History Main / IsometricProjection

* {{Cadaver}}

* ''TheSims'' [only the first instalment of the game, The Sims 2 and 3 are in 3D.]

Of course, in many cases in video games, the projection is not actually isometric in the mathematical sense, because a 26.57° slope is much easier to draw on square pixels than a 30° slope. But that would be nitpicking, so these games are called "isometric" anyway. The term can also refer to the vastly different Trimetric Projection (such as in Fallout 1 & 2 or Simcity 4).

The weakness of Isometric Geometry is that the same sort of line can be both distance or height. Usually, it's easy to tell; but no proper Penrose staircase could be built without this concept.

* ''TheSims'' [only the first instalment of the game, The Sims 2 and 3 are in 3D.

* ''TheSims''

* ''{{Civilization}} II'' and ''III''; other games in the series are bird's eye view.

* ''{{Starcraft}}''

** There's also the GameGear game ''Sonic Labyrinth''

* ''{{Boktai}}'' and it's sequels (including the Nintendo DS sequel known as "Lunar Knights" in North America)

* ''DesertStrike'' (and by extension, the ''Strike'' series)

* ''TacticsOgre'', both the original (Let's Cling Together) and its [[spoiler: prequel]], Knights of Lodis.

* ''[[OgreBattle Tactics Ogre]]''

Or course, in many cases in video games, the projection is not actually isometric in the mathematical sense, because a 26.57° slope is much easier to draw on square pixels than a 30° slope. But that would be nitpicking, so these games are called "isometric" anyway. The term can also refer to the vastly different Trimetric Projection (such as in Fallout 1 & 2 or Simcity 4).

* ''BreathOfFire III'' and ''IV''

* ''{{EarthBound}}'' uses this perspective when you visit Fourside.

* ''OgreTactics'', both the original (Let's Cling Together) and its [[spoiler: prequel]], Knights of Lodis.

* ''DesertStrike''

* ''Congo Bongo'' (platform game similar to ''DonkeyKong'', but uses the same engine as ''Zaxxon'')

* ''Zaxxon'' and ''Super Zaxxon''

* ''Congo Bongo''

* ''Zaxxon''
** ''Super Zaxxon''
** ''Congo Bongo'' (platform game similar to Donkey Kong, but uses the same engine)
** ''Future Spy'' (similar to Zaxxon, except it has different controls and a different setting)

* The recent "Comcast" commercials, most likely in a {{Homage}} to SimCity 2000.

* ''AntAttack'', strong contender for the UrExample and an even stronger one for the TropeNamer in gaming (its creator, Sandy White, took the word "isometric" from his old work as an architect after he recognised the in-game city's similarities to MCEscher's drawings; the city was named Antescher in tribute).

* ''SimCity 2000'' and its sequels

* ''AntAttack'', strong contender for the UrExample and an even stronger one for the TropeNamer (its creator, Sandy White, took the word "isometric" from his old work as an architect)

* ''SimCity 2000'' and its sequels
** ''TheSims''

* ''EarthBound'' uses this perspective when you visit Fourside.
* ''Evony''

* ''{{Hoshigami}}''

* ''Marble Madness''
* ''Mystic Towers''
* ''[[PacMan Pac-Mania]]'', sort of. Only the vertical axes are this, the horizontal ones are straightforward left/right.
* ''Paperboy''
* ''QBert''
* ''RCProAm'' and its sequels
* ''RPM Racing'' for the Super NES, and it's more famous sequel RockNRollRacing
* ''ReturnOfTheJedi'' (arcade game by {{Atari}} based on the movie)
* ''Solstice'', ''Altered Space'' and ''Equinox''. The second game wasn't technically part of the series, but it might as well have been.

* ''{{Shadowrun}}'' (SNES)