that gamers and game devs call this "view from the corner" isometric projection (nod to @Beofett)... Both Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2, in fact, use perspective projection . Fun link: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5149183613 share | improve this answer answered Jul 17 at 16:31 David B 7,659 13 43 You just repeated what was already