill the Past. With amazing Dungeon Crawling elements, Enter the Gungeon lets the players select any character from the provided characters of Misfits, shoot down your way through the dungeons, collect epic loots and complete the game objectives while enjoying the most amazing gameplay ever. Enter the Gungeon offers all the amazing Perks and upgrades that the players can use and enhance their firepower along with fantastic skills, use them against the enemies and enjoy the game. With a brilliant game setting, impressive 2D visuals, and great mechanics, Enter the Gungeon is one of the best Dungeon Crawling, Action, Shooter and Roguelike video game to play and enjoy. Do give it a try.

BombSquad is an Action, Single and Multiplayer Party video game developed by Eric Froemling. The game includes different characters such as insane chefs, ninjas, pirates, barbarians, etc. and focuses on fast-paced, explosions, 8-player co-op, and physics-based elements. It supports touch screens and lets you select your character and involve yourself in an epic battle against fellows to satisfy your hunger for revenge in wild battle. Use different weapons and bombs to blow up your buddies and earn points to rank-up. The game offers the similar gameplay to Gang Beasts with the same task to eliminate your friend from the round. Use your wits and dominate the battle. There are a series of levels, and each level represents different gameplay and environment. Gain points and use them to customize your character and unlock power-ups to enhance the ability of your character. Immerse yourself in mini-games experience and show off your abilities to your friends. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant touch controls, BombSquad is the best game to play and enjoy.

Prison Architect combines the elements of Construction and Management Simulation created and published by Introversion Software. The game offers top-down gameplay and deals with city-building genre. The main objective of the player is to build and run a prison to earn money and experience points. It offers the similar gameplay like Theme Hospital, and the player has to build different units, rooms, cages, and office. Hire staff such as a warden, workers, and guards and train them. There are two types of roles that the player can assume such as Governor and Architect. It has a set of levels, and the player will rank up as he completes the objectives. The player can enjoy two different types of modes offering different challenges, story and gameplay such as Escape mode and Story mode. Navigate the world, complete tasks and expand the prison further and further to earn lots of money and points and compete against rival NPCs. With superb gameplay, addictive soundtracks, and brilliant visuals, Prison Architect is the best game as compared to other Business Simulations.

Stick RPG 2: Director’s Cut is an Adventure, Role-playing, Open World and Single-player Simulation created and published by XGen Studios. The game is awesome and revolves around the protagonist and his efforts to make his place among strange citizens while working, eating, gambling, and studying. According to the story, the protagonist lost the way of his home and stuck in the strange world where he has to struggle to earn money and face various difficulties like hunger, thirst and more. There are a series of levels, and the player must complete each one at any cost to progress. The player needs to do the job to earn money, solve different puzzles and find the way to his home. The game includes over twenty-five careers including Professor, Trainer, Lumberjack, etc. Eighteen new weapons, three Combat Zones, Online and Offline Saving, Two new Mini-Games, Romance System, over thirty Trophies to Win, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is a City-Building, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by BreakAway Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is the last game in the series of Emperor and introduces a multiplayer mode. The game takes place in an ancient time and focuses on the building of a city. The main objective is to create a beautiful city using different buildings, material, and items and expand it further and further. You can assume the role of the King and you have you keep the inhabitant of your Empire well fed, happy, safe and healthy. Explore the game world, gather resources, grow crops, and make different useful products. Create different buildings, farms, and factories and offers the best facilities to your citizen. The game lets you a chance to become a leader and show off your leader abilities in front of your fellows. Score the highest points and challenge your friends to beat it. Recruit troops to defend your city from hazards and fight against other nations to conquer. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant features, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is the best game to play and enjoy.

Crusader Kings II: Conclave is an Expansion Pack for Crusader King II and revolves around Action Role-playing and Strategy Simulation elements developed by Paradox Development Studio. The DLC pack focuses on grand strategy element and takes place in the middle age from 1066 to 1453. It consists of several historical figures such as Charlemagne, Robert Guiscard, El Cid, and more. Your ultimate task is to select your territory and dive into the game where you have to make your strategy to fight against other using your political, military and economic power. Earn experience points by defeating other figures, and conquer the world to become the master. Keep your people happy, and gather resources to survive longer. Councils, Diplomatic System, Marital Alliances, Military Combat, etc. are prominent features in the game. With enhanced visuals, addictive mechanics, and wonderful sounds, Crusader Kings II: Conclave is the best expansion pack in the series of Crusader Kings II.

Hero Siege is another wonderful Fantasy-based Action-Adventure video game that offers Fast-paced, Top-Down Hack and Slash, Rogue-like and RPG elements and allows you to go full scale against the enemies, Kill them all by your super cool sword wielding and gun slinging skills, improve your offensive and defensive skills and abilities by fighting selflessly, loot all the things you can and explore a massive game-world. With super cool visuals, an addictive game-play and countless hours of plain entertainment, Hero Siege features Online Multiplayer Support, Randomly generated game world, levels, collectibles, dungeons, enemies, bosses, 170 above unique characters, a lot of achievements to unlock, 4 difficulty levels, beautiful Rogue-like visuals and an immersive game-play for you to play and enjoy this cool game.

Undertale is a Single-player Role Playing and Puzzle sgame by Toby Fox. The game offers a Top Down perspective and allows the players to control a Child’s character who falls in the underworld. This large secluded region under the Earth’s surface is separated by a very thin Magic Barrier. After falling to the Underworld, the game tasks the player to explore the world, meet monsters on your way up the surface, engage into epic combats with the monsters and keep on going up while reigning a Bullet hell over the enemies. Undertale offers a choice-based gameplay and allows the players to either kill the monsters or spare them and the decisions that the players makes, directly affect the ending of the game. There is also brief Dialog included in the game, and that feature allows the player to interact with various characters in the game, know the directions and get info about safe passageways, etc. Undertale offers Puzzle elements as well in the game and allows the players to solve some of the most complex puzzles while exploring the world and finding the way up. With the Scripted events, Bullet hell combats, loads of obstacles, Boss fights, an epic journey to complete, and Challenging puzzles, Undertale offers quite a unique experience of Action, RPG and Puzzle gaming elements to enjoy.

RimWorld is a 2013’s top trending Construction and Management Simulation by Ludeon Studios. The game focuses on the objectives of the game to Explore and Expand a newly built colony of Survivors of a deadly Spaceship Crash. The primary tasks are to explore, collect resources and repairing the ship so the survivors can escape the planet. With a remarkable Top-down 2D view, RimWorld offers a randomly generated storyline and an open world to explore. RimWorld offers three AI (Artificial Intelligence) Storytellers in the game named as Cassandra, Phoebe, and Randy. The story of RimWorld revolves around several characters, and it allows the players to control three characters initially at the early stages of the game. One fantastic feature of the game is that it allows the players to keep on generating the characters until they are satisfied with their particular attributes. As the time passes, more and more colonists join the game and in particular the Colony. The new colonists can act upon their will individually, or they can be taken as prisoners and forced to join the Colony. During the gameplay, the Storytellers keep on throwing random events at the players and the players gets to select between accepting the event or they can reject them. Accepting the events as quests can be good for the players as they offer tons of rewards. The characters in the game can keep on progressing until they have all escaped the planet, and that is when the game ends. With a very familiar and easy to understand gameplay and controls, beautifully created visuals and immersive gameplay, RimWorld is a fun Construction and Management Simulation to enjoy.

The Bard’s Tale is a fantastic Fantasy-based Action-RPG video game. The game tasks you to be the main character Bard, whose beloved Princess Caleigh is kidnapped by an unknown enemy. It is now your responsibility to free her by using your Strength, Dexterity, Charisma, Luck and Vitality along with the finest combat skills. With a number of different difficulty levels, The Bard’s Tale lets you modify your player character with the help of all the given options, choose your talents and skills, choose your play style and get into the game-play. The Bard’s Tale lets you use two handed weapons and that makes the game a bit more interesting because two hand weapons means fast action and a thrilling game-play. The game is played from a top-down perspective that allows you to enjoy it a bit more. With solid Action and Thrill, amazing Action-RPG elements, beautiful visuals and an engaging game-play, The Bard’s Tale is a great game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.

The Escapists combines the Role-playing and Strategy elements developed by Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team17. The game supports Single-player mode only and offers an exciting gameplay played from top-down view. The player assumes the role of the protagonist, an inmate and his primary objective is to escape from cage of increasing level difficulty. In the beginning, the player is capable of selecting the names of all guards and prisons. During the event, the player has to collect certain tools to aid in his escape, by bartering them from other prisoners, crafting them or stealing them. The player must participate in various activities like study enables the player to level up, exercise allows him to improve his abilities and chance to escape. The player needs to follow daily prison routines, and efforts to remain undetected by the guards. There are several methods to escape such as roof escape, via vents, inciting riots, and other. The Escapists offers core features such as Ten Operational Prisons, Ten different Jobs, more than 185 unique Items, Multiple Escapes, Leaderboards and more. Try it out.

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood combines the elements of Stealth, Real-time Tactics, and Isometric video game created by Spellbound Entertainment and published by Strategy First. The game offers the similar gameplay like Commandos and Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. There are over five characters to controls such as Friar Tuck, Will Stutely, Little John, Maid Marian, and Merry men and the story of the game based on the protagonist named Robin Hood. The game takes place in the historic-themed in fictional England where the brutal antagonist named Sheriff of Nottingham and his companion threatened the city and spread devastation. The ultimate task of the protagonist is to navigate the environment, collect resources, and assist his people. The game uses isometric view and the protagonist must avoid slaughtering foes as much as possible, or he won’t be able to create as many new Merry Men. There are a set of levels and the player must complete each one, complete the objectives, collect enough points to unlock others, and fend off foes against destroying his city. With superb story, addictive gameplay, and the best mechanics, Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood is the best game to play and enjoy.

Mushroom Wars 2 developed and published by Zillion Whales is a Real-time Strategy, Tower-defense, Single and Multiplayer video game available to play on multiple platforms. It is the sequel to Mushroom Wars video game published in 2016. The game takes place in the fictional world called Woodland populated with mushrooms who must face off enemies in real-time strategy battles. There are a variety of characters and each character offers its unique skills, and personality. To get into the world, you have to select your character with an aim to lead the armies of mushroom and command them to conquer the land of enemies and defend your Empire. The game introduces new features such as Multiplayer Modes, Award system, Ranked Matches, Customizable Settings, and Single-player Campaign. It has four different mushroom tribes such as Proteus, Rudo, Shrooms, and more. Before the match, you needs to select your tribe and start playing the game. Mushroom Wars 2 offers core features such as four different Campaigns, New Environments, Customization and more. Mushroom Wars 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

Bloons TD Battles is a Tower-defense, Multiplayer, Strategy, 2D, and Free-to-play video game developed by Ninja Kiwi. The game lets you a chance to lead a team of monkeys and fight against other players for victory. It includes over twenty head-to-head tracks and revolves around multiplayer combat. Use different towers to fend off foes by destroying your units and earn points by defeating them. Upgrade your towers, unlock new attacks, boosts, and the ability of lead bloons and send them to conquer your opponent’s defense. There are different modes such as Assault, Defensive, Battle Arena and more. You can create your private matches and invite your steam friend to join you. Earn money and purchase different towers and equipment for your army. The game unlocks other levels as you progress through it, and become more challenging. Bloons TD Battles include core features such as Multiple Modes, Lead your Army, Earn Money, Head-to-Head Play, Twenty Battles, Twenty-two custom Towers, Sixteen exciting Achievements and more. Bloons TD Battles is the best game as compared to other Tower-defense games.

The Settlers II (released as The Settlers: Veni, Vidi, Vici, and German: Die Siedler II) is a RTS (Real-time Strategy), Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Blue Byte Software for multiple platforms. The game serves as the 2nd title in the series of The Settler video game and introducing the Single-player Campaign, new maps, a Map Editor and more. Now, the player can play the game in either a Single-player mod or in the Free Game mode with individual scenarios. The primary objective of the player is to build a settlement with multiple functioning economy system, conquering rival territories, producing sufficient units, and controlling the entire map. There are two different modes such as Campaign and Free Game. In Campaign mode, the player needs to complete a series of mission, in which he has to defeat the AI-controlled opponents to earn points. In Free Game mode, the player selects a map and effort to refine the game in multiple ways such as selecting which race to control (Japanese, Vikings, Nubians, or Romans), choosing the races (from two to four), and picking up the victory conditions. The Settlers II includes prominent features such as Multiple Races, multiple Modes, Crafting System, Economy and Transportation System, and more. Check it out, if you love playing RTS games.

Human Resource Machine created and published by Tomorrow Corporation is a Visual-Programming-based Puzzle and Single-player video game for multiple platforms. The game uses the corporation office’s concept, where worker assigned to perform specific tasks that involve various objects between inbox to outbox, from the storage areas as a metaphor. The player needs to solve several puzzles to create a program and accomplish a particular task. Up to forty programming problems are available in the game, and each considers one of the avatars of the player in the office structure. In each level, the player must create a list of instructions from a command and control the movement of his avatar from a top-down perspective. The level difficulty will be increased, as the player progresses through the game. The office comprises two conveyor belts such as an inbox and outbox. Human Resource Machine includes prominent features such as attractive Soundtracks, immersive Gameplay, and brilliant mechanics, etc. Human Resource Machine is the best game to play and enjoy.

Plague Inc: Evolved combines the elements of Real-time Strategy (RTS), Adventure, and Simulation by Ndemic Creations and available to play on cross platforms. It is the remake of the addictive game known as Plague Inc and revolves around the player as he create his dangerous pathogen and struggle to destroy the human population. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer mode and puts the player on an epic adventure where he has to create his unique and deadly disease and spread it out around the globe to infect the human and slaughter them all before the team of doctor finds the cure. The core gameplay is the same as Plague Inc. Unlock further features by progressing through the game and upgrade your plague to become it unbeatable. Use different medium to spread your disease like sea, transport and air. Plague Inc: Evolved offers prominent features such as Co-op mode, Scenarios Creator, 3D environment, City Cams, Body Scanner, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy the game enhanced mechanics, gameplay, and sound.

Tiny Troopers is an Action, Zombies, Strategy, and Top-down Shooter video game created by Kukouri and published by Iceberg Interactive. The game supports Single-player mode only and offers squad-based gameplay with multi-directional shooting elements. It takes place in the zombie-apocalypse and puts you in command of a team, which are controlled through various missions in thirty levels of increasing difficulty. You must control your troopers throughout levels and destroying enemies and their building by tapping on the screen. The game uses a drag and drop mechanism to activate weapons like grenades, airstrikes, and bazookas. In each level, you’ll face different challenges and require a completion of certain objectives such as protecting journalists, freeing hostages, eliminating enemies and more. The game rewards you with command points as you complete the mission and can use these points to unlock further content in the game to progress. Each trooper in the game equips with weapons that can use to kill enemies. Explore the world and collect medals to raise your rank on leaderboards. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Transport Fever is a City-building, Management, Strategy and Single-player Business Simulation developed by Urban Games and published by Gambitious Digital Entertainment. The game takes place in 1985 and lets the player create his dream transport company. The primary objective of the player is to create stations, harbors, airports, and make as much money as possible to become the business tycoon. It has two different modes such as Campaign and Endless and has over 120 different Trains, Ships, Trams, Aircraft and Trucks. Construct your Transport Empire, select the best routes, and transport passengers and cargo from one place to another place and earn money. Expand your empire further and further by offering the best services and defeat against rival tycoons. Use your money to purchase trains, aircraft, ships and more. It offers randomly generated the world with realistic dimensions. There are over twenty-five challenging achievements, and the game will unlock as you advanced. Fulfill the needs of people and watch massive cities evolve dynamically. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and wonderful mechanics, Transport Fever is the best game for those who love playing Business Simulations.

Command and Conquer (1995) is a Real-time Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive. The game takes place in an alternative history and centers on the story of World War between two superpower factions such as the United Nations and the Global Defense Initiative. Both factions are competing against each other for control of Tiberium, a strange substance that spread around the globe slowly. At the beginning of the game, you must build a base and effort to gather resources to fund the production of technologies, combat units, and buildings. Create your Empire, build units, recruit an army and equip them with weapons to defend your Empire. There are two playable factions, and you can choose one of them to get access to the game world. The primary task of the game is to expand your units across the world by conquering enemies’ bases. Use your points to unlock further content in the game and become the master. Lead your armies through the battlefield and dominate the war. Command and Conquer (1995) is the best game for RTS lovers.

Hotline Miami is an Action, Violent, Top-down, and Single-player Shooter video game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. The game takes place in the fictional world Miami in 1989 and follows tow protagonists named Biker and Jacket. According to the story, the protagonist receives a calls who instruct them to start operation against the Local Russian Mafia. You can select your character and dive into the game world where you can explore it from top-down perspective with stealth element. As the story progress, the game becomes more challenging violent and you have to face different challenges such as powerful foes, and objectives. The entire game is divided into several chapters and each chapter has a set of several stages. Explore each level, obtain power-ups, score the highest points and unlock further content. Slaughter the members of Russian mafia using different weapons and keep your city clean from them. With breathtaking story, brilliant mechanics, and superb visuals, Hotline Miami is the best game to play and enjoy.

Godus developed and published by 22Cans for Android and iOS platforms. It is a Single-player god game Simulation, and you starts the game by rescuing a woman and a man from drowning. Your ultimate task is to lead them throughout a variety of levels and build a tent to progress through the game. It takes place in the stunning world consists of various locations around the globe and includes a series of levels with day/night cycle. In the game, you can redesign the world in your style, and you have to breed the worker to build as many tents as possible to fulfill your tasks. The game proceeds, the population of human will be increased, and they develop more tents to live. Explore the world to discovers new technologies and unlock further stages to build advanced tents to earn more experience. You can control each and everything in this Promised Island and can control the creatures to uncover mysteries. Godus offers prominent features such as Create Village, Lead Followers, Meet the Astari, Cast Miracles, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.