Games Game Genres Third-person view

Third-person view

Third-person view is a perspective in video games where the player always sees their character. Usually, the camera is positioned behind the character, and recently, a popular solution has been to shift the camera slightly to the side, so that the player feels like they are looking over the character's shoulder. Sometimes the camera is free, allowing the character to be viewed from all angles. This view is used in shooters, action games, RPGs, and their hybrids.

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Best Games in the Third-person view genre of 1997 (Game released)

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Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: DOS, Game.Com, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 1997

Players: 7.7/10

Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a fighting game that brings together fighters and arenas from Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3, including those featured...

Final Fantasy VII

Role-playing game, Adventure, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 3 September 1997

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Final Fantasy VII is a third-person role-playing game in the anime and fantasy style. In Midgar, a city controlled by the mega-conglomerate Shinra Inc., Mako...

Resident Evil (1996)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror, Adventure, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC, PlayStation 4 → 1996

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Resident Evil (1996) — action-horror with a third-person view and puzzle elements. July 24, 1998. Monstrous murders began to occur in the vicinity of Raccoon...

Desire

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Adult game

Game released: PC-98, PlayStation 2, SEGA Saturn, PC → 1994

Desire is an adventure visual novel about a mysterious scientific project on a remote island of the same name. Even the project’s employees know little about it...

Tomb Raider (1996)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: DOS, N-Gage, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, Windows Mobile, PC, Xbox 360 → 8 September 2000

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she searches for the pieces of an ancient artifact called the Scion. Her quest takes her through Incan...

FlightGear

Simulation, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view, Free game, Open world

Game released: PC → 17 July 1997

Players: 5.5/10

A free open-source flight simulator developed since 1996 by a community of enthusiasts and developers from around the world. The project is distributed under the...

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy Advance, Genesis, Nintendo DS, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Xbox 360, iOS → 12 December 2001

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Clock Tower (1995)

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation, SNES, PC, WonderSwan → 17 July 1997

Players: 7.4/10

Clock Tower (1995) is a point and click adventure game with 3D graphics. The player can use a PlayStation controller or mouse to move the cursor around the screen...

2Xtreme

Simulation, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Skateboards, Snowboard, Bicycles

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 11 April 1997

In the season mode, points are awarded for finishing position, special moves, and knockdowns. The game features 12 courses, four difficulty levels, ten characters...

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Android, PlayStation → 21 March 2007

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, set four years later. Alucard appears as the main character who wakes up from his sleep and goes to explore...

Super Mario 64

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo 64, Wii, Nintendo DS → 1 March 1997

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Super Mario 64 — One day, Princess Peach called Mario to her castle with an offer to eat the cake she baked and drink tea. Mario arrives at the castle and...

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Space

Game released: Nintendo 64, PC → 14 June 1997

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 73/100

This third-person action-adventure set in the Star Wars universe takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. As mercenary Dash Rendar, the...

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Star Wars, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 16 September 2009

Players: 8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Star Wars: Jedi Knight — Dark Forces 2 is an exciting action game with a first-person view in the Star Wars universe. As Kyle Katarn, you will master the...

Gran Turismo

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 12 May 1998

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 96/100

Gran Turismo is a realistic racing simulator with first and third person views. More than a hundred cars await you, the parameters and handling of which have been...

Professional Underground League of Pain

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Sandbox

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, PC → 1997

Professional Underground League of Pain is a third-person action game with elements of a sports game and sandbox from developers from the Beyond Reality studio. The...

X-COM: Apocalypse

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: DOS, PC → 15 July 1997

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

A tactical strategy game about combating an alien invasion in Mega Primus in 2084, where social order is collapsing and extraterrestrials terrorize the population...

Tomb Raider 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 1998

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This third-person action platformer follows Lara Croft on a journey around the world to find the Dagger of Xian, an artefact said to grant its possessor the power...

Treasures of the Deep

Action, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 1 July 1998

Players: 10/10

Treasures of the Deep is a first-person action game with warship simulator elements from Black Ops Entertainment, LLC. The game is published by Namco Hometek Inc...

War Gods

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC → 30 April 1997

Players: 5.5/10

This 3D fighting game follows ten humans who gain the powers of war gods after mysterious space ore crashes to Earth. In story mode, each fighter faces the others...

Dark Rift

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo 64, PC → 27 March 1998

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 33/100

Dark Rift is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and fighting from the developers at Kronos Digital Entertainment. The game is published by Funsoft...

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game, Point & Click

Game released: DOS, Mac, PC, Windows 3.x → 5 December 1996

Steam: 86/100

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! is a continuation of the exciting "point and click" adventure series about the forty-year-old balding womanizer Larry Laffer. The...

King of Fighters '97

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Online

Game released: Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Wii, PC → 25 September 1997

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 80/100

King of Fighters '97 is a third-person action game with elements of a fighting game and an anime or manga game from the SNK Corporation studio. The game is...

Extreme-G

Arcade, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo 64 → 29 May 1998

Metacritic: 82/100

Extreme racing on cyber-cycles takes place across tracks with loops, corkscrews and halfpipe sections. The player races against 12 rivals armed with lasers and...

Fighting Force

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 30 April 1999

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 80/100

This futuristic beat ’em up follows four heroes fighting their way through city streets to confront a criminal leader and his army. Players choose one of the four...

Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons

Simulation, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Top-down view, Role-playing game

Game released: DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, PC-98, PlayStation, Sharp X68000, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, PC → 1995

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons is a third-person simulator with a mixture of strategy and warship simulator from the developers of the studio KOEI Co., Ltd.. The...

Steel Reign

Action, Third-person view, Tanks

Game released: PlayStation → 1 February 1998

Steel Reign is a third-person action game with elements of a tank simulator from the studio Chantemar Creations. The game is published by Sony Computer...

Mace: The Dark Age

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo 64 → October 1997

Players: 5.7/10

Mace: The Dark Age is a third-person action game with a mixture of fighting and fantasy games from the developers at Atari Games Corporation. The game is published...

AeroFighters Assault

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo 64 → 19 March 1998

AeroFighters Assault is a third-person simulator with elements of action, shooter and flight simulator from the masters from the studio Paradigm Entertainment Inc...

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 1 April 2011

Players: 6.7/10

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back — Crash Bandicoot throws Dr. Neo Cortex from his airship into a cave filled with glowing crystals. Convinced that they...

Mega Man Legends

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PSP, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita → 16 January 2001

Mega Man Legends is a third-person arcade game with action, shooter and anime or manga elements from developers from the studio Capcom Co., Ltd.. The game is...

Magic: The Gathering

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game

Game released: PC → 6 March 1997

Players: 7/10

A card-based strategy game inspired by Magic: The Gathering, it combines card duels with a campaign set in the fantasy world of Shandalar. The player travels...

Agile Warrior: F-111X

Simulation, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation, PC → 13 January 1996

Agile Warrior: F-111X is a third-person simulator with a dash of flight simulator from the masters at Black Ops Entertainment, LLC. The main publisher of the game...

Silhouette Mirage

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 31 December 1999

Metacritic: 69/100

This futuristic action shooter is set in an apocalyptic future, where the rogue Edo computer has divided the world's inhabitants into two mutant classes: Silhouette...

Peak Performance

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation → 24 January 1997

Players: 10/10

Peak Performance is a first-person arcade game with racing and sandbox elements from the developers of the studio CAVE Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Atlus...

Twinsen's Odyssey

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Isometric, Exploration

Game released: DOS, PC → 1 June 1997

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

Twinsen's Odyssey — action adventure with quest elements. The graphic component is inherited from the previous part. Players also view the world from an...

Last Bronx

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: SEGA Saturn, PC → December 1997

Last Bronx is a third-person action game with a dash of fighting from Sega AM3 R&D Division. The main publisher of the game is SEGA Enterprises...

Jet Moto 2

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Motorcycle racing

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 6 August 1998

This futuristic racing game sends all-terrain bikes across ten hazardous tracks. Racers navigate obstacles, catch air and perform...

Curse of Monkey Island

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Mac → 31 January 2007

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This third entry in the Monkey Island series is a third-person adventure about pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who faces the demon pirate LeChuck and tries to save...

Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES, PC → 1997

This puzzle-platformer sequel to The Lost Vikings follows the Vikings after they are captured again by the alien Tomator and sent through time. Erik, Olaf and...

Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidōretsuden

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 27 June 1997

Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidōretsuden is a third-person role-playing game with elements of action, fighting and anime/manga games from the developers of...

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