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 3PlayStation 2PlayStationXbox 360XboxPS VitaPSPNintendo DSGame Boy AdvanceBREWDoJaMSXGameCubeExEnAtari 8-bitN-GageJ2MESEGA CDSymbianColecoVisionNeo Geo CDPalm OSWindows MobileAtari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Third-person view genre of 2005
Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game, Open world, Role-playing game, Adventure
November 22, 2004
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
94/100
An adventurous pirate game that combines elements of strategy, role-playing, and sea travel simulation. In the age of great discoveries, the player becomes the...
Role-playing game, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Adventure
December 6, 2004
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Set in the Star Wars universe five years after Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, this role-playing game follows the Sith Lords’ campaign against the Jedi and...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction
November 17, 2005
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
74/100
This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Online, Science fiction
September 20, 2004
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
79/100
This science-fiction action shooter is set in the Star Wars universe and features battles from Episodes I through VI. Players choose from several soldier types and...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world
December 8, 2005
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
32/100
Metacritic:
45/100
Ex Machina is an exciting racing arcade game with role-playing elements and a third-person view. The plot takes us to a post-apocalyptic world, where everything is...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based
November 26, 2004
Players:
8.5/10
Space Rangers 2: Dominators — real-time strategy with an isometric view. The main events of the second part of the game take place 250 years after the end of...
