The issue with first-person shooters is that players can't see all that juicy action with a limited field of view. That's a shortcoming that top-down shooters don't have. For some players, the latter might offer a more preferable display of all the flashy violence. A quick glance at games like Enter the Gungeon, The Ascent, or Hotline Miami proves this point well enough. But as popular as those titles are, some top-down shooters don't exactly get the recognition that they deserve. Some of them are due to being indie titles, while other cases boil down to player preference. Still, that doesn't mean these following shooters offer a lesser experience.