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Not contradicting the last post, just adding to it:

iso- means equal
metric- means size, or sized.

Isometric means equal-sized. When applied to a 3D projection, this implies that two objects of equal ''real world'' size will project to the same ''on-screen'' size, regardless of how far away from the viewpoint they are. As an example of a system that differs, ''perspective'' will represent an object as being smaller onscreen than an identically sized object that is closer to the viewer.

The relevance to computer games is that the ''isometric'' view is generally done with diamonds, that allow you to represent 3D in an isometic 2D manner, although technically it can apply to top-down squares or hexagons also.

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and to complete the other posts, i would say it''s the kind of perspective used in games like starcraft and diablo.

In easier to understand terms. Think of games like Diablo, and Syndicate wars etc. A view like that. Or even better example is think Marble Madness Those kind of views are osometric games.