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
PlayStationSNESGame BoyWindows 3.xNintendo 64SEGA SaturnGame Boy ColorDOSNeo Geo CDNeo GeoAtari 2600Game.Com
Statuses
Best Games in the Third-person view genre of 1998 (Game released)
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...
Game released: PlayStation, Game.Com, PC, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, PlayStation 3, GameCube → 8 May 1998
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
79/100
This third-person survival horror game is set in Raccoon City during an outbreak of the T-virus, a mutagenic toxin developed for biological weapons. The player...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Simulation, Science fiction
Game released: Nintendo 64, PC → 27 August 1999
Players:
5.2/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
85/100
This arcade space shooter set in the Star Wars universe follows the Rebel Alliance’s fight against the Galactic Empire after the destruction of the first Death...
Arcade, Simulation, Action, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Top-down view, Board / Group Game
Game released: DOS, PC, Windows 3.x → 1 April 1998
Battleship (1998) is a third-person arcade game with simulation, action and warship simulator...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 20 October 1998
Players:
9/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
84/100
A futuristic role-playing game with turn-based combat follows young Fei, who is drawn into a war shaped by a mysterious organization. Its ancient technology...
