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
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo SwitchiOSAndroidMacLinuxBrowser
Statuses
Best Games in the Third-person view genre of 2020 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia → 10 November 2020
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with RPG elements set in an open, well-developed, dynamically changing game...
Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 30 June 2020
Players:
6.2/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm that brought strange zombie-like creatures into existence. The survivors call them Husks. The last remnants of...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Nintendo Switch 2 → 3 April 2020
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
80/100
A re-release of the legendary fixed-camera action horror game Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Get ready to dive back into the chaos of a dying Raccoon City as Jill...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Science fiction, Combat robots, Futurism (Future)
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 25 May 2018
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Detroit: Become Human is an interactive adventure with a third-person view, from the creators of Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain. Players can expect an outstanding game...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Walking Simulator
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 8 November 2019
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Death Stranding is Hideo Kojima’s original game, a realistic walking and logistics simulator with action, survival, and stealth elements, viewed from a third-person...
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...
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:
8.3/10
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, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 → 25 March 2013
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A dynamic online third-person action game where the warrior's journey takes place through an expansive interplanetary system torn by faction conflicts. Under the...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 November 2019
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – a new chapter in the history of "Star Wars", a canonical story from Disney, EA, and Respawn. As a young padawan, the player will have...
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...
Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game, Simulation
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 August 2013
VGTimes:
6.8/10
Players:
4.3/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
79/100
War Thunder combines aviation, tanks, and ships in one combat space, offering historically accurate models of equipment and realistic damage physics. It is the...
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:
66/100
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: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 17 January 2020
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Yakuza universe, which received a completely new combat system for the series. We...
Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Helicopters, Tanks, Motorcycle racing, Adventure, Open world
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 22 May 2021
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Saints Row: The Third Remastered is an updated version of the famous shooter Saints Row: The Third, released in 2011. The third part continues the story of the...
Game released: Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 → 22 January 2026
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Final Fantasy VII Remake is a rerelease of the 1997 Japanese role-playing game Final Fantasy VII . Fans of this cult JRPG and newcomers unfamiliar with the series...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 March 2019
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The game continues the storyline related to the spread of the "dollar flu" virus. It turned out that the quarantine zone in New York did not hold, and the disease...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 29 October 2020
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
57/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Watch Dogs Legion is a multi-genre sandbox game from a third-person perspective set in an open world, continuing the popular series of hacker action games. The...
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: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Stadia → 26 May 2014
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Watch Dogs is a third-person, open-world sci-fi action-adventure game. The game takes place in the summer of 2003 in New York, whose key systems were infected with...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2020
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Immortals Fenyx Rising is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. You will go to...
