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
PlayStation 2PlayStationGame Boy AdvanceNintendo 64DreamcastSEGA SaturnWonderSwan ColorJ2MEGame Boy ColorOdyssey 2WonderSwanColecoVisionDOSNeo GeoNeo Geo Pocket ColorAtari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Third-person view genre of 2000 (Game released)
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 26 May 2000
Players:
9/10
Metacritic:
70/100
Resident Evil Code: Veronica is a dark action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. The game will tell about the events taking place...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based
Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, iOS, Android → 7 September 1999
Players:
9.6/10
Metacritic:
90/100
Final Fantasy VIII is a continuation of the legendary series of role-playing games with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. The game takes place in a...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view
Game released: PC → 19 June 2002
Players:
9.4/10
Metacritic:
71/100
Sea Dogs is a first-person role-playing game with elements of simulation, action, strategy, fighting and warship simulator from the masters at the Sea Dog studio...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Tanks, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC → 21 October 2005
Metacritic:
86/100
Ground Control — The main goal of the game is to destroy enemy troops and buildings using the terrain features and the strengths of your own army. Combat...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV → 24 November 2010
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
69/100
Crazy Taxi is a racing action game with a third-person view. In this game you have to drive a crazy taxi. The main goal is to deliver the client, for this you will...
Game released: 3DO, Acorn 32-bit, Amiga CD32, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, CDTV, Commodore 64, CD-i, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, J2ME, Lynx, Mac, NES, PC-98, SAM Coupé, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, SNES, TurboGrafx CD, Windows 3.x, ZX Spectrum → 6 August 1994
Lemmings (1994) is a third-person strategy game with a hint of puzzle from the developers at DMA Design Limited. The main publisher of the game is Psygnosis...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, PC → 4 January 2002
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
82/100
