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.
Years
Platforms
PlayStationPSPSNESGame BoyCommodore 64PC-FXWindows 3.xNintendo 64SEGA SaturnGenesisDOSNeo Geo CDNeo GeoJaguar
Statuses
Best Games in the Third-person view genre of 1997 (Game released)
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 3 September 1997
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
75/100
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...
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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Turn-based
Game released: FM Towns, PC-FX, PC-98, PlayStation, Sharp X68000, SNES → April 1994
A fantasy role-playing game and a continuation of the Dragon Knight series, it follows Kakeru, the son of Takeru, the protagonist of earlier games. After learning...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, bada, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Dragon 32/64, Game Boy Advance, iPad, iPhone, MSX, Oric, PC, ZX Spectrum → 1990
This platform game follows miner Willy as he explores underground caverns and collects objects before his oxygen supply runs out. Each of the twenty caverns...
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...
Game released: Amiga CD32, Amiga, DOS, Game Boy, Genesis, Jaguar, Mac, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES, PC → 1995
Players:
10/10
Steam:
84/100
Worms is a turn-based strategy game in which teams of worms battle across changing landscapes. Up to four teams can take part, with each aiming to be the last one...
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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based
Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii → 1 May 1998
A tactical role-playing game set in the fantasy kingdom of Valeria, caught in a war. Denim Powell, a member of the local resistance against occupying forces...
