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 2017 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2011
VGTimes:
9.0/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
94/100
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is a role-playing game with action elements in an open world. It was developed and released by Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 28 October 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
82/100
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition is a re-release of the role-playing fantasy game with an open world The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Legendary Edition for...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 1 March 2017
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in the world of a futuristic post-apocalypse. The game is dedicated to the confrontation...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 5 December 2017
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Complete Edition Horizon Zero Dawn, which includes the original game and the expansion The Frozen Wilds. You will have to immerse yourself in a world where you...
Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Open world
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 6 September 2017
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Released in 2017, Destiny 2 is a sequel to the MMOFPS from the first person Destiny. The last city of humanity fell under the onslaught of a massive army led by...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Stadia → 14 June 2016
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer action-horror game with a third-person view, which tells the story of four teenagers and a maniac who wants to shred everyone and...
Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC → 20 May 2011
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
82/100
L.A. Noire is a third-person action-adventure game set in an open world. The game will take you to 1947, to the city of Los Angeles. The protagonist Cole Phelps...
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Free game, Tactics, Survival, Battle Royale
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 21 December 2017
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
81/100
PUBG: Battlegrounds is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical shooter in third-person perspective, where only the last surviving participant wins. In this survival...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, iOS, Mac → 14 February 2017
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A direct sequel to Sniper Elite 3, in which the main character travels to Italy in 1943. He acts in the ranks of the Italian resistance and tries to free the...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 8 August 2017
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The game takes you on a dark and ruthless journey into the depths of the mind, where the lines between reality and madness blur. The story follows a warrior named...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 13 February 2017
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
78/100
For Honor is a competitive medieval-fantasy action game about sword fights and large-scale battlefields. You will take part in team battles for territory with many...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Mac → 22 July 2016
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Human: Fall Flat is an arcade puzzle game in a large open world with a third-person view. You'll be able to explore the environment and solve physics puzzles to...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 22 February 2011
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Bayonetta is a fantastic action-slasher game with a third-person view. Bayonetta is the only survivor of an ancient clan of witches that maintained the balance...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 25 February 2015
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a continuation of the cooperative action horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. This time you will play...
Game released: Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 8 December 2012
VGTimes:
8.3/10
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
74/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Mass Effect 3 is the final part of the space role-playing trilogy with a third-person view. Events begin with a devastating attack on Earth by an army of an ancient...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 26 June 2014
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
77/100
GRID: Autosport is a third-person racing simulator from the creators of the DIRT and GRID series. The game features a day-night cycle, long marathons both day and...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Beat them all, Casual game, Comedy, Open world, Role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 28 August 2018
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
84/100
The game tells the story of a turning point in the Tojo clan's history, when the old guard fades and a new force rises. The story centers on Goro Majima, a...
Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 21 January 2016
Players:
7/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A remake of the original third-person action adventure Yakuza, released on PlayStation 2 in 2005. The game tells the story of a man named Kazuma Kiryu, who was one...
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...